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Berkeley Tenants Union

@berkeleytenants.bsky.social
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We defend and advance tenants’ rights through grassroots organizing, outreach, and policy advocacy. Housing must be for people, not profit. berkeleytenants.org #RentControl #SHIMBY

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Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Join East Bay DSA and the Berkeley Tenants Union on Sunday for a mixer with our slate of candidates running for City Council and Rent Board in Berkeley. RSVP here: tinyurl.com/btudsamixer
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Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
July 19, the Berkeley Tenants Union is hosting a candidate forum for the Berkeley City Council dist. 1 election. Members will have the chance to vote in our endorsement thru 7/25. We’re also recruiting for our steering committee! Apply to run by 7/18 at tinyurl.com/btusteeringjuly26
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Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Celebrate Juneteenth with the Berkeley Tenants Union on Sunday, June 21 at the Berkeley Juneteenth Festival! BTU’s general meeting has been rescheduled to June 28.
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Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
On Sunday, May 17, BTU will be hosting a ballot party. Bring your ballots to the Grassroots House for a discussion on this season’s elections!
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Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Are you unable to pay rent or having trouble with your landlord? Our next FREE counseling clinic for East Bay tenants is Thursday, April 23 from 3-5pm! The deadline to sign-up at clinic.berkeleytenants.org (link in bio too) is this Tuesday, April 21, i.e. two days before the clinic.
clinic.berkeleytenants.org
Berkeley Tenants Union April 23, 2026 Counseling Clinic Intake
**If your landlord threatens to evict you for ANY reason, immediately email info@berkeleytenants.org with the subject line "I AM BEING EVICTED" so we can provide you help ASAP. (California tenants out...
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Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Rent control and tenant protections are on the chopping block for tenants in nonprofit buildings. Comment in person or over Zoom! berkeleyca.gov/your-governm...
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Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
The 2026 Berkeley Tenants Convention is on Sunday, April 19! Help select the progressive, pro-tenant Berkeley Rent Board slate. Make sure to RSVP and/or request a ballot at berkeleytenants.org/convention
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Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Berkeley Tenants Union meeting tomorrow! ⭐️
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Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
NEW 2026 Berkeley Tenants Convention information 🏡 berkeleytenants.org/convention
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Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Are you unable to pay rent or having trouble with your landlord? Our next FREE counseling clinic with tenant attorneys for East Bay tenants is Thursday, January 29 at 3-5pm! The sign-up deadline is this Sunday, January 25 (i.e. FOUR days beforehand).
clinic.berkeleytenants.org
Berkeley Tenants Union January 29, 2026 Counseling Clinic Intake
**If your landlord threatens to evict you for ANY reason, immediately email info@berkeleytenants.org with the subject line "I AM BEING EVICTED" so we can provide you help ASAP. (California tenants out...
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Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Join BTU’s Discord to stay connected, chat with fellow organizers, and keep up to date on important events! discord.gg/tSUf4j6F35
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Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Join us for the first BTU meeting of the new year at 4:00 PM on January 25th at the Grassroots House, run by your newly elected steering committee! The meeting will be a potluck as well, all are welcome! 🥘🍪
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Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Meet your new Berkeley Tenants Union Steering Committee! 🏠 (1/2)
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Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
"“While I’m happy that this settlement seems to be halting Greystar’s use of price fixing software like RealPage… just $7 million for a landlord [of] 950,000 units… is not sufficient to disincentivize other landlords from forming effective cartels in the future,” said [BTU Chair] Avery Arbaugh."
dailycal.org
Greystar, several states reach $7 million settlement over alleged rent fixing
Greystar, a property management company with locations in Berkeley, reached a $7 million settlement as part of an ongoing antitrust lawsuit against RealPage last Tuesday.
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Tenants Together @tenantstogether.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
We stand with #PasadenaGatewayVillas and the Pasadena Tenants Association as they organize against their new landlord Hines, who is leveraging junk fees, coercive lease changes, & retaliation to squeeze tenants out.
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Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
“By embracing tactics from organized labor—including launching multi-building unions, waging prolonged rent strikes and demanding democratic negotiations — TUF-affiliated tenant unions have won unprecedented concessions from landlords.”
inthesetimes.com
As Tenants Organize, Landlords Embrace Old-School Union-Busting
Tenant union members say they’ve faced threats, surveillance and retaliation from their private equity landlord, which has retained a notorious “union avoidance” firm.
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Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
A big thank you to @oaktenantsunion.bsky.social & @dsaeastbay.bsky.social Co-Chair Juan C for moderating this evening’s BTU Steering Committee Candidates Forum!
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Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
"The Berkeley Tenants Union believes that upzoning increases property values and needs to be matched with guarantees for 'increased permanently affordable housing requirements.' [BTU] said current 'middle housing' prioritizes developers’ financial interests"
dailycal.org
‘Middle Housing’ aims to reduce costs for entry-level homeownership
As of Nov. 1, “middle housing” upzoning changes are in effect across. This policy allows for housing units that reach up to three stories and eight units to be built
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Zack Zwiezen @zackzwiezen.com · 27/11/2025
Don't let the Starbucks ads during the Thanksgiving parade distract from the fact that workers are on strike right now.
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Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 26/11/2025
Say it with us 🗣️: What's disgusting? Union busting! We're FOURTEEN DAYS into our national ULP strike. Thousands of workers in over 65 cities are out on strike, and this is just the beginning. #nocontractnocoffee
Baristas on ULP strike in Richmond, VA holding picket signs.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 25/11/2025
RealPage allegedly helped landlords price-fix and jack up the cost of rent. Instead of cracking down, Trump's Justice Department struck a “deal” that lets them continue to rip off renters. Is that the art of the deal or a sham? RealPage called it "an endorsement."
wsj.com
Justice Department to Settle Lawsuit Over Apartment Rental Pricing
The case had alleged that RealPage’s software allowed landlords to unfairly coordinate prices.
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Tenants Together @tenantstogether.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Tenants are powerful! A tenant union gives renters the collective strength to win safe homes, fair treatment, and accountability. Good for the tenants at @columbiauniversity.bsky.social! www.columbiaspectator.com/opinion/2025...
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Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
""There needs to be much larger consequences, which is why it's so important for states and cities and also federal government to pass laws explicitly banning this practice and making sure there are significant penalties for these violations," [BTU Secretary Matthew] Lewis stated."
cbsnews.com
Berkeley properties managed by Greystar included in $7 million settlement over rent-fixing
America's largest landlord, Greystar, is facing consequences after the real estate giant was accused of colluding to increase rent prices in the Bay Area and in other states.
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Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Join us November 16 to learn how to form a tenant union! We’ll also go over the process for our upcoming Steering Committee elections, and more! We hope to see you November 16 at Grassroots House. Berkeley tenants unite!
DEFEND THE NEIGHBORHOOD

