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Community Victory Over Major Healthcare Corporation
A healthcare corporation threatened to shut down a critical hospital for low income San Franciscans. The story of how community and labor groups successfully saved a hospital and forced real benefits over profit.
Educators Struggle To Stay In The Bay Area
The Council of Community Housing Organizations in San Francisco and Bay Area Forward released a report this morning describing the urgent need for housing affordable to educators working in the Bay Area, and in the report, they have offered a suite of solutions.
Concerns Over Gentrification Spark Protest In The Excelsior
A neighborhood at risk of being gentrified in San Francisco reacts forcefully against a housing project promising 25% affordable units, while the real estate developer insists it “never intended to be a luxury housing project.”
Rally For Human Rights At The Philippines Consulate In San Francisco
On Monday July 22, Filipino leaders from the Bay Area held a rally at the Philippine Consulate to coincide with Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) that he delivers to the Philippines Congress. Every year, in Manila, there is a rally called the People’s SONA delivered as the people’s counter narrative to the President’s address. This rally asserts the true State of the Nation from the people’s lived experience and demands for the government to change the conditions of the Filipino people.
San Francisco May Day 2017
People Power Media's images of the march of workers on May Day 2017, the first during President Donald Trump.
Verizon Workers Nationwide Strike
For the past month, since April 13, nearly 40,000 Verizon union employees, with the Communications Workers of America (CWA) and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), have been on strike, protesting outside of corporate and retail locations across the country.
Solidarity Action Protesting Violence Against Filipino Farmers
Nearly 200 protesters from the Filipino community, faith groups, and civic organizations gathered in front of the Philippine Consulate in downtown San Francisco on April 5, calling for justice and demanding accountability for the Philippine government’s violent action against protesting farmers on April 1 that resulted in two deaths and 116 injured in Kidapawan, Philippines.
Domestic Worker Suit Against Tech Power Couple
Domestic worker files a complaint against top Uber Executive and his wife.
Interview With Central Valley Youth On CA Drought
Middle school student from Mendota in western Fresno County breaks down the impacts of the California drought on farm workers in one of People Power Media's best interviewees.
Op-Ed: Fighting Inequality At The Ballot Box
San Francisco’s vulnerable residents are barely hanging on. But this November, grassroots organizations hope to pass ballot measures that will help to close the gap between San Francisco’s rich and poor, the fastest growing in the US.
Professor Refutes City Report On Minimum Wage
UC Berkeley Economists Present Research Analyzing Effects of San Francisco Minimum Wage Measure
Bad Apple: San Francisco Protest Against Tech Giant
Apple products being pushed here in the US and other countries gets people excited, but it never crosses your mind how exactly they’re able to push out a new product every year.
Farm Workers Surviving The Drought In California
Undocumented farm workers are hit the hardest because of California's extreme drought. We went to the heart of the Central Valley, west Fresno County, to talk to residents about how they're surviving the massive job losses.
Confronting Philippine Ambassador On Human Trafficking Case
On May 16, 2014, representatives from BAYAN-USA, Migrante and NAFCON met with the Philippines Ambassador to the US, Jose L. Cuisa, Jr. at the Philippines Consulate in San Francisco.
Pushing For A Higher SF Minimum Wage
San Francisco’s new minimum wage could be highest in the country if passed on the November 2014 ballot. Community and labor groups that make up the Coalition for a Fair Economy are pushing for a higher minimum wage as rents in the San Francisco also top all other US cities.
California Domestic Workers Demand Bill Of Rights
California Domestic Workers and advocates meet with legislators at the California capital on Mother's Day to demand the passage of a Bill of Rights to protect their workers.
Filipinos In San Francisco Rally Against Modern Slavery
A crowd of protesters gathered around the Philippine Consulate in San Francisco to demand action on the deaths, human trafficking and abuse of Filipino migrant workers on an oil rig in New Orleans.