Six figure houskeepers

UNITE-HERE continues its ongoing struggle with San Francisco area hotels. Local 2's dropping membership (14,000-9,000) should be of real concern to the union. This article has background and presents one eye-popping fact that wages and benefits for the average hotel housekeeper tops $60,000 a year. Total compensation (thats plus tips) easily can top $100,000 annually.

Berkeley Bowl decertification

By a vote of 99-74 employees at a San Francisco supermarket voted to decertify the UFCW. This BeyondChron article provides some inside analysis of the "why" it happened. More after the jump.

SEIU/NUHW continue the fight

San Francisco alternative news source BeyondChron has a couple of interesting articles on the SEIW/NUHW dispute. The first details the support NUHW has received from Bay area progressives and labor leaders as well as the increasing isolation of the SEIU. The second, posted Nov. 18, details SEIU's egg throwing at NUHW supporters. A separate post from the Business and Media Institute details SEIU's misadventures well covered in the blogosphere, but ignored by ABC, NBC, CBS. The post ignores Fox.