Manufacturing accounts for a whopping 21% of the San Francisco Bay Area’s regional GDP. In the city of Fremont, CA, alone, the manufacturing cluster provides one in every four jobs. These are solid middle class jobs that pay well, have professional advancement opportunities, and are generally accessible to people without a four-year college degree. In our recent […]
Fremont, CA seeks to curb effects of the silver tsunami Read More »
I’m Toto. I started working at Niles Pie in May 2015. I was hired to work at the farmers’ markets after my contract was over as a data analyst for the IRS. What made you decide to work at Niles Pie Company and what kept you working there? Initially it was coincidence that I decided
Hi, I’m Ren. My full name is Rendell Boguiren. I’m Filipino American but people often mistake me for Japanese – I minored in Japanese and I love the culture so maybe that’s part of it! Q: How long have you worked at A Slice of New York Pizza (ASONY)? REN: I’ve worked at ASONY for 7 years. It
Background Niles Pie, a pie shop and café, with retail sales, classes, dinners and catering, is a unique presence for local artisanal food in Union City and, as of July 2017, is the first cooperative on the 880 corridor. The owner, Carolyn Berke, sees the coop conversion as a way to to bring job stability
Most people don’t think of a customer service job as a pathway to the American Dream. That dream is aspirational, most often seen in the small business owner who creates a middle class life for herself and her family. But a group of pizza shop employees — young people working their way through school, workers
?? Background Founded in 1980 by Dan Knapp, and now co-owned by Dan and his wife Mary Lou Van Deventer, Urban Ore is a Berkeley, CA-based company whose mission is “To End The Age of Waste.” They operate a 3-acre facility that sells recycled goods to the public, and that on an average day, prevents nearly 20 tons
