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In the news

  • Many demonstrators expected for May Day protest in San Jose
    NBC Bay Area, 4/30/25
  • Santa Clara County to Explore Creating A Know Your Rights Training for Fast Food Workers
    Mercury News, 4/9/25
  • Regional Medical Center restores Level 2 Trauma Services under Santa Clara Co. ownership
    ABC7, 4/1/25
  • Protests Across California Target Trump–Musk Assault on the Public
    Yes Magazine, 3/19/25
  • San Jose workers rally against hiring freeze
    San Jose Spotlight, 3/14/25
  • Santa Clara County hospitals threatened by Medi-Cal cuts
    San Jose Spotlight, 3/9/25
  • San Jose mayor says AI driving Spanish speakers’ participation
    San Jose Spotlight, 2/21/25
  • San Jose mayor sees ADUs as housing crisis quick fix
    San Jose Spotlight, 2/7/25
  • San Jose officials rally to fund immigrant protection groups
    San Jose Spotlight, 1/15/25
  • Feds expand lawsuit against corporate San Jose landlords
    San Jose Spotlight, 1/11/25
  • To expand appeal, California apprenticeships in construction trades offer child care support
    EdSource, 12/2/24
  • Advocacy groups call on San Jose to secure service commitments ahead of proposed changes to Good Samaritan Hospital
    Mercury News,  11/18/24
  • UPDATE: San Jose hospital meeting ends without community benefits commitment
    San Jose Spotlight, 11/13/24
  • Nonprofits seek to get more women into construction trades
    CalMatters, 9/23/24
  • San Jose may consider ban on rent-setting software after antitrust suit
    Mercury News, 9/6/24
  • Santa Clara County supervisor to leave for New Mexico
    San Jose Spotlight, 8/20/24
  • Santa Clara County officials want to toughen eviction protections
    San Jose Spotlight, 8/18/24
  • Calif. hospital reverses decision to close trauma center
    EMS 1, 7/23/24
  • San Jose hospital reverses course on trauma center closure
    KTVU, 7/19/24
  • East San Jose hospital won’t close trauma center amid scrutiny
    San Jose Spotlight, 7/19/24
  • Longtime South Bay Leader Cindy Chavez Could be Leaving for New Mexico
    KQED, 6/26/24
  • Santa Clara County politician gets top job in New Mexico
    San José Spotlight, 6/25/24
  • Community leaders ask State AG to intervene in San Jose trauma center closure
    NBC Bay Area, 5/24/24
  • ‘Life or death’: East San Jose community members ask attorney general to halt the closure of Regional Medical Center’s trauma center
    San José Spotlight, 5/24/24
  • Advocates raise concerns over service closures at Regional Medical Center
    NBC Bay Area,  5/24/24
  • Fight to stop anti-tax measure comes to Silicon Valley
    San José Spotlight, 5/23/24
  • San Jose commissioners oppose diverting housing funds
    San José Spotlight,  5/10/24
  • Santa Clara County wants state to stop trauma center closure
    San José Spotlight,  4/18/24
  • Is San Jose one of the healthiest U.S. cities?
    San José Spotlight,  4/9/24
  • Santa Clara County looks for missing Medi-Cal members
    San José Spotlight,  4/7/24
  • Join My Town Hall On Racial Justice & Poverty 
    Sen. Dave Cortese’s Newsletter, 3/28/24
  • San Jose fast-food workers grill city leaders for better rights
    San José Spotlight, 3/20/24
  • San Jose fast-food workers question city official’s support
    San José Spotlight,  2/23/24
  • SJ school district seeks partner to save youth center after being spared from demolition
    Local News Matters,  2/17/24
  • Department of Labor Issues New Independent Contractor Rule
    Yahoo Life, 1/10/24
  • San Jose bans city election contributions from multinational corporations
    Ventura County Sun | Ojai Valley News, 12/13/2023
  • 2023 Year in Review
    PowerSwitch Action, 12/13/2023
  • How to Fight Power by Building Power
    Non-profit Quarterly, 11/29/2023
  • Community Advocate Bob Brownstein Establishes Scholarship and Future Endowment to Support King Library
    SJSU News Center, 11/20/2023
  • Millionaire tackles homelessness in his town by building nearly 100 tiny homes
    Unilad, 11/6/2023
  • Silicon Valley City Wants to Ease Housing Crisis With $150,000 Cargo Containers
    Bloomberg, 11/3/2023
  • Milpitas’ barrier to building affordable housing is money
    San José Spotlight, 10/29/2023
  • Latino leaders who shaped Silicon Valley
    San José Spotlight, 10/7/2023
  • San Jose brings in-person translators to all council meetings
    San José Spotlight, 10/3/2023
  • South Bay political, community leaders denounce conservative advocacy group
