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Rose Arrieta
Rose Arrieta was born and raised in Los Angeles. She has worked in print, broadcast and radio, both mainstream and community oriented—including being a former editor of the Bay Area’s independent community bilingual biweekly El Tecolote. She currently lives in San Francisco, where she is a freelance journalist writing for a variety of outlets on social justice issues.
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Protesters Arrested at $15-an-Hour Action Outside Burger King
In Oakland, California, on Thursday, 150 workers and supporters took on the billion-dollar fast-food industry, urging companies like Burger King, McDonalds, Taco Bell, Jack-in-The-Box and others to pay their workers fairly instead of doling... MORE
Working · September 5, 2014
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Hundreds of San Francisco Transit Workers Stage ‘Sickout’ to Protest Pension Cuts
San Francisco commuters are being asked to find alternative transportation arrangements in Day 2 of a Muni driver sickout, affecting the operation of city buses, light rail, cable and trolley cars. Today, only 300 of 600... MORE
Working · June 3, 2014
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Detainees Reportedly Thrown Into Solitary Confinement as Hunger Strike Continues
As a rolling hunger strike by detainees at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Wash., enters its fourth week, protesters claim that administrators have taken retaliatory measures in response to the efforts surrounding... MORE
The Prison Complex · April 3, 2014
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Billboards Pave the Way for a Fight for 15 in Los Angeles
As part of a push to raise citywide wages to $15 an hour, the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor (LACFL) has released a new report and a series of billboards documenting the dire... MORE
Working · January 16, 2014
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California Domestic Workers Win Long-Sought Bill of Rights
Governor Jerry Brown signed The Domestic Worker Bill of Rights (AB241) today, making California the third state in the nation, after New York and Hawaii, to pass such a bill. Domestic workers... MORE
Working · September 26, 2013
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Wal-Mart Workers Take Demands for Change to Marissa Mayer’s Penthouse
SAN FRANCISCO—With Bob Marley’s “Get Up, Stand Up For Your Rights” blasting in the background, about 150 loud and raucous Wal-Mart workers and local union supporters marched down... MORE
Working · September 8, 2013
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Demanding Better Pay and Workplace Safety, BART Workers Go On Strike
San Francisco and surrounding cities braced for a tangle of commuter woes today as Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) workers took to the picket lines. It’s the first BART strike since 1997;... MORE
Working · July 1, 2013
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‘E-Verification’ of Mi Pueblo Workers Sparks Fear and Ire
OAKLAND, CALIF.—Bay Area activists have launched a boycott against the Northern California grocery chain Mi Pueblo, protesting the supermarket's decision to voluntarily join the federal "E-Verify" program. Under the... MORE
Working · December 19, 2012
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Native Women and Sex Trafficking: An Overlooked Crisis
Many people have read or heard reports of the global crisis of sex trafficking and prostitution. But few are aware of how disproportionately Native American women and girls are impacted. In... MORE
Working · April 17, 2012
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In Memoriam: Mike Welch, Organizer and Unsung Hero of Labor Movement
SAN FRANCISCO—The labor movement is filled with thousands of unsung heroes. Those whose names don’t end up in headlines, the ones who stand on the front lines. Who persuade... MORE
Working · April 2, 2012
