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Ken A. Epstein

Mayor, City Staff Not Doing Enough to Save Base Businesses and Jobs, Says Reid

By Ken A. Epstein As time runs out for businesses based at the Oakland Army Base, the…

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Ken A. Epstein

3,000 Port Truck Drivers Under the Gun

Posted in Army Base Jobs, Labor By Ken A Epstein Concerns about maintaining local small businesses and the jobs of…

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Ken A. Epstein

Teamsters Dispute with Local Trucker Haunts Army Base Project

By Ken A. Epstein A high profile lawsuit has reignited a long simmering dispute between Oakland Army…

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Ken A. Epstein

City Workers Strike Oakland

Posted in Labor

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Ken A. Epstein

Debate Simmers on City’s $2 Billion Budget

Posted in Community, Labor, Responsive Government By Ken A. Epstein Oakland’s new two-year $2 billion budget – the first in five…

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Ken A. Epstein

City Workers Prepare to Strike

Posted in Labor, Responsive Government By Post Staff City workers represented by SEIU Local 1021 and IFTPE Local 21 announced…

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Ken A. Epstein

Councilmembers Propose Police Reform Budget That Saves City Services

Posted in Labor, Responsive Government By Ken A. Epstein Three Oakland Councilmembers – Desley Brooks, Noel Gallo and Larry Reid…

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Ken A. Epstein

City Workers Demand Raises, Not More Cuts

Posted in Labor By Ken A. Epstein SEIU 1021, which represents 1,500 city workers, along with other unions that…

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