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To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.\u003cimg src=\"http://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=Trying+To+Keep+Your+Data+Safe%3F+You%27re+Probably+Doing+It+Wrong&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\" alt=\"\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Transcript :\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DAVID GREENE, HOST:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Your software needs to be updated. Remember the days when if that were true, you might call IT support, maybe go to a computer store, maybe seek some kind of expert? Well, now we're so connected through Wi-Fi and networks, we are expected ourselves to download software and manage security and update passwords. And according to a new survey by Google, we are really bad at this stuff. Here's NPR's Aarti Shahani.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AARTI SHAHANI, BYLINE: Take a look at your smartphone or laptop. Are you one of those people who keeps hitting ignore or remind me later when you get that annoying prompt to update software?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>NOLAN DARBY: Ignore, never tell me later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SHAHANI: This is Nolan Darby.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DARBY: I'm trying to read something, and then they'll just pop up, you know? And it interrupts what I'm actually doing. I don't need all those reminders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SHAHANI: Amelia Kirby and Lisa Handley don't care much for those reminders either.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AMELIA KIRBY: My old phone, when I updated it before, I used to lose contacts. So then I think I got kind of paranoid about doing the updates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>LISA HANDLEY: You don't want to waste the time that you have on your computer to doing a download.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SHAHANI: Like, you're not the helpdesk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>HANDLEY: Exactly, exactly. 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But after that, things fall apart.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>GERHARD ESCHELBECK: Experts prioritize installation of software updates and patches at a level of 35 percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SHAHANI: Gerhard Eschelbeck is chief of security for Google.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ESCHELBECK: While non-experts, only 2 percent of them see this as a priority to protect their systems. And that's a pretty stark gap.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SHAHANI: There's a similarly stark gap when it comes to antivirus, the software that's long been hailed as the all-purpose cleaner, the rubbing alcohol of the Internet. Nearly half of the non-experts surveyed say products like McAfee and Norton are key. But among experts like Eschelbeck, just 7 percent agree.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ESCHELBECK: Antivirus has absolutely its place. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Long gone are the days when you could pass off all your computer issues to an expert -- IT support or the broadband 1-800 number. Today, in this always-connected, mobile world, regular people find themselves in a challenging situation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On our own, we have to manage security on our devices, patch software and update passwords. And according to \u003ca href=\"http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com/2015/07/new-research-comparing-how-security.html\">a new survey by Google\u003c/a>, we're not prioritizing well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Take a look at your smartphone or laptop. Are you one of those people who keeps hitting \"ignore\" or \"remind me later\" when you get that annoying prompt to update software?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I asked some people in Oakland, who own and rely on smartphones and other devices how they react to those prompts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\" 'Ignore.' Never, 'tell me later,' \" says Nolan Darby. When he's trying to read something, those reminders \"just pop up. And it interrupts what I'm actually doing. I don't need all those reminders.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amelia Kirby doesn't care much for the alerts to patch software either. \"My old phone, when I updated it before, I used to lose contacts,\" she says. \"So then I think I got kind of paranoid about doing the updates.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lisa Handley says she's not the help desk, and patching takes too long. \"You don't want to waste the time you have on your computer doing a download,\" she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Donald Mabrey worries sometimes that these notices to update could actually be hackers in disguise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I always think about that with anything on these phones these days,\" he says. \"I'm hearing they can turn your phone on, and turn it off. They're looking at you right now, even from your smart TVs.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What the Study Shows\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Google is releasing a new study Thursday, looking at how regular, nontechnical people prioritize online security, as compared with the experts. It turns out that a deep rift has formed. Yes, both the experts and the lay people believe in a strong password. But after that, things fall apart.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thirty-five percent of experts said that \"installing software updates was one of their top security practices,\" while 2 percent of non-experts see this as a priority, according to the study.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That's a pretty stark gap,\" says Gerhard Eschelbeck, chief of cybersecurity for Google.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There's a similarly stark gap when it comes to antivirus — the software that has long been hailed as the all-purpose cleaner, the rubbing alcohol of the Internet. Forty-two percent of the non-experts surveyed say products like McAfee and Norton are key. But among the experts like Eschelbeck, just 7 percent agree.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Antivirus has absolutely its place. But it's not like the only one solution that people can and should rely upon,\" Eschelbeck says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's especially true because antivirus doesn't block the new generation of hacks and targeted attacks. Some security experts even say \"\u003ca href=\"http://www.pcworld.com/article/2150743/antivirus-is-dead-says-maker-of-norton-antivirus.html\">antivirus is dead\u003c/a>\" — though Eschelbeck thinks that's an overstatement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Fighting the Password Battle\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And when it comes to passwords — making strong ones and remembering them — he says there's another gap.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Well, the sticky note certainly hasn't worked in the past,\" he says. \"And usually you never find the sheet of paper when you need it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About three-quarters of experts surveyed use \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2014/11/03/361137779/lazy-about-your-online-passwords-take-control-with-these-new-tips\">a password manager\u003c/a>. It's a tool that makes up crazy-complicated, 36-digit passwords for any site you want, and then stores each unique one in a central vault.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This might sound like a bad idea. And, irony of ironies, the popular service LastPass announced in June that it \u003ca href=\"https://blog.lastpass.com/2015/06/lastpass-security-notice.html/\">got hacked\u003c/a>. (I use it and had to spend an entire evening changing all my passwords.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, Eschelbeck insists, \"the password manager clearly is the least amount of risk compared to the alternatives that you have available.