BUILD TENANT POWER

Learn About BTU's Upcoming Steering Committee Elections

Berkeley Tenants Union
Membership Meeting and Potluck
Sunday, Nov. 16 from 4:00pm to 5:30pm
Grassroots House (2022 Blake St, Berkeley)
Sign-up for our emails: bit.ly/BerkeleyTenants
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Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 13/11/2025
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history. Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Don't Buy Starbucks! At any location, today and beyond, while workers are on ULP strike!
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Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Join us November 16 to learn how to form a tenant union! We’ll also go over the process for our upcoming Steering Committee elections, and more! We hope to see you November 16 at Grassroots House. Berkeley tenants unite!
DEFEND THE NEIGHBORHOOD

BUILD TENANT POWER

Learn About BTU's Upcoming Steering Committee Elections

Berkeley Tenants Union
Membership Meeting and Potluck
Sunday, Nov. 16 from 4:00pm to 5:30pm
Grassroots House (2022 Blake St, Berkeley)
Sign-up for our emails: bit.ly/BerkeleyTenants
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Tenants Together @tenantstogether.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Tenants in Santa Cruz are stepping up! Santa Cruz County Renters Union is urging renters across the county to join together, share power, and stand strong against neglect, rent hikes, and unfair treatment. 💪 santacruzlocal.org/2025/10/24/s...
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Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Are you unable to pay rent or having trouble with your landlord? Our next FREE counseling clinic with tenant attorneys for East Bay tenants is FRIDAY, November 14 at 3-5pm! The sign-up deadline is this Sunday, November 9 (i.e. FIVE days beforehand).
clinic.berkeleytenants.org
Berkeley Tenants Union November 14, 2025 Counseling Clinic Intake
**If your landlord threatens to evict you for ANY reason, immediately email info@berkeleytenants.org with the subject line "I AM BEING EVICTED" so we can provide you help ASAP. (California tenants out...
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Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Vote YES on Prop 50 by Tuesday to defend democracy and affordable housing!
[BTU's Logo]
TENANT PROTECTIONS • RENT CONTROL • AFFORDABLE HOUSING
Berkeley Tenants Union

ALL US CITIZENS WHO WILL BE 18 BY NOVEMBER 4 ARE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE

Vote Yes on Prop 50
Defend Democracy & Affordable Housing

Prop 50 is endorsed by
[Logos of the ASUC, the Cal Berkeley Democrats BTU, the California Working Families Party, UAW 4811, and California DSA]

Register and vote away by Tuesday at either of these locations

YWCA Berkeley
2600 Bancroft Way (corner of Bowditch)

Eshleman Hall - UCB Public Service Center
2465 Bancroft Way #218

• Saturday through Monday: 9am - 5pm
• Tuesday 11/4 (Election Day): 7am - 8pm

Habitability problems in your housing?
• Showers too hot or too cold?
• Thermostats not working?
• Not enough laundry machines?
• Maintenance problems? Roaches?
• Ongoing construction? Elevators not working?
BTU can help you with habitability and other tenant issues!

