Apr 27, 2015
The San Jose Police Officers Association may have had a rocky relationship with much of the SJ City Council, but the cops are throwing their support behind Councilmember Ash Kalra in his race for State Assembly. Tweet
Apr 24, 2015
This week marks the five year anniversary of Arizona’s notorious SB-1070 law, which codified a set of anti-immigrant regulations designed to promote self-deportation of local residents or “attrition through enforcement” in the explicit language of the bill. Among the most disturbing aspects of the law is the provision that mandates racial profiling by requiring law enforcement agents to determine the…
Apr 22, 2015
Across the country, fair trade activists like the Sierra Club are raising our voices against putting harmful trade deals on the fast track to completion. At the same time, negotiators and corporate executives are meeting behind closed doors to write the rules of a massive new trade deal, the TransPacific Partnership or TPP, that would affect nearly every aspect of our lives: our jobs,…
Apr 21, 2015
Apple’s reversal of a policy banning workers who have a criminal record from working on its new Spaceship campus is a good start. But just a start. The company still has not replied to a letter from the leaders of Ironworkers Local 377, which supplies workers for the construction of the new campus, to explain the criteria for the “case by case…
Apr 16, 2015
Evan McMorris-Santoro BuzzFeed News Reporter Kate Nocera WASHINGTON — Last Thursday at noon, Jeff Johnson, president of the Washington State Labor Council, sat waiting for a call from the White House. It would be his first such call in 35 years of organizing. Johnson had been told by White House aides just 90 minutes before to expect the call. Tweet
Apr 8, 2015
Former San Jose City Councilmember Madison Nguyen has set her sights on a seat in the California State Assembly. She plans to challenge former councilmate Ash Kalra, who has a $130,000 head start in the race. Tweet
Apr 8, 2015
He entered the race later than any other candidate, and with just three months to raise money and campaign Tim Orozco came out ahead. The candidate for San Jose City Council in District 4 is in first place with a 4 point lead over media executive Manh Nguyen and attorney Lan Diep in second and third place respectively. Tweet
Apr 7, 2015
Voters in San Jose City Council District 4 are choosing their city councilmember today. Or at least they’re supposed to. Election officials expect a dismal turnout for this little-known election but that doesn’t make it any less important. The candidate that takes over for the rest of the term left open when Kansen Chu was elected to the State Assembly…
Apr 3, 2015
“When any city or state in our union makes efforts to curtail the equal rights under the law that all people are entitled to, it is incumbent upon us to stand up and speak out.” And that’s what four members of the San Jose City Council, under the leadership of Councilmember Ash Kalra, are doing. Speaking out against Indiana’s cockamamie “Religious Freedom…
Mar 31, 2015
As a progressive Democratic woman my endorsement of Tim Orozco for San Jose District 4 City Council was a no-brainer. Tim has pledged to continue the fight for a living wage, pay equity and pension protection for the city’s workforce. Since many of the lower-paid workers within city government are women, decent pay and benefits are imperative to strengthen the…