    NBC Bay Area, 9/20/2023
  • San José and unions at odds over program cuts
    San José Spotlight, 9/18/2023
  • 10 million service cuts could soon come to San Jose, mayor warns
    San José Spotlight, 9/13/2023
  • San Jose leaders vote to give city workers raise despite pushback from mayor
    NBC Bay Area, 9/12/2023
  • San Jose official under fire for alleged ties to anti-LGBTQ group
    San José Spotlight, 9/1/2023
  • Bay Area’s young voters are registering at lower rates. Organizers are combating this ahead of 2024 election
    Local News Matter Bay Area, 8/30/2023
  • Santa Clara County Pushes Food Businesses to Pay Worker Wages — or Lose Permits
    KQED, 8/14/2023
  • Thousands of San Jose workers will strike
    San José Spotlight, 8/7/2023
  • ‘Your own employees are struggling,’ homeless San Jose worker says
    San José Spotlight, 8/2/2023
  • What Does It Mean to Dismantle Racial Capitalism Anyway?
    Non-profit Quarterly, 7/26/2023
  • Silicon Valley Council of Nonprofits advances nonprofit advocacy effort
    Silicon Valley Community Foundation, 7/7/2023
  • Shadow poll tests new sales tax in Santa Clara County
    San José Spotlight, 6/27/2023
  • San Jose’s housing plan projected to be more costly
    San José Spotlight, 6/12/2023
  • UPDATE: San Jose mayor pushes more dollars for short-term housing
    San José Spotlight, 5/15/2023
  • Mountain View City Council pours nearly $600K into workforce development programs
    Mountain View Voice, 5/15/2023
  • Could Cindy Chavez say goodbye to Silicon Valley?
    San José Spotlight, 4/4/2023
  • Long-time Silicon Valley politician Cindy Chavez up for a job with the County of San Diego
    Hoodline, 4/4/2023
  • Cindy Chavez could land top San Diego County admin role, a major upheaval in South Bay politics
    Mercury News, 4/4/2023
  • Building Narrative Power for a New Vision of Government Based on Care and Inclusion
    Million Voters Project, 4/4/2023
  • Data shows low-income residents, communities of color in the Bay Area struggle in a post-COVID economy
    Palo Alto Online, 4/2/2023
  • Some Bay Area Populations Struggling Financially in Post-COVID Economy: Report
    NBC Bay Area, 3/29/2023
  • 15 women who broke barriers in Silicon Valley
    San José Spotlight, 3/20/2023
  • How San Jose plans to tackle its worst problems
    San José Spotlight, 2/15/2023
  • Whitehouse & Doggett Introduce No Tax Breaks for Outsourcing Act
    Senator Sheldon Whitehouse Press Release, 2/9/2023
  • UPDATE: Google’s millions to be dished out by San Jose group 
    San José Spotlight, 9/16/22
  • Santa Clara County official takes fight to ban leaded fuel to Congress 
    San José Spotlight, 7/25/22
  • San Jose voters overwhelmingly decide to move mayoral elections 
    San Jose Spotlight, 6/7/22
  • Op-ed: Measure B is common sense reform for democracy 
    San Jose Spotlight, 6/7/22
  • Guest opinion: Expand democracy in San Jose. Vote “Yes” on Measure B. 
    La Voz News (DeAnza), 6/6/22
  • San Jose block party aims to boost voter turnout as primary election nears 
    CBS Bay Area (KPIX 5), 6/2/22
  • Opinion: San Jose’s Measure B is a vote for our democracy 
    The Mercury News, 6/2/22
  • Letters: Mayoral election | Measure G | Mata has failed
    The Mercury News, 5/19/22
  • Supporters of Measure B in San Jose say it will boost Latino vote 
    CBS Bay Area (KPIX 5), 5/17/22
  • Push is On for Young Voters to Participate in Primary Elections 
    NBC Bay Area, 5/17/22
  • San Jose’s Measure B will increase voter turnout, supporters say 
    San Jose Spotlight, 5/17/22
  • San Jose Poll: Measure B likely to succeed with changes to the mayoral election year 
    The Mercury News, 5/17/22
  • Latinas se unen para apoyar la Medida B en las elecciones primarias de San José
    Telemundo, 5/17/22
  • Election 2022: Measure B could move San Jose mayoral elections 
    San Jose Spotlight, 5/3/22
  • San Jose council review: Measure E priorities, water ballot measure opposition 
    San Jose Spotlight, 4/14/22
  • Rising Concern Over Lead in Exhaust of Small Aircraft Spurs New Calls to Close Reid-Hillview Airport
    NBC Bay Area, 8/7/21
  • Community workforce agreement highlighted in Santa Clara VTA projects
    Mass Transit Magazine, 7/15/21
  • Santa Clara County sees increase in value of taxable properties
    San José Spotlight, 7/13/21
  • No plans yet for first Google-San Jose funds
    San José Spotlight, 7/6/21
  • Local resources for survivors and victims of gun violence
