AltWeeklies Wire
Welcome to Taco Hellnew
Fast-food workers, particularly in Oakland, often face extremely dangerous conditions, while toiling long hours for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage.
East Bay Express |
Darwin BondGraham |
02-25-2015 |
Business & Labor
The Failure of Berkeley's Living Wage Lawnew
The company that manages three public parking garages has underpaid its employees — and city officials, who have known about this for at least a year, have done little about it.
East Bay Express |
Sam Levin |
04-24-2014 |
Business & Labor
Chevron Launches 'News' Websitenew
Fed up with negative news stories about its Richmond refinery, the oil giant has created a website that it says will focus on "community news."
East Bay Express |
Sukey Lewis |
02-20-2014 |
Business & Labor
Oakland Airport Businesses Flout Living Wage Lawnew
The owners of Subway and Jamba Juice outlets are refusing to reinstate employees who were fired after they complained about the violations.
East Bay Express |
Shane Bond |
06-02-2013 |
Business & Labor
The Next Peet's?new
Blue Bottle Coffee was recently purchased by a trio of venture capitalists known for growing small start-ups and then selling them to big companies.
East Bay Express |
Darwin BondGraham |
11-28-2012 |
Business & Labor
Tags: Tony Conrad
Koch Brothers Prove that Prop 32 Will Hurt Unionsnew
A shadowy group with close ties to the billionaire backers of the Tea Party has also proved that Prop 32 will benefit big corporations.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
09-20-2012 |
Business & Labor
Is an Oakland Port Strike Looming?new
Workers contend that it's unfair for the Port of Oakland to demand more concessions at time when the agency enjoys a financial surplus.
East Bay Express |
Darwin BondGraham |
09-05-2012 |
Business & Labor
Tags: Port of Oakland
Workers Allege Violations at Oakland Airportnew
The port and other governmental agencies are actively investigating several airport concessionaires for alleged wage, overtime, anti-union violations.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
08-09-2012 |
Business & Labor
Recycling's Dirty Little Secretnew
The people who sort our recyclables have dangerous -- and sometimes, disgusting -- jobs. And they're about to get worse.
East Bay Express |
Jean Tepperman |
04-26-2012 |
Business & Labor
Fair Trade USA's Coffee Policy Comes Under Firenew
Critics say that new certification process adopted by Oakland-based organization will undermine the international fair-trade industry.
East Bay Express |
Corey Hill |
04-25-2012 |
Business & Labor
Tags: Fair trade, Fair Trade USA
Apple's Dirty Moneynew
The iPhone and iPad maker pockets billions in profits while exploiting workers. And like the rest of the One Percent, it won't take responsibility for its actions.
East Bay Express |
Jay Youngdahl |
03-08-2012 |
Business & Labor
Death of Oakland's Retail Plannew
Oakland loses a $1 billion a year to other cities, and without redevelopment, the city's plans for a major shopping district in Upper Broadway may be history.
East Bay Express |
Wendi Jonassen, John C. Osborn and Alex Park |
02-15-2012 |
Business & Labor
Are Charities Getting Short-Changed?new
Some for-profit fundraisers pocket most of what they collect for charities, but charities say that's not the whole story.
East Bay Express |
Will Evans |
12-07-2011 |
Business & Labor
Tags: Charity Fundraising
Amazon's Gambitnew
The online giant is hoping that its offer to create 7,000 jobs in California will convince legislators to delay the state's new sales tax law until 2014.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
09-07-2011 |
Business & Labor
Tags: Sales Tax, Amazon.com
Marcus Books Is Making a Comebacknew
After being a victim of a Ponzi scheme, the nation's oldest African-American bookstore is recovering from its financial woes. But can it cope with black flight from Oakland?
East Bay Express |
Holly McDede |
09-01-2011 |
Business & Labor
