About two dozen interpreters filled up the Judicial Council gallery Friday to push for extending language services to court users in civil matters and caution against the misuse of Video Remote Interpreting.
Read MoreNuances matter when interpreting for trafficking cases
Long after a police raid has busted a human trafficking ring, emotionally difficult and legally complicated follow-up work continues. Interpreters are key to helping.
Read MoreProtesters condemn Gap for shameful workplace safety standards
Gap refuses to adhere to progressive workplace standards despite mounting pressure and international revulsion following the disaster in Bangladesh.
Read MoreCourt Interpreter details making ends meet without a raise in more than 5 years
California court interpreters have not received a wage increase in more than five years while healthcare costs spiked and inflation has gone up 11% from 2007 to 2013. In bargaining, the courts continue to reject a raise.
Read MoreCourt interpreters stand strong on full day’s pay
Court administrators proposed to withdraw a proposal to send interpreters home up to two hours early without pay, but only if the California Federation of Interpreters agrees to accept a proposal on video remote interpreting.
Read MoreSeeing red: The story behind our Twitter and Facebook campaign
“We love the Chronicle, and we love journalism, but we can’t keep donating our own livelihoods to increase the profits of our corporate owners.” Join our Twitter campaign on Monday.
Read MoreMichigan’s “right-to-work” fight foreshadowed at Free Press
Michigan Gov. dealt a sucker punch to unions in America’s symbolic capital of labor by signing two controversial “right-to-work” bills that ban unions from requiring workers to pay dues as a condition of employment.
Read MoreHonored union advocate courting retirement
Duane Beeson, activist lawyer and senior partner in the Media Workers’ own law firm, Beeson Tayer & Bodine, had something like a retirement dinner Wednesday night. Beeson, 90, a onetime staff attorney for the NLRB back when the federal agency took its job of defending worker rights a lot more seriously than it sometimes does […]
Read MoreNurses Strike Sutter Health Over Demands for Worker Concessions
For the fourth time since September, nurses across nine Sutter Health hospitals went on strike Wednesday in response to management demands for worker concessions that include reductions in healthcare coverage, increased pension contributions and changes to workplace rights and conditions. The nurses are also protesting widespread cuts by Sutter to in-patient care services. According to […]
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