December 23, 2020 Who Will Pay for California’s Unemployment Fraud? By Lauren Hepler and Stephen Council, CalMatters With another stimulus bill poised to inject more cash into a leaky system, taxpayers could be left holding the bag. Read More 8
August 16, 2018 Fatal Fall at Silvery Towers Prompts Cal OSHA Investigation By Silicon Valley Newsroom Someone fell to his death early Thursday at downtown San Jose’s Silvery Towers, a project already tainted by claims of wage theft and slavery. Read More 5
August 15, 2018 ‘Slavery Towers’ a Flashpoint in Debate Over Labor Standards, Responsible Development By Jennifer Wadsworth The 643-unit Silvery Towers climbing 22 stories into the sky from the heart of San Jose have become a monument to unfettered greed. Read More 16
July 23, 2018 San Jose High-Rise Contractor Pays $250,000 Over Alleged Wage Theft, Labor Trafficking By Dominoe Ibarra The builder of a downtown San Jose apartment tower shelled out $250,000 to workers to settle alleged labor violations. Read More 9
March 18, 2018 Consumers Up Against Lobbyists in Fight over San Jose Water Company’s Proposed Rate Hike By Jennifer Wadsworth San Jose Water Co.’s latest pitch to raise rates comes before the CPUC Thursday, and irate customers are gearing up for a showdown. Read More 9
January 25, 2017 County’s Top Taxpayer-Funded Child Care Provider Clams Up over Missing Pension Payments By Jennifer Wadsworth A pension freeze is only the latest sign of dysfunction at the 4C Council child care provider, the South Bay’s largest publicly funded nonprofit. Read More 19
September 30, 2016 Lawsuit: Palantir Discriminated Against Asian Job Applicants By Jennifer Wadsworth Regulators have sued Palantir—the data mining company backed by billionaire Peter Thiel—for allegedly discriminating against Asians. Read More 9
September 1, 2014 Happy Labor Day; San Jose Inside Returns Tuesday By Silicon Valley Newsroom Labor Day, a holiday deeply rooted in the American labor movement, claims a history full of violence and victory, a "workingmen's holiday" first celebrated by the New York City-based Central Labor Union in 1882. Read More 4