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Online security is not intuitive. It can even be counterintuitive. (Why would you put all your passwords in one place? \"Target\" is written all over it.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eschelbeck says experts have to get better at communicating basic defense to the non-experts, who need it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.\u003cimg src=\"http://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=Trying+To+Keep+Your+Data+Safe%3F+You%27re+Probably+Doing+It+Wrong&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\" alt=\"\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Transcript :\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DAVID GREENE, HOST:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Your software needs to be updated. Remember the days when if that were true, you might call IT support, maybe go to a computer store, maybe seek some kind of expert? Well, now we're so connected through Wi-Fi and networks, we are expected ourselves to download software and manage security and update passwords. And according to a new survey by Google, we are really bad at this stuff. Here's NPR's Aarti Shahani.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AARTI SHAHANI, BYLINE: Take a look at your smartphone or laptop. Are you one of those people who keeps hitting ignore or remind me later when you get that annoying prompt to update software?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>NOLAN DARBY: Ignore, never tell me later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SHAHANI: This is Nolan Darby.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DARBY: I'm trying to read something, and then they'll just pop up, you know? And it interrupts what I'm actually doing. I don't need all those reminders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SHAHANI: Amelia Kirby and Lisa Handley don't care much for those reminders either.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AMELIA KIRBY: My old phone, when I updated it before, I used to lose contacts. So then I think I got kind of paranoid about doing the updates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>LISA HANDLEY: You don't want to waste the time that you have on your computer to doing a download.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SHAHANI: Like, you're not the helpdesk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>HANDLEY: Exactly, exactly. Thank you (laughter) yeah.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SHAHANI: Donald Mabrey worries that sometimes these notices to update could actually be hackers in disguise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DONALD MABREY: I mean, I always think about that with anything on these phones these days. Yeah, 'cause I'm hearing that they can turn your phone on and turn it off or they're looking at you right now -- even from your smart TVs, I'm hearing things.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SHAHANI: Google is releasing a new study today looking at how regular, non-technical people prioritize online security as compared to the experts. It turns out a deep rift has formed. Yes, expert and lay person believe in a strong password. But after that, things fall apart.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>GERHARD ESCHELBECK: Experts prioritize installation of software updates and patches at a level of 35 percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SHAHANI: Gerhard Eschelbeck is chief of security for Google.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ESCHELBECK: While non-experts, only 2 percent of them see this as a priority to protect their systems. And that's a pretty stark gap.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SHAHANI: There's a similarly stark gap when it comes to antivirus, the software that's long been hailed as the all-purpose cleaner, the rubbing alcohol of the Internet. Nearly half of the non-experts surveyed say products like McAfee and Norton are key. But among experts like Eschelbeck, just 7 percent agree.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ESCHELBECK: Antivirus has absolutely its place. But it's not, like, the only one solution that people can and should rely upon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SHAHANI: Especially because antivirus doesn't block the new generation of hacks and targeted attacks that we're seeing. Some security experts even say antivirus is dead, though Eschelbeck thinks that's an overstatement. And when it comes to passwords, making strong ones and storing them, he says there is another gap.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ESCHELBECK: Well, the sticky note certainly hasn't worked in the past. And usually you never find the sheet of paper when you need it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SHAHANI: About three-quarters of experts surveyed use something you've probably never heard of, a password manager. It's a tool that makes up crazy-complicated, 36-digit passwords for any site you want and then stores each unique one in a central vault. This might sound like a bad idea. And irony of ironies...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER: LastPass, which is a password protection service that exists to prevent hacking, got hacked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SHAHANI: News broke in June. I know because I use it and had to spend an entire evening changing all my passwords. Still, expert Eschelbeck insists...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ESCHELBECK: The password manager clearly is the least amount of risk compared to the alternatives that you have available.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/07/21/immigrants-help-lead-a-new-silicon-valley-labor-movement\">Leer en Inglés\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jesús Solorio es obstinado, y esta característica le sirve muy bien. En vez de sentirse víctima de la \u003ca href=\"http://siliconvalleyindicators.org/special-reports/\">creciente desigualdad de ingresos\u003c/a> en el Silicon Valley – se ha convertido en un activista laboral incansable, negándose a abandonar el Sueño Americano.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Me gusta ser campeón a favor del aumento del salario mínimo”, dijo Solorio. “Me gusta estar con otras personas, ayudándolas para que tengan mejores salarios y una mejor vida.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/215705645″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Solorio, de 30 años, era empleado de limpieza en la empresa eBay Technology, con sede en San José. Salió de México de adolescente, y ahora es padre soltero, criando a su hija, de 7 años, en un barrio aguerrido a 13 millas del brillante recinto de eBay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>En febrero, Solorio entró alma y cuerpo al nuevo movimiento laboral, llamado en inglés, Silicon Valley Rising, uniéndose a cientos de otros empleados de limpieza, de cocina, de mantenimiento, recepcionistas y guardias de seguridad. Estos empleados de servicios se están enfrentando con las empresas de alta tecnología por las que trabajan, exigiendo que paguen un salario digno.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”M0R4P25njzBVRk9Havju55461jUUG4ij”]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Están poniendo de manifiesto la desigualdad de ingresos. En la región conocida como Bay Area, la brecha entre el 20 por ciento de hogares de mayores ingresos y el 20 por ciento de menores ingresos, ha alcanzado los $263.000 – un nuevo récord.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>La nueva campaña la impulsa en su mayoría personas inmigrantes, quienes comprenden el 46 por ciento de la fuerza laboral de Silicon Valley y un número importante – incluyendo a Solorio – está entre los que menos ingresos perciben.