Dave Welsh

Biggest academic strike in history – UC system shut down!

Berkeley, California An unprecedented strike of academic workers that began Nov. 14 hit all 10 campuses of the University of…

November 21, 2022

Letter carriers surprise Postmaster General Dejoy

By Dave Welsh San Francisco Over the Oct. 22-23 weekend, the U.S. Postal Service workforce learned that Postmaster General Louis…

November 3, 2022

Spreading the news to neighborhood stores: Organize Amazon and Starbucks! 

  As part of a countrywide campaign, people picketed the Amazon-owned Whole Foods store in San Francisco’s Noe Valley neighborhood…

October 14, 2022

Therapists protest ‘dangerous delays in mental health care’

Oakland, California A hundred striking mental health workers picketed Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Oakland, Aug. 26, denouncing “dangerous understaffing”…

September 1, 2022

California Labor Federation: Convention inspired by wave of organizing

San Francisco The 2.1 million-member California Labor Federation kicked off its biennial convention here in mid-July with a special meeting…

August 5, 2022

Schools and Labor Against Privatization – fight to keep  Oakland schools open

Oakland, California The Schools and Labor Against Privatization (SLAP) coalition held a barbecue on June 26 at Parker School, which…

July 8, 2022

Wave of union organizing hits REI in California

Berkeley, California  As a wave of union organizing spreads to Starbucks coffee shops across the country, workers at an REI…

July 4, 2022

Oakland coalition plans one-day strike against privatization

Oakland, California At the first in-person school board meeting since August, Moses Omolade, one of the original hunger strikers protesting…

April 22, 2022

San Francisco Labor Council congratulates Amazon Labor Union

This resolution was passed unanimously by the delegate assembly of the San Francisco Labor Council on April 11. Whereas, Amazon…

April 12, 2022

Port and school workers map fight against Oakland privatization

San Francisco The movement to stop privatization of Oakland’s port and schools took a step forward March 16, when a…

March 21, 2022