Link to original article 本報記者彭詩喬三藩市報道 三藩市多團體組織國際勞動節遊行。記者彭詩喬攝 每年「五一國際勞動節」這天，灣區各地都有工人組織集會遊行，慶祝和紀念8小時工作制的開始。在全國多地校園爆發反對加沙戰爭運動之際，要求加沙停火也成為今年勞動節遊行的重要主題。三藩市、屋崙和聖荷西等地都集結了多個團體，要求政府停止資助加沙戰爭，投入支持本地社區和工人。 上午10點開始，三藩市米慎街夾24街捷運站附近集結上千人，由移民權利、工人和反對加沙戰爭的組織組成的多族裔聯盟一路大喊口號，遊行到三藩市市府門前。參加遊行的人群要求政府更多為工人和移民社區提供資金，而非戰爭。 遊行的隊伍中有多名華人，其中一些是旨在保障低收入和移民工人權益的非營利組織華人進步會（CPA ..read more

Link: https://www.ktsf.com/2024/04/25/sf-labor-rights-rally/ [KTSF 黃恩光報導】 舊金山（三藩市）市府面對巨大的財政赤字，市長要求各部門削減預算，週三多個服務市內勞工的社區機構，在市府大樓集體抗議，要求市府保留撥款，讓他們可以繼續服務勞工階層。 幾十個工會以及為勞工爭取權益的非牟利組織在舊金山市府大樓外面集會，要求市府不要削減對勞工階層的撥款。 華人進步會勞工組織員梁小姐表示，根據市長提出的預算，他們的機構將會失去數十萬元的經費。 梁小姐說：「沒有這些資金代表，有一半的工人或更多的工人，不會知道自己的基本權益，在舊金山低收入工人超過兩萬人，沒有這些資金，意味著有上千上萬的低收入打工仔少了機會了解，原來我有最低工資的權益，我有帶薪病假的權益，我有免受僱主報復的權益，沒有了外展，代表連他們爭取自己權益的第一步也不會踏出。」 梁小姐表示，華人進步會去年透過外展，幫助超過8000 ..read more

Reporter: Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez, KQED Political Breakdown Newsletter, 2/22/2024 Sign up for the Political Breakdown newsletter: https://www.kqed.org/newsletters   The 8 Bayshore Muni meandered through the predominantly Asian neighborhoods of San Francisco’s southside — the Excelsior, Bayshore and Visitacion Valley. Decades ago, the area was majority Black. Yearslong tensions between Black and Asian communities is why I was on the bus last Saturday. It cut through the rain pelting Interstate 280 as we headed for Chinatown and the Chinese Progressive Association on Kearny Street wher ..read more

Reporter: Ko Lyn Cheang, San Francisco Chronicle, 2/8/2024 Link to article: https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/aapi-hate-crimes-18655173.php Tetet Naval, a Filipina San Franciscan, was waiting for the bus along Market Street in June when she felt something strike her in the back. Startled, she turned to see a man with a stick in hand. He yelled at her, “Go back to your country,” she recalled. Terrified he would do something worse, she ran. “Before, I was very confident walking around because I know this place,” Naval told the Chronicle inside San Francisco City Hall on Thursday, wher ..read more

Press Release June 30th, 2022 Contact:  Susan Kikuchi (English) Sophia Cheng (Chinese) San Francisco Workers Celebrate Minimum Wage Increase to $16.99; Highlights the Need for Implementation  San Francisco – Today the Workers Rights Community Collaborative (WRCC), a multiracial coalition of working people rallied at 24th and Mission to mark the city’s minimum wage raise on July 1st. Workers from the domestic work, restaurant, day laborer, hospitality, caregiving and other service sectors spoke about the importance of wage increases at a time of record inflation, as well as the import ..read more

Link: https://sponsored.chronicle.com/workers-taking-a/ By Shaw San Liu, Chinese Progressive Association, and Andre Oliver, The James Irvine Foundation Every day, workers who strive to make ends meet in California and across the country fall prey to a practice that seeks to rob them of their wages and their dignity. They are the victims of wage theft, in which workers are paid less than minimum wage, aren’t paid overtime, have their tips stolen, work off-the-clock, or are denied meal or rest breaks. They are farmworkers, prep cooks, cashiers, rideshare drivers, and residential care workers, a ..read more

華人進步會工人代表呼籲僱主遵守勞工法，保障工人權益。記者蘇婕雅攝 從7月1日起，三藩市所有勞工的最低時薪將從16.99元上漲至18.07元。29日上午，近50個工人權利社區合作組織(WRCC)的代表在三藩市24街和米慎街交界的捷運站外舉行集會，慶祝這一令人興奮的消息。 WRCC是一個多種族裔組織的勞動工聯盟。集會用粵語、英語及西語三種語言同時進行。代表餐廳、家政、酒店、護理和其他服務部門的工人代表們進行公眾發言，表達在創紀錄的通貨膨脹時期提高工資的重要性以及加大推廣宣傳，提醒工人要知道自己的權利。 華人進步會工人代表司徒詠瑜表示：「這對工人來說是一個進步，但我們也必須呼籲所有僱主遵守勞工法。」除了提高最低工資外，工作場所環境健康和安全、失業福利和醫療保險等對於工人也很重要，「特別是對於移民工人，容易因為英語水平有限和不懂勞工法等成為老闆剝削的對象。」 進步會組織員陳淑怡指出，如果勞工遭受不公平對待或擔心遭僱主報復，可向華人進步會求助，就如他們的口號：「工人啊、團結啊，人人爭取不用怕！」 菲律賓社區中心工人領袖蒂塔·科里 (Tita Cory) 分享：「我以前在一家看護機構工作，但僱主不遵守最低工資、休息時間和加班費等規定。當時我覺得別無選擇，只能在這樣的條件下繼續工作，讓我很難過。後來加入了社區中心，我今年才了解到我的權利。」 拉美裔工人聯盟Trabajadores Unidos ..read more

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In 2019, five organizations founded the Coalition for Community Safety and Justice (CCSJ) — Chinese for Affirmative Action, Chinatown Community Development Center, Chinese Progressive Association, Community Youth Center, and New Breath Foundation. CCSJ focuses on long-standing safety issues within the Asian American and Pacific Islander (API) community and works to address and prevent violence, racism, and xenophobia. It identifies and develops community-centered programmatic solutions to mitigate violence and hate across all communities of color. CCSJ recognizes that carceral solutions are no ..read more

SFUSD student Selser Seth in a KQED study for an interview. ‘If you’re going to work for the kids, you should work for all of them,’ she said.  (Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez/KQED) Adults, from parents to city officials, have weighed in on San Francisco School Board Commissioner Ann Hsu’s comments disparaging Black and brown families as not valuing their children’s education. But the voice of students has been glaringly missing from the conversation. “If you work for the Board of Education, you shouldn’t be making comments like that,” said Selser Seth, a Black 17-year-old. “And if you’re ..read more