Eric Simpson

Nov 30, 2024 | themilitant.com | Eric Simpson

SAN FRANCISCO — More than 500 workers walked off the job at the Marriott Marquis downtown here Nov. 24, bringing to six the number of hotels now on strike. Some 2,500 UNITE HERE Local 2 members are walking the picket lines, demanding wages that keep pace with inflation, the reversal of staff cuts and a stop to bosses’ plans to charge hundreds more each month for health care. “The company has to be ready to negotiate in good faith, because we are ready to go for Thanksgiving.

Sep 7, 2024 | themilitant.com | Eric Simpson

SAN FRANCISCO — More than 2,000 hotel workers, members of UNITE HERE Local 2, went on a three-day strike here Sept. 1, part of a nationwide fight against moves by hotel chains Marriott, Hyatt and Hilton to increase workloads while cutting schedules, as well as raise workers’ cost for health care. The union reports that 25 hotels in six states, from Maryland to Hawaii, went on rolling strikes over the Labor Day weekend, with over 10,000 workers involved — almost half in Hawaii alone.

Aug 2, 2024 | themilitant.com | Eric Simpson

OAKLAND, Calif. — On July 17 Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro announced the exoneration of 50 Black sailors who had been tried for mutiny and jailed during World War II. The announcement came on the 80th anniversary of a huge explosion that rocked the entire San Francisco Bay Area. The Port Chicago Naval Magazine, a freight depot where live ammunition was transferred from trains to ships, had blown up.

Jul 24, 2024 | jamanetwork.com | Andrew Blauvelt |Henrique D Teixeira |Eric Simpson |Antonio Costanzo

Error in Table Footnote Upadacitinib vs Dupilumab in Adults With Moderate-to-Severe Atopic Dermatitis Andrew Blauvelt, MD, MBA; Henrique D. Teixeira, PhD, MBA; Eric L. Simpson, MD, MCR; Antonio Costanzo, MD; Marjolein De Bruin-Weller, MD; Sebastien Barbarot, MD, PhD; Vimal H. Prajapati, MD; Peter Lio, MD; Xiaofei Hu, PhD; Tianshuang Wu, PhD; John Liu, MD, MS; Barry Ladizinski, MD, MPH, MBA; Alvina D.

Apr 6, 2024 | medium.com | Eric Simpson

The connection between Alzheimer’s disease and Diabetes. Introduction to type 3 diabetesI’m sure most of you haven’t even heard of type 3 diabetes before and that’s why I want to discuss it with you today. It’s something that I was recently introduced to by Biologist Gary Brecka, and I found it to be extremely fascinating.