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Un alto porcentaje de los trabajadores de bajos ingresos del sector de servicios – en particular en la industria de la tecnología – es inmigrante”, dijo Ben Field, ejecutivo del South Bay Labor Council. “Por esta razón, representan un componente muy importante del movimiento Silicon Valley Rising”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Una mañana reciente, Solorio lleva a pie a su hija Evelyn a la cercana escuela primaria de San José – donde tiene derecho a recibir refrigerios a precio reducido. Por el camino, habló de lo difícil que le resulta llegar al mes con su modesta paga mensual. Solorio siente que tiene suerte por ser miembro de un sindicato, SEIU USWW. Bajo los términos de su contrato, él gana $15.50 la hora, más beneficios. Esta paga es mejor que la de muchos empleados de servicios en el Silicon Valley que no pertenecen a ningún sindicato y que ganan $12 la hora, como promedio. Pero aún así, el dinero no alcanza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Con una persona sola, no está tan mal, pero cuando tienes familia y otras personas por quienes velar, se vuelve muy difícil”, dijo Solorio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10610039\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10610039 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/SolorioMarch-800x512.jpg\" alt=\"Conserje para la empresa eBay, Jesús Solorio, es una presencia constante en las manifestaciones y marchas. \" width=\"800\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/SolorioMarch-800x512.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/SolorioMarch-400x256.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/SolorioMarch-1440x922.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/SolorioMarch-1400x896.jpg 1400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/SolorioMarch-1180x755.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/SolorioMarch-960x615.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/SolorioMarch.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Conserje para la empresa eBay, Jesús Solorio, es una presencia constante en las manifestaciones y marchas. \u003ccite>(Beth Willon/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.siliconvalleycf.org/sites/default/files/publications/2014-silicon-valley-index.pdf\">Los costos de la vivienda en el Silicon Valley\u003c/a> están entre los más altos en el país, lo cual agudiza aún más la brecha entre los ingresos. Solorio y su hija comparten un apartamento de dos recámaras muy pequeño con su hermano y su familia de cuatro. Es \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_28437124/silicon-valley-housing-high-powered-new-advocacy-group\">la única manera que pueden pagar el alquiler mensual de mil quinientos dólares\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Las mañanas son un reto para Solorio después de trabajar el turno de noche, pero se sacude el sueño cada día para llevar a Evelyn, de pie o en auto, a su escuela.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Es claro que éste es su momento para conversar a solas. De la mano de su papá durante el trecho de 20 minutos, Evelyn trota en sus zapatillas de luces parpadeantes estilo Princesa Anna de la película “Frozen”. Hoy le cuenta a su papá lo que ella quiere de regalo por su cumpleaños.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Vamos a hacer un paseo a Chucky Cheese”, dice Evelyn.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Papá e hija se detienen en una tienda de donuts por el camino para darse el gusto de un desayuno a un dólar. Solorio dice que es su hija la que le da ánimos, que por darle una vida mejor, él hará cualquier cosa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Al igual que Solorio, aproximadamente la mitad de la fuerza laboral de Silicon Valley proviene de otro país – el 46 por ciento, según el consorcio Joint Venture Silicon Valley, compuesto de dirigentes empresariales y cívicos. Algunos inmigrantes han establecido exitosas empresas de tecnología y se encuentran entre los que más ingresos perciben. Pero un gran porcentaje está del lado opuesto de esa escala salarial.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_F5X64bXde0\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Son el motor de esta economía pero se han estancado sus ingresos”, dijo Russell Hancock, presidente de Joint Venture Silicon Valley. “No ha habido crecimiento en sus salarios durante décadas”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>¿Cómo es que siguen estancados sus ingresos, con lo próspera que es la economía de Silicon Valley? Solorio – como muchos empleados del sector servicio en las empresas de tecnología – en realidad es empleado de una de las compañías contratadas por las grandes empresas tecnológicas. Estas compañías contratistas compiten entre sí. Field, el que dirige el South Bay Labor Council, indica que es una receta apta para la explotación.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Las empresas de alta tecnología están utilizado a contratistas quienes con frecuencia son operadores de pocos escrúpulos”, dijo Field. “No pagan bien a sus empleados y no les ofrecen beneficios”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10610044\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 440px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-10610044\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/JesusAndDaugher-800x745.jpg\" alt=\"Conserje Jesús Solorio dice que hará cualquier cosa por darle una mejor vida a su hija.\" width=\"440\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/JesusAndDaugher-800x745.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/JesusAndDaugher-400x372.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/JesusAndDaugher-1440x1340.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/JesusAndDaugher-1400x1303.jpg 1400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/JesusAndDaugher-1180x1098.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/JesusAndDaugher-960x894.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/JesusAndDaugher.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Conserje Jesús Solorio dice que hará cualquier cosa por darle una mejor vida a su hija. \u003ccite>(Beth Willon/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>El empleador de Solorio, contratista de servicios de limpieza GCA Services Group, no devolvió llamadas hechas a sus oficinas en Ohio y en Alviso. Un vocero de eBay dijo que su empresa no quiere comentar sobre las crecientes disparidades en los ingresos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Activistas del movimiento Silicon Valley Rising han estado manifestándose frente a las oficinas de los contratistas así como de las grandes empresas tecnológicas. Están obrando por lograr que se únan los empleados del sector de servicios a los sindicatos. Y el movimiento – una coalición de sindicatos laborales, grupos de fe religiosa, defensores de inmigrantes y organizaciones de base – también aboga por viviendas más económicas en la región.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Se lanzó el movimiento de Silicon Valley Rising en la Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe en el vecindario de Mayfair, al este de la ciudad de San José. En los años 50, gran parte de la zona se conocía como Sal Si Puedes. Es la misma iglesia en la que César Chávez lanzó su movimiento como activista y dirigente laboral agrícola, inspirado y animado por el párroco. Hoy la iglesia sirve a una comunidad predominantemente latina, con la misa y servicios comunitarios en español.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Salvador Bustamante, otrora trabajador agrícola también, es director ejecutivo de Latinos Unidos por una Nueva América y uno de los dirigentes del movimiento laboral. El cree que el grupo Silicon Valley Rising debe ir más allá de la antigua manera de organizar a trabajadores.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“La gente necesita avanzar otro nivel más”, dijo Bustamante. “No es suficiente ser miembro de un sindicato. También hay que participar en el proceso político”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Solorio se ha tomado a pecho esta sugerencia. Intenta ayudar a otros trabajadores del sector de servicios con unirse a un sindicato. También hace acto de presencia en casi toda manifestación. Ha viajado varias veces a Sacramento para protestar frente al Capitolio a favor de un proyecto de ley que haría responsables a las empresas que no compensan a los trabajadores por ingresos atrasados. Quiere mejorar su propia situación y se siente obligado a hablar por otros trabajadores del sector de servicios quienes no tienen la protección de un sindicato.