A panel discussion with labor and environmental leaders and representatives from Recology, exploring how Sonoma County and Petaluma can create good green jobs and achieve zero waste.
Admission is FREE and wheelchair accessible.
Location: Cafe Aqus, 189 H Street Petaluma
By Martin J. Bennett
North Bay Bohemian
May 23-29, 2018
On April 18th workers at the county landfill and transfer stations voted to affiliate with Teamsters Local 665 in an election certified by the National Labor Relations Board.
The landfill is operated by Republic Services, the second largest company in the waste management industry with 190 landfills in forty states. The union victory is important for the workers and the entire community.
When the landfills were contracted out in 2013, Republic cut wages by $3 an hour and workers lost their pension benefits.
By Martin Espinoza
The Press Democrat
March 6, 2018 
More than 1,500 immigrants and their supporters marched through downtown Santa Rosa on Monday as part of a national campaign calling on President Donald Trump and Congress to bring permanent relief to undocumented immigrants.
The march, which started at Santa Rosa Junior College, was held on the day the president had hoped to end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA — an executive order under former President Barack Obama that granted temporary relief from deportation to those illegally brought to the United States as children.
Also check out this great video news clip from Univision: https://www.univision.com/san-francisco/kdtv/dreamers-protestan-en-las-calles-de-santa-rosa-video
And don't forget to check out our Facebook page for more great photos and video clips from the march!