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San Francisco should slash its overpaid executives’ tax by 90 percent, raise taxes on some businesses while lowering them for others and make it harder to put tax measures on the ballot, new proposal says.

The New Jersey Turnpike Authority unanimously approved its 2024 budget, which includes a 3% rise in tolls "at a later date" this year.

San Francisco is projected to have a budget deficit that exceeds $1 billion in 2027, while Mayor London Breed has indicated that maintaining core city services is top priority.

Labor solidarity with Palestine continues to grow — even in the U.S. where the leadership of organized labor has historically been pro-Zionist. Thousands of union activists and allies rallied in Oakland, California, on Dec. 16, to voice solidarity with Palestinian workers. Called by Bay Area Labor for Palestine, the demonstration…

The unions representing San Jose city workers have reached a deal with the city that appears to have averted a three-day strike set to begin Tuesday, pending ratification by the city council.

Nearly 4,500 San Jose city employees will go on a three-day strike next week.

Two unions representing 4,500 San Jose city workers are on the verge of voting for a strike that could drastically impact services.

An emphatic ruling from a state public employment board has eviscerated San Francisco's half-century-old City Charter sections forbidding public employees A state body has roundly rejected San Francisco's 1970s-era rules forbidding city employees from striking — setting up an even more tumultuous budget and labor situation.

Larry Griffin will be remembered for his tireless dedication to workers rights, his advocacy for the Jewish community and his service to San Francisco.