Workers at the Trader Joe’s in Rockridge have voted to unionize following allegations of union-busting, worker harassment and rat infestation.

Eve Batey
Eve Batey has worked as a reporter and editor since 2004, including as the co-founder of SFist, as a deputy managing editor of the SF Chronicle and as the editor of Eater San Francisco.
After years of delays, Oakland’s newest queer bar opens tonight
In the works since 2019, Oakland LGBTQIA+ watering hole Town Bar & Lounge is finally ready to serve its first customers.
Oakland Starbucks workers join unionization fight
Workers at the Starbucks at Embarcadero Cove filed a petition to unionize with the National Labor Relations Board.
Celebrating ten years of East Bay Nosh
Donate to East Bay Nosh today to receive a special commemorative tote bag.
Hotly anticipated new Oakland bakery opens this weekend
East Bay wholesale powerhouse Starter Bakery opens on March 4 with pastries, sandwiches, bread, cookies and more.
This wildly popular Berkeley bakery is shutting down for good
After almost three years in business, award-winning pastry chef Angela Pinkerton is closing her bakery, Pie Society.
Oakland baker Jen Angel dies of injuries sustained during attempted robbery
Angel’s family and friends noted her history as an activist opposed to “putting public resources into policing, incarceration, or other state violence that perpetuates the cycles of violence that resulted in this tragedy.”
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