Thousands of Santa Clara County workers strike over pay and benefits

Santa Clara County will open up Covid vaccinations to a whole new group of residents at the end of this month. Starting Feb. 28, people who work in education, child care, emergency services, and food and agriculture will be eligible for the shots, c.....»»

Santa Clara County is working on an ordinance that would give some retail and food service workers extra “hazard” or “hero” pay during the Covid-19 pandemic. The Board of Supervisors voted 4-0 Tuesday — with President Mike Wasserman ab.....»»

The dispute is over wages, job security, and pension and health benefits. MACUNGIE, Pa. (AP) — Thousands of Mack Truck workers were on strike Sunday at plants in three states, the first such walkout in decades. United Automobile Worker.....»»

At the root of the dispute is whether the union representing nurses at two hospitals just purchased by Santa Clara County must now join a rival union that already represents county-employed nurses......»»

Could you live in 250 square feet? How about a space a quarter of that size? Thousands of people asked themselves that question this past weekend at TinyFest California, a showcase of very small homes that was held at the Santa Clara County Fairgro.....»»

Republican-governed states moving to end federal benefits two months early could affect hundreds of thousands, an unemployment expert told Insider. People wait on line to file for unemployment in Fayetteville, Arkansas, April 6,.....»»

After laying off nearly 300 workers last year, Hitachi's Silicon Valley-based data services unit is cutting dozens more jobs. But it also hired some new executives, including two from Cognizant......»»

The Silicon Valley Organization on Tuesday named Derrick Seaver as its new president and CEO. Seaver comes to the SVO, a regional business advocacy organization and San Jose's chamber of commerce, from Santa Clara County Supervisor Susan Ellenbe.....»»

The fast-growing Santa Clara enterprise software maker is trying to be attract and retain younger workers, CEO Bill McDermott said Thursday......»»

When it comes to vaccinating residents against Covid-19, Santa Clara County has has hit — or is nearing — some significant milestones. The county has administered more than 400,000 coronavirus vaccine doses since giving out the first one in De.....»»

Santa Clara County is expanding Covid-19 vaccination sites even as county officials say they have nowhere near the doses available to meet demand. County Counsel James Williams laid the blame squarely on the federal government, which he said is .....»»

Kaiser Permanente has been fined $43,000 for failing to report a Covid-19 outbreak within the required four-hour timeframe related to a now-famous Christmas Day incident involving an employee wearing an inflatable Christmas tree costume. The no.....»»

Judge Helen Williams of the Santa Clara County Superior Court roundly rejected the arguments from Friends of Cupertino that challenged how the huge, multi-purpose project was authorized......»»

Santa Clara County’s new health order taking effect Monday will allow all construction now permitted under California’s statewide health order to resume as well as certain outdoor businesses, childcare and recreational activities. With those excepti.....»»

The newly discovered deaths mean the virus has been circulating in Sant.....»»

Health officials in Santa Clara County said they have identified at least three other people who died at home from COVID-19 before the first documented death in the Northern California county on March 9. The local medical exami.....»»

Reuters Santa Clara County, California, announced on Tuesday t.....»»

Three transit agencies serving – or soon to serve – Santa Clara County are earmarked for almost half of Bay Area transit agency funding in the first distribution of $780 million in coronavirus relief from the $2 trillion CARES Act, which Congress pas.....»»

The former Starbucks CEO and chairman recently created ThePlateFund, which is disbursing one-time $500 payments to thousands of laid-off restaurant workers in King County......»»

The president and immediate past president of the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors want the county to consider waiving the 10 percent penalty that taxpayers are charged if they’re late on their property taxes. This year’s second installme.....»»