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Hay muchas personas con miedo a participar porque siempre ocurre donde les dan de alta”, dijo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Solorio indica que la única manera que los trabajadores inmigrantes van a ganar esta batalla por salarios más altos y mejores beneficios es con arriesgarse. En este momento, dijo, no hay donde ir sino arriba.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>California tiene la séptima economía más grande del mundo, y a lo largo de la historia del estado, los inmigrantes han contribuido mucho al desarrollo de esta prosperidad. Hoy, una de cada tres personas trabajadoras en California es inmigrante – proporción que ha crecido en las últimas décadas. Nuestro estado está conformado por estos trabajadores y emprendedores – 6 millones de personas que han encontrado empleo en el Estado Dorado. En nuestra serie “\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/california-immigrants-at-work\">Transformación migrante\u003c/a>”, KQED y The California Report exploran el impacto que surten los inmigrantes, los retos que enfrentan y las políticas que les afectan.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>En febrero, Solorio entró alma y cuerpo al nuevo movimiento laboral, llamado en inglés, Silicon Valley Rising, uniéndose a cientos de otros empleados de limpieza, de cocina, de mantenimiento, recepcionistas y guardias de seguridad. Estos empleados de servicios se están enfrentando con las empresas de alta tecnología por las que trabajan, exigiendo que paguen un salario digno.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Están poniendo de manifiesto la desigualdad de ingresos. En la región conocida como Bay Area, la brecha entre el 20 por ciento de hogares de mayores ingresos y el 20 por ciento de menores ingresos, ha alcanzado los $263.000 – un nuevo récord.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>La nueva campaña la impulsa en su mayoría personas inmigrantes, quienes comprenden el 46 por ciento de la fuerza laboral de Silicon Valley y un número importante – incluyendo a Solorio – está entre los que menos ingresos perciben.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Un alto porcentaje de los trabajadores de bajos ingresos del sector de servicios – en particular en la industria de la tecnología – es inmigrante”, dijo Ben Field, ejecutivo del South Bay Labor Council. “Por esta razón, representan un componente muy importante del movimiento Silicon Valley Rising”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Una mañana reciente, Solorio lleva a pie a su hija Evelyn a la cercana escuela primaria de San José – donde tiene derecho a recibir refrigerios a precio reducido. Por el camino, habló de lo difícil que le resulta llegar al mes con su modesta paga mensual. Solorio siente que tiene suerte por ser miembro de un sindicato, SEIU USWW. Bajo los términos de su contrato, él gana $15.50 la hora, más beneficios. Esta paga es mejor que la de muchos empleados de servicios en el Silicon Valley que no pertenecen a ningún sindicato y que ganan $12 la hora, como promedio. Pero aún así, el dinero no alcanza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Con una persona sola, no está tan mal, pero cuando tienes familia y otras personas por quienes velar, se vuelve muy difícil”, dijo Solorio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10610039\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10610039 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/SolorioMarch-800x512.jpg\" alt=\"Conserje para la empresa eBay, Jesús Solorio, es una presencia constante en las manifestaciones y marchas. \" width=\"800\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/SolorioMarch-800x512.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/SolorioMarch-400x256.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/SolorioMarch-1440x922.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/SolorioMarch-1400x896.jpg 1400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/SolorioMarch-1180x755.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/SolorioMarch-960x615.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/SolorioMarch.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Conserje para la empresa eBay, Jesús Solorio, es una presencia constante en las manifestaciones y marchas. \u003ccite>(Beth Willon/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.siliconvalleycf.org/sites/default/files/publications/2014-silicon-valley-index.pdf\">Los costos de la vivienda en el Silicon Valley\u003c/a> están entre los más altos en el país, lo cual agudiza aún más la brecha entre los ingresos. Solorio y su hija comparten un apartamento de dos recámaras muy pequeño con su hermano y su familia de cuatro. Es \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_28437124/silicon-valley-housing-high-powered-new-advocacy-group\">la única manera que pueden pagar el alquiler mensual de mil quinientos dólares\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Las mañanas son un reto para Solorio después de trabajar el turno de noche, pero se sacude el sueño cada día para llevar a Evelyn, de pie o en auto, a su escuela.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Es claro que éste es su momento para conversar a solas. De la mano de su papá durante el trecho de 20 minutos, Evelyn trota en sus zapatillas de luces parpadeantes estilo Princesa Anna de la película “Frozen”. Hoy le cuenta a su papá lo que ella quiere de regalo por su cumpleaños.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Vamos a hacer un paseo a Chucky Cheese”, dice Evelyn.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Papá e hija se detienen en una tienda de donuts por el camino para darse el gusto de un desayuno a un dólar. Solorio dice que es su hija la que le da ánimos, que por darle una vida mejor, él hará cualquier cosa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Al igual que Solorio, aproximadamente la mitad de la fuerza laboral de Silicon Valley proviene de otro país – el 46 por ciento, según el consorcio Joint Venture Silicon Valley, compuesto de dirigentes empresariales y cívicos. Algunos inmigrantes han establecido exitosas empresas de tecnología y se encuentran entre los que más ingresos perciben. Pero un gran porcentaje está del lado opuesto de esa escala salarial.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/_F5X64bXde0'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/_F5X64bXde0'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>“Son el motor de esta economía pero se han estancado sus ingresos”, dijo Russell Hancock, presidente de Joint Venture Silicon Valley. “No ha habido crecimiento en sus salarios durante décadas”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>¿Cómo es que siguen estancados sus ingresos, con lo próspera que es la economía de Silicon Valley? Solorio – como muchos empleados del sector servicio en las empresas de tecnología – en realidad es empleado de una de las compañías contratadas por las grandes empresas tecnológicas. Estas compañías contratistas compiten entre sí. Field, el que dirige el South Bay Labor Council, indica que es una receta apta para la explotación.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Las empresas de alta tecnología están utilizado a contratistas quienes con frecuencia son operadores de pocos escrúpulos”, dijo Field. “No pagan bien a sus empleados y no les ofrecen beneficios”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10610044\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 440px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-10610044\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/JesusAndDaugher-800x745.jpg\" alt=\"Conserje Jesús Solorio dice que hará cualquier cosa por darle una mejor vida a su hija.\" width=\"440\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/JesusAndDaugher-800x745.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/JesusAndDaugher-400x372.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/JesusAndDaugher-1440x1340.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/JesusAndDaugher-1400x1303.jpg 1400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/JesusAndDaugher-1180x1098.