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Building Resilient Futures: New Pathways for Inclusive Economic Development

A Closer Look at the 'Invisible' Subcontracting Trend in Silicon Valley
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How the City of San Jose Can Afford to Increase Salaries Without Cutting Services

Diving into the overlooked factors that show how San Jose's effective budget is larger than expected.
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Tech’s Invisible Workforce

A Closer Look at the 'Invisible' Subcontracting Trend in Silicon Valley
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Investing In Our Future

The Transportation Priorities of Silicon Valley’s Diverse Communities
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Economic Prosperity Strategy

Improving economic opportunity for the Bay Area’s low- and moderate-wage workers
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Temporary Work, Permanent Injuries

Realities in the Food Processing Industry and a Call to Action
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Tech’s Diversity Problem

More Than Meets the Eye
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Access to Paid Sick Days in San Jose

A briefing paper from the Institute for Women's Policy Research
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Power is at the Root

How Funders and Workforce Leaders Can Center Workers in the “Future of Work”
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Delivering Insecurity

E-commerce and the Future of Work in Food Retail
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Serving Silicon Valley

Tech Giants and their Service Workers in the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Change and Uncertainty, Not Apocalypse

Technological Change and Store-Based Retail
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The Eviction Time-Bomb

How COVID-19 & corporate greed could devastate Latinx and Black renters and kick 40,000 families out of their homes
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Technological Change in Health Care Delivery

Drivers and Consequences of Technological Change in Health Care Delivery
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Understanding & Responding to the Changing Nature of Work in the Bay Area

A joint report with ReWork the Bay and Jobs with Justice San Francisco.
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The Future of Warehouse Work

Technological Change in the U.S. Logistics Industry
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The Google Rent Hike

What Google’s San Jose mega-campus could cost renting families — and what Google can do about it
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Innovating Inequality?

How tech’s business models concentrate wealth while shortchanging workers
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Driverless?

Autonomous Trucks and the Future of the American Trucker
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When Renters Rise, Our City Thrives

Factsheet on renting families and our housing crisis
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Construction in San Jose: Crisis & Opportunity

Growing Our Local Middle-Class Construction Workforce
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Soaring Rents, Falling Wages

The growing gap between rents and incomes is stretching working families and seniors to the breaking point — while millionaire landlords and absentee corporations profit off our housing crisis.
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Good health is about more than doctor's visits. It's about having safe neighborhoods, clean air, affordable housing, good jobs, and access to quality healthcare.

The people we elect and the measures we vote for shape all of these things. Voting is one way we can hold our leaders accountable and fight for the resources our families and neighbors deserve.

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Our own Ana Vasquez had the honor of attending Wom Our own Ana Vasquez had the honor of attending Women Who Dared—Honoring Women of the Civil Rights Movement, hosted by the Sojourn Project, celebrating the women whose courage and leadership helped advance civil rights and voting rights.⁠
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As our Voter Engagement Organizer, Ana works to mobilize voters, develop community leaders, and build civic engagement beyond Election Day. Meeting these civil rights icons served as a powerful reminder of the history of voter suppression and our continued responsibility to protect our right to vote.⁠
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🗳️ That work continues today! Join us as a Neighborhood Poll Protector to help safeguard voting rights in your community. Sign up for a training at the link in our bio! 🔗
Not even a literal fire drill could stop these tra Not even a literal fire drill could stop these trailblazers from celebrating their next big step! 🔥🎓

Congratulations to the second Trades Orientation Program (TOP) cohort of 2026! These graduates have spent weeks building their skills, gaining hands-on experience, and preparing for careers in the union building trades. Now, they're one step closer to building a brighter future for themselves, their families, and their communities.

We're proud of everything they've accomplished and can't wait to see where their journeys take them next. Here's to the next generation of skilled tradespeople! 🛠️👏

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Find out how you can be a part of our next Trades Orientation Program cohort! Go to the link in our bio to learn more 🔗
🗳️ Your job shouldn't stand between you and the ba 🗳️ Your job shouldn't stand between you and the ballot box!

Early voting is officially underway in California, and Election Day is November 3! Did you know that California workers have the right to take up to TWO HOURS of paid time off to vote on Election Day if their work schedule doesn't leave them enough time to cast their ballot? 

Talk to your employer about your voting plan! Learn more and find your nearest voting location at CAEarlyVoting.sos.ca.gov. ✊
🎙️ Who gets a say in Silicon Valley’s tech future? 🎙️ Who gets a say in Silicon Valley’s tech future?

While headlines focus on what AI might do tomorrow, decisions about how technology shapes our jobs and lives are being made TODAY.

Our Executive Director, Maria Noel Fernandez, joined Keith Menconi from @sjspotlight's The Podlight to discuss how AI and workplace surveillance are changing the way we work, and how the People’s Tech Coalition is organizing to ensure workers and communities have a voice in the technologies shaping their futures.

Listen to the full pod at sanjosespotlight.com/the-podlight 🔗 Link in bio
🚨 DEADLINE: Voter Registration 🗳️ TODAY, OCT 19, 🚨 DEADLINE: Voter Registration 🗳️

TODAY, OCT 19, is the last day to register to vote online or by mail for the November 3, 2026 General Election!

Take a few minutes to register TODAY or check your registration status at sos.ca.gov/elections/voter-registration!

#MyVoteMyHealth #RegisterToVote #CaliforniaVotes
🗳️ Is your vote-by-mail ballot just sitting on you 🗳️ Is your vote-by-mail ballot just sitting on your kitchen table? 

Here are 5 simple steps you can take right now to make sure your vote is counted!

🗳️ Is your vote-by-mail ballot just sitting on your kitchen table? 

✅ Complete it — Fill out your ballot.

✅ Seal it — Place it in the return envelope.

✅ Sign it — Make sure your signature matches your voter registration.

✅ Return it — By mail or local drop box (preferred).

✅ Track it — Get ballot updates at wheresmyballot.sos.ca.gov.
🚨 NEW REPORT: Bossware is on the rise in CA The P 🚨 NEW REPORT: Bossware is on the rise in CA

The People’s Tech Coalition is a statewide alliance building power to establish workers’ rights for the 21st century.

Today, we’re sounding the alarm on bossware in California—algorithms, AI, and digital surveillance technologies increasingly used to track workers, measure performance, and make decisions on the job.

Our new report takes a closer look at how bossware impacts workers—and what protections workers need against the misuse of these technologies.

📖 Read the full report at report.NoRoboBosses.org 🚫🤖
Workers fought against Big Tech—and won! ✊🔥 Despi Workers fought against Big Tech—and won! ✊🔥

Despite opposition from powerful, well-funded tech lobbyists, California workers and unions fought for and won groundbreaking new protections against the harmful uses of AI in the workplace.

From limiting AI surveillance to requiring human oversight in workplace decisions, these new laws are a major step toward ensuring technology works for people, not just corporate profits.

But the fight is far from over. Several important bills failed to become law, and gaps in existing protections still leave many workers vulnerable. We're celebrating these hard-fought victories while continuing to organize for a future where every worker has dignity, privacy, and a voice in how technology shapes their lives.

Swipe to see what workers won—and what we're still fighting for. ➡️
🗳️ Vote-by-mail ballots are arriving this week! Fo 🗳️ Vote-by-mail ballots are arriving this week! Follow along and share the following key dates with your friends, families, and enemies:

📅 OCT 5: Ballots begin being mailed out.
📅 OCT 19: Last Day to Register to Vote using the regular process
📅 OCT 24: Vote Centers Open
📅 OCT 27: Last Recommended Day to Mail Your Ballot

📅 NOV 3: Election Day !!

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