Contact us at info@berkeleytenants.org
berkeleytenants.org

Ad paid for by Berkeley Tenants Union PAC, FPPC 1469678
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Adam Conover @adamconover.net · 01/11/2025
The fact that some of the companies who run the games industry are fighting so hard to stop unionization just proves how much power the workers have when they stand together. This disgusting action only delays the inevitable; solidarity will win.
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Jaime Omar Yassin [TNH] @hyphyrepublic.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
The Abundance Network, the Loren Taylor money funnel funded by Jesse Pollack, the OPOA, and the Dreyfuss/Abid money network, gave the last of its funds, 15K, to Scott Wiener.
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Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Vote YES on Prop 50 by November 4 to defend democracy and affordable housing!
[Logo of the Berkeley Tenants Union]
TENANT PROTECTIONS • RENT CONTROL • AFFORDABLE HOUSING

Berkeley Tenants Union
ALL US CITIZENS WHO WILL BE 18 BY NOVEMBER 4 ARE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE

Vote Yes on Prop 50
Defend Democracy & Affordable Housing

Prop 50 is endorsed by
[Logos of the Associated Students of the University of California (ASUC), the Berkeley Tenants Union (BTU), UAW 4811, the Cal Berkeley Democrats, and the California Democratic Socialists of America (California DSA))

VOTE BY MAIL OR IN PERSON BY TUES. NOV. 4, 2025

Same day registration & voting is available on and near campus at:

YWCA Berkeley
2600 Bancroft Way (corner of Bowditch)
Oct 25 - Nov 3, 9am-5pm
Nov 4, 7am-8pm

Eshleman Hall - UCB Public Service Center
2465 Bancroft Way #218
Nov 1 - Nov 3, 9am-5pm
Nov 4, 7am-8pm

Habitability problems in your housing?
• Showers too hot or too cold?
• Thermostats not working?
• Not enough laundry machines?
• Maintenance problems? Roaches?
• Ongoing construction? Elevators not working?
BTU can help you with habitability and other tenant issues!

Contact us at info@berkeleytenants.org
www.berkeleytenants.org

[QR Code for berkeleytenants.org]

Ad paid for by Berkeley Tenants Union PAC, FPPC 1469678
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Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Join us this Sunday for our next membership meeting! We'll hear updates from the Berkeley Tenant Organizing Task Force, plan our canvasses in support of AB 1157, and more! We hope to see you Sunday at Grassroots House. Berkeley tenants unite!
DEFEND THE NEIGHBORHOOD

BUILD TENANT POWER

Berkeley Tenants Union
Membership Meeting and Potluck
Sunday, October 19 from 4:00pm to 5:30pm
Grassroots House (2022 Blake St, Berkeley)
Sign-up for our emails: bit.ly/BerkeleyTenants
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Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Are you unable to pay rent or having trouble with your landlord? Our next FREE counseling clinic with tenant attorneys for East Bay tenants is THURSDAY, October 23 at 3-5pm! The sign-up deadline is this SUNDAY, October 19 (i.e. four days beforehand).
clinic.berkeleytenants.org
Berkeley Tenants Union October 23, 2025 Counseling Clinic Intake
**If your landlord threatens to evict you for ANY reason, immediately email info@berkeleytenants.org with the subject line "I AM BEING EVICTED" so we can provide you help ASAP. (California tenants out...
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Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Join us this Sunday for our next membership meeting! We'll hear updates from the Berkeley Tenant Organizing Task Force, plan our canvasses in support of AB 1157, and more! We hope to see you Sunday at Grassroots House. Berkeley tenants unite!
DEFEND THE NEIGHBORHOOD

