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Mayoral Candidates Dispute Council on Garbage Contract

Posted in Army Base Jobs, Economic Development, Education/Schools/Youth, Elections & Voting Rights, Health, Labor, Oakland Job Programs, Oakland Talks Trash Part 2 By Ashley Chambers With…

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Oakland Goes Head to Head with Waste Management

Posted in Business, Community, Economic Development, Education/Schools/Youth, Environment, Gentrification, Health, Oakland Talks Trash In late-breaking news, the city announced a CWS-Waste Management compromise with rates about…

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Mayoral Candidates Side with Local Company Against Waste Multinational

Posted in Business, Community, Economic Development, Elections & Voting Rights, Labor, Oakland Job Programs, Oakland Talks Trash By Ashley Chambers Part 1 National trash hauling…

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CWS Will Build “Clean, Modern” Facility in West Oakland

Posted in Business, Community, Economic Development, Education/Schools/Youth, Gentrification, Labor, Oakland Job Programs, Oakland Talks Trash, Responsive Government By Ken Epstein When people hear that California Waste Solutions…

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New Jobs, No Layoffs in New Trash Contract

Posted in Business, Community, Economic Development, Environment, Gentrification, Health, Labor, Oakland Job Programs, Oakland Talks Trash, Responsive Government By Ken Epstein Workers at Waste Management have a lot…

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Phil Tagami’s Conflicts of Interest Could Jeopardize Trash Deal

Posted in Army Base Jobs, Business, Community, Economic Development, Environment, Health, Oakland Talks Trash, Responsive Government By Post Staff Army Base master developer and city agent…

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Phil Tagami Responds to Oakland Post

Posted in Army Base Jobs, Community, Economic Development, Environment, Health, Labor, Oakland Talks Trash, Responsive Government, Transportation By Post Staff Master developer Phil Tagami of CCIG responded…

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Oakland Residents Say Petition Gatherers “Lie, Bully and Harass”

Posted in Business, Community, Economic Development, Health, Labor, Oakland Job Programs, Oakland Talks Trash, Responsive Government Some Petitioners resort to anti-immigrant racism By Ken Epstein Pamela…

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“We Will Not Roll Over,” Say Councilmembers

Posted in Business, Community, Economic Development, Environment, Gentrification, Health, Labor, Oakland Talks Trash, Responsive Government By Tasion Kwamilele  City Councilmembers are unwavering in the face of what…

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Waste Management Uses Dirty Tricks to Overturn Garbage Deal

Posted in Business, Community, Economic Development, Elections & Voting Rights, Environment, Gentrification, Health, Oakland Job Programs, Oakland Talks Trash The corporation that lost the bid is circulating…

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