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/JesusAndDaugher-960x894.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/JesusAndDaugher.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Conserje Jesús Solorio dice que hará cualquier cosa por darle una mejor vida a su hija. \u003ccite>(Beth Willon/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>El empleador de Solorio, contratista de servicios de limpieza GCA Services Group, no devolvió llamadas hechas a sus oficinas en Ohio y en Alviso. Un vocero de eBay dijo que su empresa no quiere comentar sobre las crecientes disparidades en los ingresos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Activistas del movimiento Silicon Valley Rising han estado manifestándose frente a las oficinas de los contratistas así como de las grandes empresas tecnológicas. Están obrando por lograr que se únan los empleados del sector de servicios a los sindicatos. Y el movimiento – una coalición de sindicatos laborales, grupos de fe religiosa, defensores de inmigrantes y organizaciones de base – también aboga por viviendas más económicas en la región.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Se lanzó el movimiento de Silicon Valley Rising en la Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe en el vecindario de Mayfair, al este de la ciudad de San José. En los años 50, gran parte de la zona se conocía como Sal Si Puedes. Es la misma iglesia en la que César Chávez lanzó su movimiento como activista y dirigente laboral agrícola, inspirado y animado por el párroco. Hoy la iglesia sirve a una comunidad predominantemente latina, con la misa y servicios comunitarios en español.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Salvador Bustamante, otrora trabajador agrícola también, es director ejecutivo de Latinos Unidos por una Nueva América y uno de los dirigentes del movimiento laboral. El cree que el grupo Silicon Valley Rising debe ir más allá de la antigua manera de organizar a trabajadores.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“La gente necesita avanzar otro nivel más”, dijo Bustamante. “No es suficiente ser miembro de un sindicato. También hay que participar en el proceso político”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Solorio se ha tomado a pecho esta sugerencia. Intenta ayudar a otros trabajadores del sector de servicios con unirse a un sindicato. También hace acto de presencia en casi toda manifestación. Ha viajado varias veces a Sacramento para protestar frente al Capitolio a favor de un proyecto de ley que haría responsables a las empresas que no compensan a los trabajadores por ingresos atrasados. Quiere mejorar su propia situación y se siente obligado a hablar por otros trabajadores del sector de servicios quienes no tienen la protección de un sindicato.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Hay muchas personas con miedo a participar porque siempre ocurre donde les dan de alta”, dijo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Solorio indica que la única manera que los trabajadores inmigrantes van a ganar esta batalla por salarios más altos y mejores beneficios es con arriesgarse. En este momento, dijo, no hay donde ir sino arriba.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/07/21/contribucion-inmigrante-al-movimiento-laboral-en-silicon-valley\">Read this piece in Spanish\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jesus Solorio’s stubbornness serves him well. Instead of winding up a victim of the \u003ca href=\"http://siliconvalleyindicators.org/special-reports/\">surging income \u003c/a>inequality in Silicon Valley, he has become a tireless labor activist, refusing to let go of the American Dream.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I like being a champion of raising the minimum wage,” said Solorio in Spanish. “I like being around other people, helping them so they can have better salaries and live a better life.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/215705645″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Solorio, 30, is a janitor at San Jose-based eBay. He left Mexico when he was a teenager and he’s now a single father, raising his 7-year-old daughter in a hard-scrabble neighborhood 13 miles from the sparkling eBay campus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In February, Solorio threw himself into a new labor movement called Silicon Valley Rising, joining hundreds of other janitors, cooks, maintenance workers, receptionists and security guards. These service workers are taking on the high-tech companies they work for, challenging them to pay a living wage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”D8f7nm6X5oSSPg0YgkFPiTHvfRFz3Ir8″]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The income gap between the highest-earning 20 percent of households in the Bay Area and the lowest-paid 20 percent has reached $263,000 — a new record.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new labor campaign is largely powered by immigrants, and a substantial number of those, including Solorio, are at the bottom of the wage scale.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A large percentage of the low-wage service sector workers — particularly in tech — are immigrants,” said Ben Field, executive officer of the South Bay Labor Council. “So they are a very important component of Silicon Valley Rising.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a recent morning, Solorio walked his daughter, Evelyn, to her San Jose elementary school, where she qualifies for reduced priced lunches. Along the way, he talked about how difficult it is to make ends meet on his modest paycheck. Solorio feels lucky to belong to a union, SEIU USWW. Under the terms of his contract, he makes $15.50 an hour plus benefits. That’s better than most Silicon Valley service workers who are not unionized and make $12 an hour, on average. But money is still terribly tight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10610111\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/SolorioMarch1-800x512.jpg\" alt=\"eBay janitor Jesus Solorio is a constant presence at demonstrations and rallies.\" width=\"800\" height=\"512\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10610111\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/SolorioMarch1-800x512.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/SolorioMarch1-400x256.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/SolorioMarch1-1440x922.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/SolorioMarch1-1400x896.jpg 1400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/SolorioMarch1-1180x755.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/SolorioMarch1-960x615.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/SolorioMarch1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">eBay janitor Jesus Solorio is a constant presence at demonstrations and rallies. \u003ccite>(Beth Willon/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“If it’s just one person, it isn’t so bad,” Solorio said. “But when you have family and other people to care for, it becomes really difficult.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.siliconvalleycf.org/sites/default/files/publications/2014-silicon-valley-index.pdf\">The cost of housing in Silicon Valley\u003c/a> is among the highest in the country, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The 2015 Silicon Valley Index shows rental rates rose 11 percent (to $2,333 per month). The median home price is $360,000 higher than the rest of the state. And that makes \u003ca href=\"http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2015/03/opinion/ctl-child-poverty/#0\">the wage gap even tougher\u003c/a>. Solorio and his daughter share a tiny two-bedroom apartment with his brother’s family of four. It’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_28437124/silicon-valley-housing-high-powered-new-advocacy-group\">the only way they can afford the $1,500-a-month rent.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Early mornings are tough after working the swing shift, but Solorio shakes off sleep each day to walk or drive Evelyn to school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is clearly their time to connect. Holding her dad’s hand on the 20-minute trek, Evelyn trots along in her blinking sneakers depicting Princess Ana from the movie “Frozen.” This day she tells her dad what she wants for her seventh birthday party.