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Facebook’s commitment to contract service workers provides a lifeline to thousands of Black and Latinx families amid the pandemic
Federal Trade Commission and states Attorneys General inquiries into potential anti-competitive practices...
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Serving Silicon Valley
This morning, we released a new study on Silicon Valley’s “invisible workforce” — the cafeteria workers...
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Tech companies take action on coronavirus
Paid sick leave and affordable healthcare are basic human rights, and they are essential to protecting public health as we grapple with the coronavirus. Yesterday, major tech corporations including Facebook, Twitter, Cisco, Microsoft, and Google committed that hourly and subcontracted service workers who need to stay home will be fully paid during coronavirus...
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Facebook raises standards for contract workers in tech
This week, Facebook announced that its subcontracted workforce will soon benefit from a higher minimum wage and better benefits. This policy squarely positions Facebook as a global leader in providing good jobs for its full workforce, and recognizes that a good job is about more than a just a wage – it’s about providing for the health and well...
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The Price of Innovation for Silicon Valley’s Workers
If we want tech growth to create widespread prosperity, we need to shift the rules that determine...
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Why Silicon Valley is getting poorer
Silicon Valley’s economy is booming. Yet nearly 9 in 10 jobs here pay lower wages today than they...
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A big win for Silicon Valley security officers
After more than five years of negotiations, actions, delegations, and more, thousands of security officers at Silicon Valley tech companies like Facebook and Google will get pay increases, higher healthcare contributions and paid holidays after ratifying their first ever union contract! Service Employees International Union-United Service Workers West...
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Cafeteria workers at Facebook organize
Our Silicon Valley Rising campaign is about inspiring the tech industry to build an inclusive middle...
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Job security wins in Santa Clara
The Santa Clara City Council has unanimously passed the first worker retention ordinance in Silicon...
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Stand with Tech Workers
Yesterday, tech engineers and programmers rallied alongside Silicon Valley Rising’s coalition of tech...
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3,000 tech security officers organize
The past week has brought outrageous attacks on our neighbors and our values. But it also brought a huge victory for working families — one that shows how we fight back and resist Trump. On Saturday, 3,000 security officers who protect the campuses of Facebook, Cisco, Genentech, and other tech campuses won union recognition with SEIU United Service Workers West...
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Cafeteria workers at Intel win union vote
Yesterday afternoon, contracted cafeteria workers at Intel’s Santa Clara headquarters won their vote to join UNITE HERE Local 19. Following key wins by janitors, security officers and shuttle bus drivers, this victory for food service workers — the fastest growing subcontracted industry that serves the tech sector — breaks new ground for Silicon Valley Rising...
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The tech industry's invisible workforce
Today we released a new research brief, Tech's Invisible Workforce, which reveals the breathtaking scale and depth of a decades-long trend driving inequality in Silicon Valley. Anyone working hard to get by in this region knows that rising rents and incomes that don't keep up can make it seem harder every day. This new brief points to a key reason: in the...
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