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  • Working Partnerships USA Committed to Inclusive Economic Justice
    Alliance for Justice, 7/17/25
  • 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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Today, on Workers' Memorial Day, our Fair Workplac Today, on Workers' Memorial Day, our Fair Workplace Collaborative (FWC) Team is gathered at the @dayworkerctr to honor the workers who lost their lives simply trying to make a living.

We're here to listen, remember, and recommit to advancing worker rights.

As workers, community members, and leaders share their experiences, we are reminded why this work is urgent—because safe and healthy working conditions are a right, not a privilege.

We stand in solidarity, we advocate for stronger protections, and we continue pushing for education and justice so every worker can come home safely. ✊🏽

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⚡Sparks are flying in this class—and so are new op ⚡Sparks are flying in this class—and so are new opportunities.⚡

Through a partnership between Working Partnerships USA and MetroED, students in the Silicon Valley Adult Education's Metals Technology (Welding) class are gaining hands-on skills, industry insight, and a clear path into the construction trades.

In this video, students share their experiences in the program and their hopes for the future—from building strong careers to helping shape the communities around them.

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Champions for Change, our annual fundraiser will take place on Thursday, September 17, at the San Jose Marriott in San Jose at 5:30PM.  Every year, we gather leaders, activists, workers, and community members to celebrate our shared achievements and honor the champions whose bravery and dedication make our progress possible. 

We'll enjoy good food and performances by local musicians and artists—we'll also take this moment to look ahead, reflect on our journey, and build momentum for the upcoming work.

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We are fighting for a future where AI benefits wor We are fighting for a future where AI benefits workers and communities prosper together, rather than being subject to Big Tech’s blind pursuit of profit and power.

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Fast food workers in Morgan Hill went on strike la Fast food workers in Morgan Hill went on strike last week, speaking out against retaliation, wage theft, and unsafe working conditions at a local McDonald’s.⁠
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The strike, covered by Telemundo and Univision, highlights a deeper issue facing fast food workers across the county: too many workers don’t know their rights—or are punished when they try to use them. ⁠
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Workers like Martha Corona Hernandez and her daughter saw their hours slashed for taking sick leave, costing the family around $1,400 a month if allowed to continue. Others faced threats, discrimination, and lost hours after medical emergencies or pregnancy-related needs.⁠
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