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re going to take a trip to Chuck E. Cheese,” said Evelyn in Spanish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The pair stops at a doughnut shop along the way for a $1 breakfast treat. Solorio says his daughter keeps him going. He will do anything to make her life better.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_F5X64bXde0\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like Solorio, almost half of Silicon Valley’s workforce comes from another country – 46 percent, according to Joint Venture Silicon Valley, a consortium of business and civic leaders. Some immigrants have started successful tech companies and are in the highest income bracket. But a large percentage is at the bottom of the wage scale.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They make this economy hum and their wages have been stagnant,” said Russell Hancock, president of Joint Venture Silicon Valley. “There’s been no growth in their wages over a period of decades.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Why are their wages stuck, given Silicon Valley’s prosperous economy? Solorio — like many service workers at tech campuses — is actually employed by companies contracted by the big-name tech firms. Those contractors are competing with each other. 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A spokesman for eBay said his company did not want to comment on the growing wage disparities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Activists with Silicon Valley Rising have been demonstrating outside the offices of contractors as well as at the big tech companies. They are working to unionize service workers. And the movement — a coalition of labor unions, faith groups, immigrant advocates and community-based organizations — is also pushing for more affordable housing in the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Silicon Valley Rising was launched at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in East San Jose’s Mayfair neighborhood. Back in the 1950s, much of the area was known as Sal Si Puedes, or “Get out if you can.” It’s the same church where Cesar Chavez began his crusade as an activist and farm labor organizer, inspired and encouraged by the parish priest. Today the church still serves a primarily Latino immigrant community, with Mass and community services in Spanish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Salvador Bustamante — once a farmworker himself — is executive director of Latinos United for a New America and one of the leaders of the new labor movement. He believes Silicon Valley Rising must go beyond old-fashioned labor organizing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People need to go to the next level,” said Bustamante. “Being a union member is not enough. We also need to participate in the political process.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Solorio has taken that on. He is trying to help other service workers unionize. But he is also a stalwart presence at nearly every rally. He has made several trips to Sacramento to protest outside the Capitol for a bill to hold companies accountable if they don’t pay back wages. He wants to improve his own situation and he’s compelled to speak up for other service workers not protected by unions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are a lot of people who are scared to get involved because it always happens where they are let go,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Solorio says the only way for immigrant workers to win this fight for higher wages and better benefits is to take chances. Right now, he said, there is nowhere to go but up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>California has the seventh-largest economy in the world, and immigrants have a long history in building that prosperity. Today one out of every three working people in California is an immigrant — a share that has grown in recent decades. Our state is shaped by these workers and entrepreneurs — 6 million people who’ve found a job in the Golden State. In our series “\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/california-immigrants-at-work\">Immigrant Shift\u003c/a>,” KQED and The California Report explore the impact they have, the challenges they face and the policies that affect them.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In February, Solorio threw himself into a new labor movement called Silicon Valley Rising, joining hundreds of other janitors, cooks, maintenance workers, receptionists and security guards. These service workers are taking on the high-tech companies they work for, challenging them to pay a living wage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The income gap between the highest-earning 20 percent of households in the Bay Area and the lowest-paid 20 percent has reached $263,000 — a new record.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new labor campaign is largely powered by immigrants, and a substantial number of those, including Solorio, are at the bottom of the wage scale.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A large percentage of the low-wage service sector workers — particularly in tech — are immigrants,” said Ben Field, executive officer of the South Bay Labor Council. “So they are a very important component of Silicon Valley Rising.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a recent morning, Solorio walked his daughter, Evelyn, to her San Jose elementary school, where she qualifies for reduced priced lunches. Along the way, he talked about how difficult it is to make ends meet on his modest paycheck. Solorio feels lucky to belong to a union, SEIU USWW. Under the terms of his contract, he makes $15.50 an hour plus benefits. That’s better than most Silicon Valley service workers who are not unionized and make $12 an hour, on average. But money is still terribly tight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10610111\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/SolorioMarch1-800x512.jpg\" alt=\"eBay janitor Jesus Solorio is a constant presence at demonstrations and rallies.\" width=\"800\" height=\"512\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10610111\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/SolorioMarch1-800x512.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/SolorioMarch1-400x256.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/SolorioMarch1-1440x922.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/SolorioMarch1-1400x896.jpg 1400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/SolorioMarch1-1180x755.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/SolorioMarch1-960x615.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/SolorioMarch1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">eBay janitor Jesus Solorio is a constant presence at demonstrations and rallies. \u003ccite>(Beth Willon/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“If it’s just one person, it isn’t so bad,” Solorio said. “But when you have family and other people to care for, it becomes really difficult.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.siliconvalleycf.org/sites/default/files/publications/2014-silicon-valley-index.pdf\">The cost of housing in Silicon Valley\u003c/a> is among the highest in the country, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The 2015 Silicon Valley Index shows rental rates rose 11 percent (to $2,333 per month). The median home price is $360,000 higher than the rest of the state. And that makes \u003ca href=\"http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2015/03/opinion/ctl-child-poverty/#0\">the wage gap even tougher\u003c/a>. Solorio and his daughter share a tiny two-bedroom apartment with his brother’s family of four. It’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_28437124/silicon-valley-housing-high-powered-new-advocacy-group\">the only way they can afford the $1,500-a-month rent.