Grassroots Workers Rights Enforcement
Pride at Work/HAVOQ educates workers about their rights under San Francisco law and helps workers report violations and file legal complaints. Join us to help educate other workers about their rights and to enforce your own.
If you feel that your employer is NOT following the law and you are NOT
- Being paid the SF Minimum wage
- Earning paid sick days as required under SF law
- Receiving healthcare benefits as required under SF law
Contact us by email: sasha4justicia [at] gmail [dot] com
Yesterday, on Wednesday, November 14, 2012, Pride at Work President Emeritus Howard Wallace passed away. Howard, 76, had been struggling with Alzheimer’s for several years and was in hospice here in San Francisco, cared for by a number of friends and members of the labor and LGBT communities. Organizing since the 1960’s, Howard was known throughout [...]
SF Pride at Work is spear-heading a letter campaign to show Kaiser that their members and community support an end to discrimination and full healthcare coverage for transgender patients. Kaiser members, unions and other organizations can participate. If your union or non-profit organization would consider writing a letter contact us for support and suggested text.If [...]
When workers at the DeYoung and Legion of Honor asked for a bit of help, SF Pride at Work showed up in cone bras! The bosses from the Corporation of the Fine Arts are hiring a team of fancy lawyers & consultants to fight the the union. At this point their boss has spent more [...]
Reposted from Colorlines: Friday, January 27 On Jan. 1, 2012, San Francisco’s minimum wage became the first in the nation to pass the $10 mark. The lowest-wage workers will now earn $10.24 an hour, up from the previous rate of $9.92 last year. The city’s minimum wage is tied to and adjusted for inflation, or [...]
Singing, “Stop calling, stop calling, can’t afford to pay anymore,” a flash mob danced on the counters and in the lobby of the San Francisco Wells Fargo branch on Montgomery and Market on January 7th to protest Wells Fargo’s role in the economic and housing crisis. The event, organized by San Francisco Pride at Work/HAVOQ [...]
Jobs with Justice Activist Discussion: What can we learn from the SF Mayoral election? What has been the impact of the Occupy Movement and where is it heading? How do these and other political trends impact Jobs with Justice’s campaigns and strategies for the coming year? Please join other Jobs with Justice activists for a lively discussion [...]
November 17 is the National Day of Action against Wage Theft. That day has also been called as a an Occupy Day of Action. Across the country, worker centers, religious organizations, labor leaders and others will be hosting actions to call attention to the epidemic of wage theft. The Progressive Worker’s Alliance (a coalition we are part [...]
TOMORROW! Thursday, May 12th 10 am: Press Event at City Hall Steps with Street Theater and more! 11 am: City hearing Room 263 Progressive Workers Alliance at the International Workers’ Day March, San Francisco 2011 (photo courtesy of Natalie Gee) Everyone deserves to be paid for the hours they work. But this right is denied [...]
JOIN HAVOQ/PRIDE AT WORK FOR A SCREENING OF SCREAMING QUEENS: COMPTON’S CAFETERIA RIOT Followed by discussion on trans rights and Q&A with riot participant TAMARA CHING FRI DEC 17TH 6-8PM @ 209 Golden Gate Ave Queer and trans folks have rich histories of taking action and resisting domination in all its interlacing forms. SCREAMING QUEENS [...]
Op-ed by from the Harvey Milk Club and SF Pride at Work regarding the firing of gay deckhand Vincent Atos by Hornblower Cruises. Help end anti-gay discrimination by David Waggoner and Josué Argüelles The movement for LGBTIQQ equality is making real progress. Congress is finally set to pass an Employment Non-Discrimination Act inclusive of gender [...]