    ABC 7 News, 6/29/21
  • How Google won over some of its biggest critics to build a megacampus in San Jose
    CNBC, 6/27/21
  • San Jose to decide where to prioritize affordable housing
    San Jose Spotlight, 6/24/21
  • Teamsters plan sweeping effort to unionize Amazon workers
    The Guardian, 6/22/21
  • San Jose-Google advisory group is years away
    San Jose Spotlight, 6/15/21
  • It’s Hard Work to Make Ordering Groceries Online So Easy
    New York Times, 6/4/21
  • San Jose Flea Market vendors protest development plan
    San Jose Spotlight, 6/4/21
  • How will San Jose enforce its return to work law?
    San Jose Spotlight, 6/1/21
  • San Jose VTA Shooting: How to Help Victims, Families and Those Personally Affected
    KQED, 5/27/21
  • How you can help victims of San Jose’s VTA mass shooting
    San Jose Spotlight, 5/26/21
  • Op-ed: Downtown West sets new standard for addressing displacement and community voice
    San Jose Spotlight, 5/25/21
  • San Jose-Google benefits fund could take 10 years to pay out
    San Jose Spotlight, 5/25/21
  • San Jose’s City Council just unanimously approved Google’s Downtown West project
    Silicon Valley Business Journal, 5/25/21
  • San Jose approves policy to rehire laid-off workers
    San Jose Spotlight, 5/11/21
  • Advocates fear thousands of families will end up homeless with eviction moratorium set to expire next month
    ABC 7 News, 5/5/21
  • San Jose Google project one step closer to reality
    San Jose Spotlight, 4/28/21
  • COVID Vaccines: Santa Clara County Launches Outreach Teams To Aid Holdouts
    CBS San Francisco, 4/20/21
  • SF sees major drop in vaccine supply, while Santa Clara sees bump: Here’s why
    ABC 7 News, 4/20/21
  • Google promises $200M worth of community benefits under Downtown West plan for San Jose
    Silicon Valley Business Journal, 4/6/21
  • Google’s downtown San Jose transit village project offers $200 million in community benefits
    San Jose Mercury News, 4/6/21
  • Google’s San Jose megaproject offers $200 million in community benefits, 1,000 affordable homes
    San Francisco Chronicle, 4/6/21
  • San Jose releases Google’s $200 million community benefits plan
    San Jose Spotlight, 4/6/21
  • Google, San Jose Development Deal Includes $200 Million in Housing Funds
    KQED, 4/6/21
  • Silicon Valley’s essential workers form new group, fight for rights
    San Jose Spotlight, 3/31/21
  • Local rent relief is on its way in San Jose
    San Jose Spotlight, 3/24/21
  • After a Remote Year, Tech’s Shadow Workforce Barely Hangs On
    Wired, 3/24/21
  • Black and Hispanic Communities Grapple With Vaccine Misinformation
    New York Times, 3/10/21
  • How to Reach the Unvaccinated
    New York Times, 3/10/21
  • California’s make-or-break reopening has arrived
    CalMatters, 3/4/21
  • More parks, housing? Google, San Jose to release agreement
    San Jose Spotlight, 3/1/21
  • San Jose seeks to squeeze more affordable housing out of developers
    San Jose Spotlight, 2/23/21
  • If Work Is Going Remote, Why Is Big Tech Still Building?
    Wired, 2/16/21
  • ‘Panic and fear’: S.F. father whose two kids were abducted in carjacking recounts ordeal
    San Francisco Chronicle, 2/8/21
  • The Real Reason Food Delivery Just Got More Expensive In California
    Mashed, 1/21/21
  • Worker Advocates Rally Around Biden’s Labor Department Pick
    MotherJones, 1/9/21
  • Community leaders: Sedition by a sitting president. Treason by false patriots.
    San Jose Spotlight, 1/7/21
  • The End of the Golden Age of Silicon Valley Cafeterias”
    Bloomberg, 1/6/21
  • Members of San Jose’s Diridon advisory group say the city isn’t listening to them anymore
    San Jose Spotlight, 1/5/21
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Congratulations to these dedicated students for co Congratulations to these dedicated students for completing the Fundamentals of Construction Training as part of their enrollment in the Trades Orientation Program (TOP)!⁠
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TOP is a free, one-year program that will put you on the pathway to apprenticeship and a rewarding career in the high-demand construction trades.⁠
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👉 Visit the link in our bio to learn more! 🔗
As we end WPUSA’s 30th year, we’re also looking ah As we end WPUSA’s 30th year, we’re also looking ahead. We brought together leaders from across WPUSA’s history to share their hopes for the organization’s future—and for the movements we support.

