Labor @ UC Berkeley (@berkeley_labor) header
Labor @ UC Berkeley (@berkeley_labor) profile picture

Labor @ UC Berkeley

@berkeley_labor

Labor news from the Bay Area and beyond. Managed by @ucbsoj class of '18. [email protected]

 Berkeley, CA
journalism.berkeley.edu/
Joined September 2016
  • Tweets17
  • Following177
  • Followers99
1Media
Photo by Labor @ UC Berkeley (@berkeley_labor)
Labor @ UC Berkeley retweeted
Oakland North (@northoaklandnow) profile picture
Oakland North@northoaklandnow20 Oct 2016
Professional “cuddlist” offers healing touch to Oakland clients. @pablodelahoya8 has the story: bit.ly/2dtxHVo
Image from Oakland North (@northoaklandnow)
2
1
4
Labor @ UC Berkeley retweeted
AFL-CIO ✊ (@AFLCIO) profile picture
AFL-CIO ✊
@AFLCIO18 Oct 2016
Jose’s father relied on hard work w/@IUBAC. Trump got a “small loan” from daddy. Union members see the difference bit.ly/2efrJuJ
Image from AFL-CIO ✊ (@AFLCIO)
Image from AFL-CIO ✊ (@AFLCIO)
1
5
11
Modest U.S. Jobs Growth Keeps Labor Market Steady - The Wall Street Journal apple.news/A3q3-9vCRRV-p4Prz… – at Oakland, CA
Modest U.S. Jobs Growth Keeps Labor Market Steady

Modest U.S. Jobs Growth Keeps Labor Market Steady

The U.S. economy added a modest 156,000 jobs in September—and the unemployment rate increased slightly to 5.0%— as the presidential campaign enters its final stretch and the Federal Reserve grapples...

apple.news
Journalists offer developed context that can only survive in the human brain & newsbots offer a tool to organize large data sets #CJ2016 – at Stanford, CA
Labor @ UC Berkeley retweeted
U.S. Department of Labor (@USDOL) profile picture
U.S. Department of Labor
@USDOL28 Sep 2016
DepSec @ChrisLu44 unveils innovative pilot plan for Cascades Academy so that our Job Corps students are ready to fill today's in-demand jobs
Image from U.S. Department of Labor (@USDOL)
11
1
21
Labor @ UC Berkeley retweeted
Oakland North (@northoaklandnow) profile picture
Oakland North@northoaklandnow27 Sep 2016
Renters’ rights, landlord responsibilities core of Oakland’s Measure JJ. Reporter @marynewmanphoto has the details. bit.ly/2d4jJzk
Image from Oakland North (@northoaklandnow)
2
1
1
Labor @ UC Berkeley retweeted
Oakland North (@northoaklandnow) profile picture
Oakland North@northoaklandnow22 Sep 2016
As Teamsters vote for a new leader, an Oakland official faces review board charges. @alexandriawrite reports: bit.ly/2cGVaTF
As Teamsters vote for a new leader, an Oakland official faces review board charges - Oakland North

As Teamsters vote for a new leader, an Oakland official faces review board charges - Oakland North

A court-appointed ethics panel of the Teamsters union has accused a top East Bay leader of official misconduct, adding a new twist to the union’s nationwide battle for control.

oaklandnorth.net
2
2
Nationally, #economic confidence has finally caught up to growth, but in #Richmond caution comes with optimism, richmondconfidential.org/201…
Economy rebounds nationally but remains stagnant in Richmond, some residents say

Economy rebounds nationally but remains stagnant in Richmond, some residents say

But in Richmond, which experienced a high foreclosure rate and a high unemployment rate during the Great Recession, recovery, even seven years later, remains slow.

richmondconfidential.org
Protest outside the Oakland City Hall for #RentersDayofAction! Many Oakland workers can't earn enough to cover the increasing rent costs
Image from Labor @ UC Berkeley (@berkeley_labor)
5
6
Labor @ UC Berkeley retweeted
Carl T Hall (@carlhall) profile picture
Carl T Hall@carlhall6 Sep 2016
East Bay unions picnic in Alameda mediaworkers.org/east-bay-un…
East Bay unions celebrate family and Labor in Alameda

East Bay unions celebrate family and Labor in Alameda

East Bay unions know how to put on a great Labor Day picnic. Despite all the weighty issues facing us during the weirdest election season ever, the biggest controversy at Alameda Point Park on Mond…

mediaworkers.org
1
2
Labor @ UC Berkeley retweeted
Oakland North (@northoaklandnow) profile picture
Oakland North@northoaklandnow22 Sep 2016
New bill increases funding for low-income communities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions @sofia_adriana_m reports: bit.ly/2coPiNX
New bill increases funding for low-income communities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions - Oakland...

New bill increases funding for low-income communities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions - Oakland...

A new California Assembly Bill could bring more clean tech jobs to Oakland and reduce pollution.

oaklandnorth.net
1
Labor @ UC Berkeley retweeted
Berkeley Journalism (@ucbsoj) profile picture
Berkeley Journalism@ucbsoj21 Sep 2016
#Labor panel w/ author @miriampawel 'Crusades of #CesarChavez,' attorney Bill Sokol, fed mediator Joel Schaffer & lecturer @carlhall 9/20.
Image from Berkeley Journalism (@ucbsoj)
3
1
7
#Construction jobs in the #BayArea recover to pre-great recession rates @nsheidlo reports for @northoaklandnow oaklandnorth.net/2016/09/14/…
Construction boom brings industry jobs back to the Bay Area - Oakland North

Construction boom brings industry jobs back to the Bay Area - Oakland North

Eight years after the financial meltdown on Wall Street, the Bay Area construction industry has finally managed to recover all the jobs it lost in the Great Recession. “From what I’ve seen and heard,...

oaklandnorth.net
In search of higher wages, East Bay workers have longer commutes. @pablodelahoya8 has the scoop! bit.ly/2cPQ8pb
Image from RichmondConfidential (@riconfidential)
1
1
1
Labor @ UC Berkeley retweeted
Oakland North (@northoaklandnow) profile picture
Oakland North@northoaklandnow20 Sep 2016
East Bay workers commute for higher wages @pablodelahoya8 reports: bit.ly/2cXbMtG
1
Labor @ UC Berkeley retweeted
Steven Greenhouse (@greenhousenyt) profile picture
Steven Greenhouse@greenhousenyt20 Sep 2016
White-black wage gap is worse today than in 1979. Black men’s average hourly wages went from 22% lower to 31% lower. theguardian.com/us-news/2016…
Wage gap between white and black Americans is worse today than in 1979

Wage gap between white and black Americans is worse today than in 1979

Black men’s average hourly wages went from being 22.2% lower in 1979 to 31.0% lower in 2015; for black women the wage gap went from 6% to 19%

theguardian.com
9
4
Load more