Marilyn Bechtel
LATEST ARTICLES BY Marilyn Bechtel
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U.S.
California ballot measures: ecology wins, marijuana loses
November 4, 2010Voters returned decidely mixed results from the nine propositions on the Nov. 2 ballot.
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U.S.
Fight brews over state child care funds
November 1, 2010Parents, child care providers and Democratic state legislators are waging a dramatic battle to reverse one of Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's most controversial line item vetoes.
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U.S.
Rally demands justice in Oscar Grant murder case
October 26, 2010Hundreds of union and community supporters of justice for Grant rallied outside City Hall Oct. 23, to demand the maximum sentence for Grant's killer, Johannes Mehserle.
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Labor
New report highlights wage theft, bad working conditions
October 21, 2010The San Francisco-based Chinese Progressive Association last month released a far-reaching report on the problems faced by restaurant workers in Chinatown.
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Labor
Hilton Hotel workers walk out in three cities
October 18, 2010Hotel workers strike Hilton to protest increasing work loads at the same time the Hilton's owners are receiving $180 million in federal bailout funds.
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World
Don’t let Party of No stop new START treaty!
October 15, 2010After years out of the headlines - and out of most people's minds - this year nuclear weapons policy and the path to complete abolition has come to the fore again.
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U.S.
Berkeley campus heats up
October 8, 2010Over 1,000 students, campus workers and faculty packed Sproul Plaza, historic protest site on the University of California campus, Oct. 7, chanting "Whose university? Our university!"
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U.S.
Golden State hanging on by its fingernails
October 7, 2010California’s budget may be about to stagger over the finish line, nearly 100 days late - but it won't be pretty.
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