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Johnson too much. In August, Local 2 held a couple of well-attended demonstrations at the ballpark , demanding that the Giants do something more for their laid-off workers, many of whom have worked at the ballpark, and Candlestick Park before that, for decades. Despite all, the Giants refused to even talk to Local 2. Perhaps Johnson was too busy counting his ever-growing pile of dough. The Giants are building a massive development project just south of the ballpark, on what used to be the main parking lot.

At the top of the list are cooks. Take that to your favorite supposedly-safe outdoor dining establishment. Next comes agricultural workers eat your vegetables, dear , then bakers very sweet , and after that construction laborers. Here is the full list, based on research from UC San Francisco:. Hard to believe. In fairness, Biden is new to the job and he has his hands full with crazy Republicans and corporate Democrats.

But Breed and Newsom and their ilk have been on the job since well before the pandemic. When will they step up to the plate and tell them to dump the cover-up and come clean? Loading Comments Email Required Name Required Website. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. The San Francisco Chronicle ran an excellent article on Sunday, January 31 about the failure of the California Public Health Department CDPH to abide by state law requiring the agency to disclose information about COVID outbreaks in the workplace, and about the failure of county public health departments, including San Francisco, to disclose information about workplace outbreaks.

Of course the Chronicle consigned this article to the business section, when it really belonged on the front page above the fold. So, let me up the game a bit. What these public health departments are doing is a simple cover-up , designed to protect the corporate elite at the expense of the health and safety of us workers and our families and friends.

You know, like former President Richard Nixon pretending to know nothing about the Watergate break-in… [ More ]. Inmates in federal prisons, state prisons and local jails should be in the first cohort of people to be offered COVID vaccinations.

One in five prisoners in the U. If compassion for prisoners does not move policy makers or the general public, then eyes should turn to a pair of recent studies, one by the Prison Policy Initiative and the other by the Marshall Project , focused on prisons and jails in the U. According to data in these two reports:. Both the San Francisco Chronicle and the San Francisco Examiner have reported that the charging of former police officer Christopher Samayoa with manslaughter is the first time in San Francisco history that a district attorney has charged a police officer with homicide.

Those reports are wrong. I know this because my late aunt served on the jury in the manslaughter trial of police officer Michael R. The San Francisco Giants returned home on Friday, August 14 and found themselves being picketed by the workers who normally sell garlic fries and beer to the fans. In fact, ever since the Giants fired their concession workers on July 27, the team has lost 13 out of 19 games….

There are stories circulating that the Giants are considering rescinding these boneheaded terminations, but none of us have seen anything official yet. There are also rumors that the Giants might start winning games… [ More ]. I got the email firing me from my job at the Giants ballpark on Monday evening, July On Tuesday evening I learned from the San Francisco Examine r website that I was also being fired from my job at the Warriors new stadium, and that there were 2, other food service workers being shown the door at these two sports venues.

That was a pretty cold way to get the news. Stadium workers are overwhelmingly people of color. San Francisco stadium workers in particular have a large contingent of Black workers, in part because the Giants and 49ers old Candlestick Park stadium was located in Bayview-Hunters Point.