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H1-B Visa Program Creates Caste System for Silicon Valley

Labor Pains

A fight between two unions here could set the course of the U.S. labor movement.

Jeff Adachi for mayor!

A fight between two unions here could set the course of the U.S. labor movement.

Rosselli: Andy Stern Retirement Would End 'Sad Chapter' in SEIU History

​Today's news that Service Employee International Union Boss Andy Stern plans to announce his retirement this week was met with a scathing career obituary from his west coast rival Sal Rosselli, who said Stern will be known for abetting  corruption and quashing union democracy while cutting s ... More >>

S.F. Labor Icon Jack Henning Dies -- But the Labor Movement He Joined As a Young Man Died Long Ago

Jack HenningLabor leader Jack Henning, the president of the state's AFL-CIO from 1970 to 1996 and the man credited with helping pass bills that gave farm workers and government employees the right to form unions and strike, died today at his home in San Francisco. He was 93. According to a press rel ... More >>

SEIU boss Andy Stern wouldn't mind if McCain gets elected

Jack HenningLabor leader Jack Henning, the president of the state's AFL-CIO from 1970 to 1996 and the man credited with helping pass bills that gave farm workers and government employees the right to form unions and strike, died today at his home in San Francisco. He was 93. According to a press rel ... More >>

ILWU Shutting Down West Coast Ports to Protest War

Jack HenningLabor leader Jack Henning, the president of the state's AFL-CIO from 1970 to 1996 and the man credited with helping pass bills that gave farm workers and government employees the right to form unions and strike, died today at his home in San Francisco. He was 93. According to a press rel ... More >>

Local Union Leader Rosselli Blasts SEIU Boss Andy Stern

Jack HenningLabor leader Jack Henning, the president of the state's AFL-CIO from 1970 to 1996 and the man credited with helping pass bills that gave farm workers and government employees the right to form unions and strike, died today at his home in San Francisco. He was 93. According to a press rel ... More >>

Union Disunity

The secret deal worked out between SEIU bosses and nursing home owners denies union members the right to speak out, strike, or protect patients

Baby you can drive my TAXI

Taxi Commission officials say hundreds of medallion holders aren’t driving cabs, and that’s against the law

Immigrant Song

It's not just the national anthem being sung in Spanish that's got anti-immigration folks riled up. Which side of the fence are you on?

Letters to the Editor

News Flash; Sex Change and the City; Defining Dance

It's an Ugly Day in the Neighborhood

The self-serving attempts by some activists to block new development are making life harder for the rest of us

No March Madness

The fervor isn't building for another gay rally on Washington

A Hobo's Progress

U. Utah Phillips, inspiration to Ani DiFranco and card-carrying Wobbly, is Northern California's institutional memory of itinerant folk

Breaking Ranks

Union leaders endorsed Willie Brown, but the rank and file has other ideas

Letters

Union leaders endorsed Willie Brown, but the rank and file has other ideas

Good Hearts Small Stomachs

Union leaders endorsed Willie Brown, but the rank and file has other ideas

The Grid

Union leaders endorsed Willie Brown, but the rank and file has other ideas

The Impotence of Being Earnest

Union leaders endorsed Willie Brown, but the rank and file has other ideas

Unhealthy Debate

There's a new and nasty labor-management war. Health care is the battlefield. San Francisco is the front line.

Big Deal

There's a new and nasty labor-management war. Health care is the battlefield. San Francisco is the front line.

Temporary Solidarity

With a new (powerful) champion in Silicon Valley, a recent court victory, and ranks that continue to swell by the day, long-beleaguered "contract workers" have reason to believe their house may not be so bleak after all.

The Trance Factory

The hypnosis industry is burgeoning, but its mavens are bitterly divided over what direction they should now take on the road to legitimacy.

State and National Candidates

The hypnosis industry is burgeoning, but its mavens are bitterly divided over what direction they should now take on the road to legitimacy.

The Road to Promotion

Lewis Lapham's last lap

The Dark Prince of City Hall

First Larry Bush was a politician. Then he was a journalist. Then he was a politician. So now as editor and publisher of CitiReport, a hard-hitting journal with a private agenda, what the hell is he?