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Maria Noel Fernandez, Executive Director, Working Partnerships USA.
Working Partnerships USA, 2302 Zanker Road, San Jose, CA 95131. For questions, reachout to Andrea Cousins at giving@wpusa.org.
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Zeenab Aneez
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2102 Almaden Rd. Suite 112
San Jose, CA 95125
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In the news
- DoorDash drivers knock on CEO’s door to protest wagesSan Francisco Examiner, 9/2/21
- DoorDash workers protest outside CEO Tony Xu’s home demanding better pay, tip transparency and PPETechCrunch, 9/2/21
- DoorDash drivers go to CEO’s door to demand fair wages and working conditions48hills, 9/2/21
- DoorDash Settlement Would Pay a Paltry $130 to Workers Instead of Making Them EmployeesGizmodo, 9/1/21
- Gig worker advocacy groups react to court ruling that Prop. 22 is ‘unconstitutional’CNN, 8/21/21
- Rising Concern Over Lead in Exhaust of Small Aircraft Spurs New Calls to Close Reid-Hillview AirportNBC Bay Area, 8/7/21
- Uber showed drivers lower fares than passengers, blames California law it supportedMarketWatch, 7/23/21
- Black and Brown Gig Workers Report Lower Ratings — But Companies Make Bias Hard to TrackKQED, 7/22/21
- Community workforce agreement highlighted in Santa Clara VTA projectsMass Transit Magazine, 7/15/21
- Santa Clara County sees increase in value of taxable propertiesSan Jose Spotlight, 7/13/21
- No plans yet for first Google-San Jose fundsSan Jose Spotlight, 7/6/21
- Local resources for survivors and victims of gun violenceABC 7 News, 6/29/21
- How Google won over some of its biggest critics to build a megacampus in San JoseCNBC, 6/27/21
- San Jose to decide where to prioritize affordable housingSan Jose Spotlight, 6/24/21
- Teamsters plan sweeping effort to unionize Amazon workersThe Guardian, 6/22/21
- San Jose-Google advisory group is years awaySan Jose Spotlight, 6/15/21
- You may be paying more for Uber, but drivers aren’t getting their cut of the fare hikeWashington Post, 6/10/21
- It’s Hard Work to Make Ordering Groceries Online So EasyNew York Times, 6/4/21
- San Jose Flea Market vendors protest development planSan Jose Spotlight, 6/4/21
- How will San Jose enforce its return to work law?San Jose Spotlight, 6/1/21
- San Jose VTA Shooting: How to Help Victims, Families and Those Personally AffectedKQED, 5/27/21
- How you can help victims of San Jose’s VTA mass shootingSan Jose Spotlight, 5/26/21
- Op-ed: Downtown West sets new standard for addressing displacement and community voiceSan Jose Spotlight, 5/25/21
- San Jose-Google benefits fund could take 10 years to pay outSan Jose Spotlight, 5/25/21
- San Jose’s City Council just unanimously approved Google’s Downtown West projectSilicon Valley Business Journal, 5/25/21
- San Jose approves policy to rehire laid-off workersSan Jose Spotlight, 5/11/21
- Is Uber disclosing enough information about its lobbying? 30% of shareholders want moreMarketWatch, 5/11/21
- Advocates fear thousands of families will end up homeless with eviction moratorium set to expire next monthABC 7 News, 5/5/21
- On May Day, Gig Workers Are Organizing an Intersectional MovementTruthOut, 5/1/21
- Gig companies oppose U.S. push for worker employee status, suggest compromiseReuters, 4/29/21
- San Jose Google project one step closer to realitySan Jose Spotlight, 4/28/21
- Uber and Lyft expect ride-hailing to make a sharp recovery, but there are some potential roadblocksMarketWatch, 4/28/21
- Gig companies seek to sway pro-union task forcePolitico, 4/28/21
- COVID Vaccines: Santa Clara County Launches Outreach Teams To Aid HoldoutsCBS San Francisco, 4/20/21
- SF sees major drop in vaccine supply, while Santa Clara sees bump: Here’s whyABC 7 News, 4/20/21
- Gig Worker Classification Worsens Inequities During Pandemic, Organizer SaysSan Francisco Public Press, 4/16/21
- Uber spending $250 million to lure drivers back to work as pandemic restrictions easeMarketWatch, 4/7/21
- Google promises $200M worth of community benefits under Downtown West plan for San JoseSilicon Valley Business Journal, 4/6/21
- Google’s downtown San Jose transit village project offers $200 million in community benefitsSan Jose Mercury News, 4/6/21
- Google’s San Jose megaproject offers $200 million in community benefits, 1,000 affordable homesSan Francisco Chronicle, 4/6/21
- San Jose releases Google’s $200 million community benefits planSan Jose Spotlight, 4/6/21
- Google, San Jose Development Deal Includes $200 Million in Housing FundsKQED, 4/6/21
- Silicon Valley’s essential workers form new group, fight for rightsSan Jose Spotlight, 3/31/21
- Local rent relief is on its way in San JoseSan Jose Spotlight, 3/24/21
- After a Remote Year, Tech’s Shadow Workforce Barely Hangs OnWired, 3/24/21
- Black and Hispanic Communities Grapple With Vaccine MisinformationNew York Times, 3/10/21
- How to Reach the UnvaccinatedNew York Times, 3/10/21
- California’s make-or-break reopening has arrivedCalMatters, 3/4/21
- More parks, housing? Google, San Jose to release agreementSan Jose Spotlight, 3/1/21
- Uber asked its drivers about working for the app. They didn’t hold back.Mashable, 2/24/21
- San Jose seeks to squeeze more affordable housing out of developersSan Jose Spotlight, 2/23/21
- Every Major Gig Company Has Now Raised Prices In California After Prop. 22Forbes, 2/19/21
- Labor Groups & Gig Workers Continue The Fight Against Prop 22 For Fair Pay & Worker ProtectionsKALW, 2/17/21
- San Francisco rideshare and delivery drivers demand more PPECBS News, 2/17/21
- If Work Is Going Remote, Why Is Big Tech Still Building?Wired, 2/16/21
- A DoorDash driver’s car was stolen with his kids inside. Funds poured in to help them, but there’s a bigger problem.The Counter, 2/11/21
- ‘Panic and fear’: S.F. father whose two kids were abducted in carjacking recounts ordealSan Francisco Chronicle, 2/8/21
- ‘One job is no longer enough to survive’: Dolly Parton’s Super Bowl ad glosses over the reality for millions of gig workers, critics sayMarketWatch, 2/7/21
- Gig economy shows the danger and power of data imbalance, Mozilla report saysMarketWatch, 1/28/21
- Congress urged to extend labor protections to gig workers who are ‘on the precipice of devastation’MarketWatch, 1/25/21
- The Real Reason Food Delivery Just Got More Expensive In CaliforniaMashed, 1/21/21
- Lyft announces additional fee for California riders to cover cost of Prop. 22 driver benefitsSan Francisco Examiner, 1/13/21
- Gig drivers and labor unions ask state Supreme Court to strike down Prop. 22San Francisco Examiner, 1/12/21
- Worker Advocates Rally Around Biden’s Labor Department PickMotherJones, 1/9/21
- Community leaders: Sedition by a sitting president. Treason by false patriots.San Jose Spotlight, 1/7/21
- The End of the Golden Age of Silicon Valley Cafeterias”Bloomberg, 1/6/21
- Members of San Jose’s Diridon advisory group say the city isn’t listening to them anymoreSan Jose Spotlight, 1/5/21
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