Boba Guys Suspends Workers Without Pay After Public Backlash

After a week of public backlash, Boba Guys management temporarily closed their Mission District store on 19th and Valencia, made their Twitter account private, and disabled comments on their Instagram posts. Workers at the Mission store received an email early Thursday evening from HR director Marisa Bowman-Frye and were notified that they were suspended without pay, “to refrain from entering Boba Guys business locations,” and that “an investigation is pending.” Xiaojun Zhou, a bobarista who worked at the Mission store for two years and had a semi-viral Instagram post that led to the public backlash, already resigned before the email was sent out but expressed frustrations for other employees that received it. “My frustration comes from watching them making super…

SFO Workers Strike Part of a Larger Trend in Labor Organizing

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Shae Watson

California News

This Week of UC Strikes is a Milestone in America’s Labor Fight
On Monday afternoon, the University of California, Berkeley thrummed with the sights and sounds of protest reverberating from picket lines along Bancroft Way. A huge sign reading “END RENT BURDEN” stretched across the worn bronze arch of Sather Gate. Nearby, a duo kneeled on the concrete of Sproul Plaza, scribbling messages in bright streaks of
Tenants Marched to Veritas Headquarters as Eviction Moratorium Expires
SAN FRANCISCO, CA — The California statewide eviction moratorium is set to expire today. For millions of Californians, that means they are no longer relieved from rental debt. “I’m a tenant and mother who lost work during the pandemic, and my landlord continues to send letters threatening eviction even though I’ve submitted a declaration,” said
Dandelion Chocolate Workers and Supporters Rallied After Recent Layoffs
San Francisco — Since Dandelion Chocolate workers publicly announced to unionize in March, they have been fighting against CEO Todd Masonis and company management for interfering with their unionization efforts. The union election took place in April, which was too close to call and followed by litigation. On June 3, Masonis decided to lay off
SF Head of Homeless Response Blames Homelessness on Amenities and Pushes Enforcement
A series of emails, released via the Sunshine Act, showed one of San Francisco’s top homelessness chiefs arguing that providing public services ‘attracts unsheltered people’ and that restricting amenities would be necessary to keep the City to be ‘tent free.’ These new revelations demonstrate a pattern of City officials neglecting their commitments to their homeless
“End Apartheid”: Thousands Marched in San Francisco Mission District in Support of Palestine
SAN FRANCISCO—Yesterday in San Francisco’s Mission District, thousands of demonstrators came out in support of occupied Palestinians. The demonstration came in solidarity after weeks of devastation across occupied territories, including the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in East Jerusalem and Gaza. Saturday was also the 73rd anniversary of the 1948 Palestinian Exodus, or the “Nakba”—a catastrophic event