Our 30th year is not an endpoint, but a continuation. As you watch this video, we invite you to imagine the next chapter of WPUSA—one shaped, as always, by working people coming together to demand a more just economy and a stronger democracy.

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👉 Read about what we've accomplished in 2025. Visit the link in our bio! 🔗

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Silicon Valley’s tech boom generated immense wealt Silicon Valley’s tech boom generated immense wealth, but from the start, WPUSA recognized that so many workers were excluded from that prosperity.

In this video, WPUSA leaders speak about confronting the hidden costs of innovation. While tech transformed the economy; service workers, immigrants, and communities of color faced low wages, job insecurity, and displacement. Our work continues to challenge the narrative that inequality is inevitable—and insists that policy choices mattered.

As new technologies continue to reshape work, the lessons of the past 30 years remain urgent and remind us that that the future of technology is not just about what we build—but who benefits, and who has power in shaping what comes next.

#WPUSA30
As we end WPUSA’s 30th year, we’re pausing to refl As we end WPUSA’s 30th year, we’re pausing to reflect on the moment—and the movement—that gave rise to Working Partnerships USA. 

Born in a time of rapid economic change and growing inequality, WPUSA emerged from a shared conviction that working people deserved power, voice, and a real stake in shaping Silicon Valley’s future.

In this video, leaders across WPUSA’s history reflect on why the organization was created and what it was meant to do. Their stories remind us that WPUSA was never just a response to crisis—it was a proactive strategy to organize workers, influence policy, and challenge an economic model that left too many behind.

👉Watch the full Directors Video that premiered at our Champions for Change 2025 Gala. Link in bio! 🔗
🚨 Medi-Cal changes are coming Jan. 1, 2026 🚨 Cambi 🚨 Medi-Cal changes are coming Jan. 1, 2026 🚨 Cambios en Medi-Cal llegan el 1 de enero de 2026 🚨

Don’t miss this opportunity to understand the upcoming Medi-Cal enrollment freeze and how it could impact your healthcare. Hear directly from experts, get your questions answered, and learn what steps to take to stay insured.

📅 Friday, December 19, 2025
🕕 6–8 PM
📍 Zoom Webinar (RSVP required)
🔗 bit.ly/websmedical (link in bio)

Attendance will be kept confidential, personal information will not be shared, and live Spanish interpretation will be available. Join us and stay informed—we look forward to seeing you there!

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No pierda esta oportunidad de entender el próximo congelamiento de inscripciones de Medi-Cal y cómo podría afectar su atención médica. Escuche directamente a expertos, haga sus preguntas y aprenda qué pasos tomar para mantenerse asegurado/a.

📅 Viernes, 19 de diciembre de 2025
🕕 6–8 PM
📍 Seminario web por Zoom (se requiere registrarse)
🔗 bit.ly/websmedical (enlace en la biografía)

La asistencia será confidencial, no se compartirá información personal y habrá interpretación en vivo en español. ¡Acompáñenos y manténgase informado/a—esperamos verle allí!
Jennifer from our Fair Workplace Collaborative tea Jennifer from our Fair Workplace Collaborative team is asked "why is it important to know your rights?"

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The Fair Workplace Collaborative (FWC) is a coalition of dedicated community members, organizations, labor attorneys, and small business leaders committed to combating wage theft and labor violations by connecting with the community, providing free legal aid, hosting worker and business employment/labor trainings, and legal clinics.