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Early mornings are tough after working the swing shift, but Solorio shakes off sleep each day to walk or drive Evelyn to school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is clearly their time to connect. Holding her dad’s hand on the 20-minute trek, Evelyn trots along in her blinking sneakers depicting Princess Ana from the movie “Frozen.” This day she tells her dad what she wants for her seventh birthday party.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re going to take a trip to Chuck E. Cheese,” said Evelyn in Spanish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The pair stops at a doughnut shop along the way for a $1 breakfast treat. Solorio says his daughter keeps him going. He will do anything to make her life better.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/_F5X64bXde0'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/_F5X64bXde0'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Like Solorio, almost half of Silicon Valley’s workforce comes from another country – 46 percent, according to Joint Venture Silicon Valley, a consortium of business and civic leaders. Some immigrants have started successful tech companies and are in the highest income bracket. But a large percentage is at the bottom of the wage scale.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They make this economy hum and their wages have been stagnant,” said Russell Hancock, president of Joint Venture Silicon Valley. “There’s been no growth in their wages over a period of decades.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Why are their wages stuck, given Silicon Valley’s prosperous economy? Solorio — like many service workers at tech campuses — is actually employed by companies contracted by the big-name tech firms. Those contractors are competing with each other. 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A spokesman for eBay said his company did not want to comment on the growing wage disparities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Activists with Silicon Valley Rising have been demonstrating outside the offices of contractors as well as at the big tech companies. They are working to unionize service workers. And the movement — a coalition of labor unions, faith groups, immigrant advocates and community-based organizations — is also pushing for more affordable housing in the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Silicon Valley Rising was launched at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in East San Jose’s Mayfair neighborhood. Back in the 1950s, much of the area was known as Sal Si Puedes, or “Get out if you can.” It’s the same church where Cesar Chavez began his crusade as an activist and farm labor organizer, inspired and encouraged by the parish priest. 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"content": "\u003cp>“Yeah, the numbers are bad,” said Laszlo Bock. “The company is roughly 2 percent African-American, and that’s way lower than you see both in the labor force we draw from and the population generally.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That was how a key Google executive began his response to a question about whether the company recruits at historically black colleges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bock is head of what’s called “people operations” at Google, or what the rest of us refer to as human resources. He appeared on \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201507171000\">KQED’s \u003cem>Forum\u003c/em>\u003c/a> to discuss his book, “Work Rules! Insights from Inside Google That Will Transform How You Live and Lead.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Google is known for its employee perks and Bock’s book contains a lot about what the company has learned about retaining and managing employees, \u003cem>Forum\u003c/em> listeners wanted to talk about something else that Silicon Valley is known for: a lack of diversity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Google made \u003ca href=\"http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/google-discloses-workforce-diversity-data-good/\" target=\"_blank\">headlines\u003c/a> in May 2014 when it published its \u003ca href=\"http://www.google.com/diversity/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">demographic information\u003c/a>. In short, the company is 70 percent male and 60 percent white, \u003ca href=\"http://www.google.com/diversity/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">according to the company’s website\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bock said part of the reason that Google decided to release the information was “to put pressure on ourselves. Now we are publicly accountable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We grew our African-American and Hispanic populations by about 40 percent. But the base we’re growing from is so much smaller, that’s just not enough.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the things that Google is doing to address its low number of African-Americans is not merely recruit at historically black colleges, Bock said, but also to have employees work with computer science departments at the schools \u003ca href=\"http://bigstory.ap.org/article/4312d33e1cb8454a9885f230d35f0eb1/google-embeds-engineers-professors\" target=\"_blank\">to refine the curriculum, teach courses and mentor students\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We went from zero interns ever hired from Howard [University] for computer science to 11 the next year,” said Bock. “We’ve since expanded to five other schools … and hired over 30 people from those colleges.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Benefits for Contract Workers\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tech companies have also been \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/07/14/growing-labor-movement-shakes-up-silicon-valley\">criticized\u003c/a> for what many say is a chasm between how the companies’ actual employees are treated — high salaries, catered lunches and private shuttles — and how the workers who provide services to those employees are treated. They’re the people who cook those lunches and drive those shuttles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bock said that Google requires its vendors on Bay Area campuses to pay $15 an hour and has asked them to “provide benefits similar to what we’re doing on the Google side.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Specifically, Google asked that health insurance shouldn’t require a waiting period of a year, that employees not pay more than 20 percent of the cost, and that family members and dependents receive benefit coverage right away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This will kick in with the open enrollment that starts in the fall,” said Bock. “It’s going to be active starting next year, but we agreed on this a long time ago.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Unions at Google?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In February, shuttle drivers for Yahoo, Apple, Genentech, eBay and Zynga voted to join the Teamsters union. The drivers at Google did not and received a pay raise the next month. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, Monday July 21\u003c/strong>: Laszlo Bock, head of Google’s “people operations” (aka human resources), appeared on KQED’s \u003cem>Forum\u003c/em> on Friday to discuss his book, “Work Rules! Insights from Inside Google That Will Transform How You Live and Lead.” Some listeners called in or emailed questions regarding unions and benefits for social workers. You can \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/07/17/google-exec-addresses-diversity-unions-and-benefits-for-service-workers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">read excerpts\u003c/a> on his answers here or \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201507171000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">listen to the program\u003c/a> here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This is Part 2 of a two-part series on the growing labor movement in Silicon Valley over wages for service workers. \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/07/14/growing-labor-movement-shakes-up-silicon-valley\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Part 1 here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Silicon Valley’s tech giants are used to bottom-line pressures from their shareholders. Now they’re facing new pressures from the other side of the economic divide: low-wage service workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since February, \u003ca href=\"http://www.thenation.com/article/new-silicon-valley-movement-taking-tech-giants/\">a new labor campaign\u003c/a> called Silicon Valley Rising has been choreographing a movement to raise families out of poverty by pushing for livable wages, affordable housing and corporate responsibility.