September 6, 2010

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Petaluma Sheraton Workers Sign First Contract!!

Living Wage Coalition of Sonoma County Newsletter - Winter 2006
by Eileen Morris

Seven years after they began their struggle, workers at the PetalumaSheraton negotiated a

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Petaluma Sheraton Hotel Workers Vote in Union
DECEMBER 6, 2005

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Sheraton hotel

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Union Contract Negotiations to Begin at the Petaluma Sheraton

North Bay Progressive
January 2006

by Eileen Morris

After a long and hard-fought battle, workers at the Petaluma Sheraton voted to join the UNITEHERE Local 2850 (a merger of the Union of

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Unions drum up support in SR - Labor activists at town hall meeting accuse local businesses of trampling on workers' rights
JUNE 19, 2005
Santa Rosa Press Democrat

By JEREMY HAY - THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

Some of Sonoma County's biggest businesses are trampling on their employees in a way that reflects a nationwide

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Workers rights still getting squeezed
JUNE 18, 2005
Santa Rosa Press Democrat
Closer to Home/Opinion

By BEN BOYCE

Right here in Sonoma County, a silent war is being fought, out of sight of the general public.

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Empire Waste treating people like garbage?
JUNE 2005
North Bay Progressive
By Ellen Bicheler

On May 16, the Petaluma City Council voted 5-1 with Councilmember, Karen Nau dissenting to extend their garbage contract another six months with Empire

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Petaluma City Council Decision is Death Warrant for Union
JUNE 2005
North Bay Progressive
by Ben Boyce
Co-ordinator, Living Wage Coalition

After the May 2nd meeting of the Petaluma City Council, it looked as if an end was finally in sight for the hard-pressed

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Petaluma Issues Ultimatum To Garbage Hauler, Union
MAY 3, 2005
Santa Rosa Press Democrat

By Jose L. Sanchez

Get it done or else.

The Petaluma City Council told its garbage hauler and a union Monday to come to terms with each other on a contract or

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Nursing Home Workers Get Union Representation
SEPTEMBER 16, 2004
Sonoma Valley Sun
by Tim Omarzu

About 70 workers at a Sonoma nursing home now have union representation.A federal board certified on Aug. 31 that workers at Sonoma Health Care Center voted

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Workers Basic Human Rights
SEPTEMBER 2, 2002
Santa Rosa Press Democrat

Closer to Home
Workers Basic Human Rights

by Marty Bennett

Workers at the Sonoma Healthcare Center in Sonoma staged a one-day strike

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