👉Learn more about your rights as a worker in Santa Clara County by going to the link in our bio! 🔗
💬 Shape the conversation on tech justice! 💡⁠ ⁠ We' 💬 Shape the conversation on tech justice! 💡⁠
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We're living in an era where Big Tech is using AI to surveil us, control what information we see, help ICE abduct our neighbors, allow employers to cut jobs and wages, and help landlords raise the rent.⁠
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That's why @workingpartnershipsusa, @siren_immigrantrights, and @conmijente is building a movement to fight back against the tech billionaires and their ever-growing consolidation of wealth and power.⁠
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Don’t miss the chance to learn, connect, and take action alongside others fighting for justice in the age of AI!⁠
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👉 Use the link in our bio or go to wpusa.org/fightbigtech to sign up! 🔗
Everyone deserves to feel safe where they work.⁠ ⁠ Everyone deserves to feel safe where they work.⁠
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Tomorrow, Nov 12, we’re educating businesses on how to keep their workplace safe for workers and clients in the midst of rising threats from the federal government. We’ll share resources and practical steps to keep workplaces prepared, safe, and informed during federal worksite activity.⁠
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🏥 Get out the vote for Healthcare!⁠ ⁠ The special 🏥 Get out the vote for Healthcare!⁠
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The special elections are next week and one measure on our ballot—Measure A—will save our local hospitals and healthcare access for EVERYONE in Santa Clara County. We need all hands on deck to safeguard our access to critical healthcare in the wake of budget cuts stripping away essential services for our community.⁠
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Voting YES on Measure A is a vote to provide continued funding for our ambulances, emergency rooms, cancer services, maternity health, and safety net programs. We need your help to win.⁠
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This is a critical moment. Every conversation matters. Every door knocked and phone called could be the difference.⁠
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👉 Use the link in our bio or go to wpusa.org/GOTV-MeasureA to help build the future our community deserves.
Thank you for celebrating 30 years of bold leaders Thank you for celebrating 30 years of bold leadership and shared accomplishments with us at Champions for Change 2025! 💫

This past week reminded us what true solidarity in community looks like as we faced threats of ICE and National Guard deployment in the Bay Area. Our immigrant-led groups, mutual aid networks, faith organizations, and coalitions came together to provide support, training, workshops, resources, and more. The South Bay came through, and we are so proud to be part of a community that shows up for each other.

This spirit of collective action—the same spirit that protected our neighbors this week—is what we celebrated at our 2025 Champions for Change gala. Our Champions, UNITE Here President Gwen Mills, SEIU President April Verrett, California Fast Food Workers Union Director Maria Maldonado, and non-profit law firm Adler & Colvin are paving the way for more people to join unions, mobilize, and grow the movement to make even more remarkable progress for workers, immigrant communities, and movement building across the state and our nation.

We’re incredibly grateful to everyone who made this event a success—and to everyone who has stood with us over these past 30 years. Your solidarity, energy, and belief in our shared vision make everything we do possible. Together, we’ll keep building a South Bay where every worker, every family, and every community can thrive. Here’s to the next 30 years of courage, care, and collective action. 💙

This event was beautifully captured by Alain McLaughlin.
👉  Use the link in our bio or visit our Facebook page to see the full album of photos!
MARCH AND RALLY IN SAN JOSE TODAY! THURSDAY, OCTO MARCH AND RALLY IN SAN JOSE TODAY!

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23
San Jose City Hall, San Francisco 5PM

Trump is using the power of the federal government and the U.S. military against the American people. Trump has made it clear: he wants to tear down the Bay and California because of what we represent — our diversity, our respect and care for our neighbors regardless of where each of us was born and the spirit of resistance that runs deep in our bones. The people of the Bay Area are united and we refuse to allow Trump to divide us.

The Bay is uniting bravely to protect our loved ones because we know immigrants are our family, our neighbors, and our friends, and many of us are immigrants ourselves. This is a moment for us to come together to to show that we stand united in the Bay and will keep our families safe and whole. 

Show up. Be ready. Our neighbors are counting on us. 

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Today we gathered to honor Betsy—our friend, our c Today we gathered to honor Betsy—our friend, our colleague, our labor sister, our chosen family, and forever badass. 

Betsy was a fighter for justice who never shied away from the hard battles. She taught us, inspired us, and made us laugh even in the toughest moments. She showed us what it means to stand up for what’s right with courage, humor, and an open heart. But what we keep coming back to is how freely and deeply she loved. In a world that often asks us to hold back, she loved without reservation — and we feel so lucky to have felt her love and light. 💖

As we navigate this loss together, we’re trying to honor her by doing what she did best: showing up for each other, fighting for what matters, loving fiercely, and holding space for our grief and the gratitude we feel for having known her. 

We at Working Partnerships USA send love to everyone who knew and loved her.
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