Marilyn Bechtel
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Nuclear weapons monitors take step forward for environmental review of new plans
Four public interest groups have scored a win in their struggle to compel the Department of Energy and DoE’s semiautonomous National Nuclear Security Agency to perform a thorough environmental review of plans to greatly increase production of plutonium bomb cores, or pits, for a totally new warhea... → Read More
‘Democracy Bowl’ rally pits ‘Team Freedom’ against ‘Team Fascism’
OAKLAND, Calif.—As advocates for democracy were coming together nationwide under the auspices of Indivisible and Public Citizen to commemorate the second anniversary of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, some 60 demonstrators defied winter winds and threatening rain to gather at Lake Merritt’s Pergola here on Jan. 7. → Read More
UC graduate student academic workers reach tentative pact, ratification vote underway
BERKELEY, Calif.—After many months of bargaining and five weeks on picket lines at University of California campuses throughout the state, Academic Student Employee and Student Researcher bargaining teams announced Dec. 16 that they have reached tentative agreement with the university. → Read More
Take action: Public comment process underway at U.S. nuclear weapons lab
SAN FRANCISCO—At a time when events on the ground have renewed worldwide concerns about nuclear weapons’ potential to wreak existential catastrophe, one of the two sites where every nuclear weapon in the U.S. arsenal is designed is approaching a major milestone. → Read More
California labor united in solidarity with 48,000 striking UC academic workers
BERKELEY, Calif.—As some 48,000 student academic workers represented by three United Auto Workers locals launched an open-ended strike across the University of California’s 10 campuses on Nov. 14, unions throughout the state were declaring their solidarity. → Read More
Kaiser Permanente mental health clinicians ratify contract, ending 10-week strike
OAKLAND, Calif.—Kaiser Permanente mental health therapists in northern California and the Central Valley have voted by an overwhelming 1,561 to 36 to ratify a new contract with breakthrough provisions to retain staff and reduce patients’ wait times, the therapists’ union, the National Union of... → Read More
Kaiser mental health clinicians’ strike now in third month, Sacramento mayor to mediate
OAKLAND, Calif.—This week, Kaiser Permanente mental health clinicians in northern California and the Central Valley are entering the third month of the longest mental health workers’ strike in U.S. history. → Read More
Kaiser mental health clinicians reject Kaiser offer that wouldn’t increase staffing
OAKLAND, Calif. – Kaiser mental health therapists in northern California and the Central Valley, now entering Week 7 of an open-ended strike to win adequate access to mental healthcare for the 4. → Read More
Labor Day rally marks Kaiser mental health clinicians’ fourth week on strike
OAKLAND, Calif.—As over 2,000 Kaiser psychologists, social workers, and therapists entered the fourth week of the longest mental health strike in U.S. → Read More
Kaiser Permanente nurses hold informational pickets for nurse and patient safety
OAKLAND, Calif. – As passing cars honked in solidarity, dozens of registered nurses and nurse practitioners, members of the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United, walked an informational picket line Sept. → Read More
Striking Kaiser mental health clinicians joined by colleagues in Hawaii
OAKLAND, Calif.— Over 2,000 striking mental health clinicians hit the picket lines in front of Kaiser Permanente facilities in northern California and the Central Valley on the morning of Aug. → Read More
Kaiser mental health clinicians in California strike for better patient service
OAKLAND, Calif.—At dawn Aug. 15, Kaiser Permanente mental health clinicians launched picket lines across northern California and the Central Valley, starting an open-ended strike to demand the nation’s largest nonprofit HMO add staff to provide its millions of enrolled patients access to the tim... → Read More
Kaiser mental health clinicians to start open-ended strike Aug. 15
OAKLAND, Calif.—Bright and early Monday morning, some 2,000 psychologists, therapists, chemical dependency counselors, and social workers will be on the picket line outside Kaiser Permanente facilities across northern California and the Central Valley, demanding that the giant healthcare corporati... → Read More
Ukraine war and climate crisis set backdrop for atomic bomb commemoration
LIVERMORE, Calif.—For decades, peace activists have gathered outside the West Gate of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, one of two locations designing and developing every weapon in the U.S. nuclear arsenal, to commemorate the anniversaries of the U.S. → Read More
New California bill creates private right of action against illegal weapons
Under a new law California Governor Gavin Newsom signed July 22, individuals will be able to sue those who manufacture, distribute, transport, import or sell dangerous and illegal assault weapons and ghost guns in the state. → Read More
California law allows victims to sue gun companies
SAN FRANCISCO—A new state law will make it possible for Californians to hold gun manufacturers and dealers responsible when they fail to follow the state’s strict gun laws and their products cause harm. On July 12, Gov. → Read More
Kaiser Permanente mental health clinicians say California patients still being denied timely care
OAKLAND, Calif.—The long struggle of Californians to access timely mental healthcare is entering a new era. On July 1, a new law went into effect, Senate Bill 221, by state Sen. → Read More
Western states declare abortion access pact in opposition to Supreme Court
OAKLAND—Just hours after the U.S. Supreme Court announced its sweeping decision ending abortion rights in place for almost half a century, the governors of California, Oregon, and Washington state issued a joint declaration June 24 announcing that their states will uphold access to reproductive he... → Read More
Despite San Francisco recall, justice candidates surge ahead in California primaries
SAN FRANCISCO—Progressive San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin may have been decisively recalled in last week’s widely publicized election, but he and his supporters wasted no time in letting it be known that their fight for criminal justice reform is far from over. → Read More
Students back teachers in one day strike in Oakland
OAKLAND, Calif. – Parents, students and community supporters joined teachers in a day of action April 29, as Oakland Education Association members conducted a one-day strike to protest the Oakland Unified School District’s plan to close and merge schools at the close of school this year and next... → Read More