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hundreds of mostly immigrant shuttle drivers, janitors, cooks and maintenance workers have been regularly demonstrating for higher wages and benefits in front of tech companies and contractors’ offices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the same time, some big-name companies are beginning to improve the wages and benefits of service workers who keep their sprawling campuses running.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two months ago, for example, Menlo Park-based Facebook announced that service contractors with more than 25 employees must provide them with improved wages and benefits if they work a substantial number of hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The minimum wage is $15 an hour, 15 days of paid time off a year and a new $4,000 new-child benefit for both men and women,” said Lori Goler, a Facebook spokeswoman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/214840429&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Facebook’s website, Chief Operating Officer \u003ca href=\"http://www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/2013/03/04/10-things-sheryl-sandberg-gets-exactly-right-in-lean-in/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sheryl Sandberg \u003c/a>posted, “This will give both women and men the flexibility to take paid parental leave, an important step for stronger families and healthier children.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Was Facebook’s pay increase prompted by labor activism?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve really been working on it awhile, and it sort of came from us and within,” said Goler.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last fall, Google let go of its security guard contractor and hired the contractor’s employees directly. In March, Cupertino-based Apple made the same move. Bringing workers in-house generally means better wages and benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also in March, Google, which is based in Mountain View, gave its shuttle drivers wage increases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10600953\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/RS16019_IMG_1565-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10600953\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/RS16019_IMG_1565-qut-400x400.jpg\" alt=\"A Google shuttle bus at the company's Menlo Park campus.\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/RS16019_IMG_1565-qut-400x400.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/RS16019_IMG_1565-qut-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/RS16019_IMG_1565-qut-1440x1440.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/RS16019_IMG_1565-qut-1180x1180.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/RS16019_IMG_1565-qut-960x960.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/RS16019_IMG_1565-qut-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/RS16019_IMG_1565-qut-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/RS16019_IMG_1565-qut-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/RS16019_IMG_1565-qut-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/RS16019_IMG_1565-qut-75x75.jpg 75w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/07/RS16019_IMG_1565-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Google shuttle bus at the company’s Menlo Park campus. \u003ccite>(Beth Willon/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Corporations won’t talk about their wage policies and the current labor campaign in Silicon Valley. But observers say that Silicon Valley companies know they can’t ignore the organizing activity and public opinion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They are being bludgeoned on these issues, and I don’t think anyone enjoys that,” said Russell Hancock, president of \u003ca href=\"http://www.jointventure.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joint Venture Silicon Valley,\u003c/a> a consortium of business and civic leaders. “I think they generally want to be a positive force, a societal force. We’re seeing the leading-edge companies looking creatively at these questions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Jose City Councilman \u003ca href=\"http://www.sjdistrict2.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=171&Itemid=214\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ash Kalra\u003c/a> said he sees a trend in tech companies directly hiring service workers or being more conscious of which contractors they hire, opting for more “responsible” ones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s no excuse in this valley to contract with companies that aren’t treating their employees well. No excuse,” said Kalra.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sara McDermott of Unite Here Local 19, which represents cafeteria workers, said unions want companies to work in unison with their contractors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t think we’re trying to get rid of the contracted companies,” said McDermott. “It’s more we need to show the companies that are paying for their services that they have to have a joint responsibility in making sure those employees of the contractors are treated fairly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But many companies are still under fire for the treatment of the service workers on their campuses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Case in point: \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/11/25/food-service-switch-at-intel-exposes-divisions-in-silicon-valley/\">Intel changed cafeteria vendors\u003c/a> last November. The new contractor didn’t retain the 70 employees who worked under the old manager. McDermott said Intel is responsible because it could legally have protected those workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you have a company changing contractors, Intel has the power to say, ‘Yes, we will give you the contract but we want you to hire the current workforce,’ ” said McDermott. “It was very disheartening to see a company that is in the midst of trying to talk about diversity at their own company have a group of primarily Spanish-speaking people of color who have good jobs just be fired.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An Intel spokesman declined comment, citing the company’s policy not to discuss issues related to its suppliers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>South Bay Labor Council Executive Director Ben Field said competition among vendors bidding for jobs is the culprit for these kinds of worker dismissals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Part of the problem is there’s a race to the bottom among contractors for service-sector work in high tech,” said Field. “And high-tech companies can stop that from happening.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not surprisingly, labor groups are pushing unionization.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In February, shuttle bus drivers for Yahoo, Apple, Genentech, eBay and Zynga voted to join the Teamsters union. Drivers for Google did not, but the very next month the company gave drivers pay raises and better benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Was that a tactic to keep the drivers from unionizing? Google spokeswoman Wendy Pauli said no, because workers have a right to organize.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In this case we were being competitive with the other wages and benefits being offered at other companies in the Bay Area,” said Pauli.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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