BUILD TENANT POWER

Berkeley Tenants Union
Membership Meeting and Potluck
Sunday, October 19 from 4:00pm to 5:30pm
Grassroots House (2022 Blake St, Berkeley)
Sign-up for our emails: bit.ly/BerkeleyTenants
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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 02/10/2025
These headlines are a few hours apart. Abundance!
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Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee (EWOC) @organizeworkers.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Academic workers from the AAUP and AFT won a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration's actions against noncitizen students and faculty for pro-Palestine speech. The case underscores the power of unions to resist authoritarianism and shows workers' rights = civil rights = immigrant rights 🧵
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Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Are you unable to pay rent or having trouble with your landlord? Our next FREE counseling clinic with tenant attorneys for East Bay tenants is TUESDAY, September 30 at 3-5pm! The sign-up deadline is this FRIDAY, September 26 (i.e. FOUR days beforehand).
docs.google.com
Berkeley Tenants Union September 30, 2025 Counseling Clinic Intake
**If your landlord threatens to evict you for ANY reason, immediately email info@berkeleytenants.org with the subject line "I AM BEING EVICTED" so we can provide you help ASAP. (California tenants out...
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Tenants Together @tenantstogether.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Housing justice is global. Senators report Israel is destroying Palestinian homes to force families out—ethnic cleansing by another name. Just like tenants everywhere, Palestinians deserve safe, stable homes. truthout.org/articles/sen...
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DSA San Francisco @dsasf.org · 12/08/2025
To clear up some confusion we've been hearing: Saikat Chakrabarti is not a DSA SF member, doesn't identify as a socialist, and is not endorsed by our chapter. He has even donated to corporate-backed candidates, including to help defeat our member @deanpreston.bsky.social 1/2 x.com/briebriejoy/...
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Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Are you unable to pay rent or having trouble with your landlord? Our next FREE counseling clinic with tenant attorneys for East Bay tenants is TUESDAY, September 30 at 3-5pm! The sign-up deadline is this FRIDAY, September 26 (i.e. FOUR days beforehand).
docs.google.com
Berkeley Tenants Union September 30, 2025 Counseling Clinic Intake
**If your landlord threatens to evict you for ANY reason, immediately email info@berkeleytenants.org with the subject line "I AM BEING EVICTED" so we can provide you help ASAP. (California tenants out...
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Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Join us September 21 to learn how to form a tenant union! We’ll also discuss our proposed ballot measure to tax landlords to fund social housing, vote on whether to endorse Prop 50, and more! We hope to see you September 21 at Grassroots House. Berkeley tenants unite!
DEFEND THE NEIGHBORHOOD

BUILD TENANT POWER

Membership Vote on Endorsing Prop 50

Berkeley Tenants Union
Membership Meeting and Potluck
Sunday, Sept. 21, from 4:00pm to 5:30pm
Grassroots House (2022 Blake St, Berkeley)
Sign-up for our emails: bit.ly/BerkeleyTenants
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Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Unable to pay your rent or having trouble with your landlord? Unionize! Most Berkeley tenants now have a legally-enforceable right to unionize and collectively bargain with their landlord! Go to unionize.berkeleytenants.org to start organizing with BTU and form your official tenant union!
RENTER IN BERKELEY?
LANDLORD PROBLEMS?

UNIONIZE YOUR BUILDING
(AND HELP OTHERS UNIONIZE THEIRS)

FOR SUPPORT OR TO JOIN THE TASKFORCE
Berkeley Tenant Organizing Task Force Interest Form:
unionize.berkeleytenants.org

THE BERKELEY TENANT ORGANIZING TASK FORCE IS A PROJECT OF THE BERKELEY TENANTS UNION, EAST BAY DSA, AND THE OFFICE OF COUNCILMEMBER LUNAPARRA, DEDICATED TO ASSISTING TENANTS IN ORGANIZING TENANT UNIONS UNDER MEASURE BB.

[Logos of the Berkeley Tenants Union, the Office of Berkeley City Council Member Cecilia Lunaparra, and the East Bay Democratic Socialists of America]
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Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Join us September 21 to learn how to form a tenant union! We’ll also discuss our proposed ballot measure to tax landlords to fund social housing, vote on whether to endorse Prop 50, and more! We hope to see you September 21 at Grassroots House. Berkeley tenants unite!
DEFEND THE NEIGHBORHOOD

BUILD TENANT POWER

Membership Vote on Endorsing Prop 50

Berkeley Tenants Union
Membership Meeting and Potluck
Sunday, Sept. 21, from 4:00pm to 5:30pm
Grassroots House (2022 Blake St, Berkeley)
Sign-up for our emails: bit.ly/BerkeleyTenants
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Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Happy start of classes! Don't let your landlord take advantage of you! Go to unionize.berkeleytenants.org to start unionizing and force your landlord to keep your home safe and clean!
A middle-aged white man faces the camera while standing in a decrepit room, captioned “Landlord Figures He Can Pass Off Uninhabitable Shithole As ‘Great For Students,’” above The Onion’s logo.
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The Lever @levernews.com · 09/09/2025
America could simply repeal an old GOP law & build more housing right now. But the Abundance Guys are instead selling a complex theory of zoning reforms - which have enriched developers but spectacularly failed to systematically transform housing markets where they've happened.
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Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Happy start of classes! Don't let your landlord take advantage of you! Go to unionize.berkeleytenants.org to start unionizing and force your landlord to keep your home safe and clean!
A middle-aged white man faces the camera while standing in a decrepit room, captioned “Landlord Figures He Can Pass Off Uninhabitable Shithole As ‘Great For Students,’” above The Onion’s logo.
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Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Happy Labor Day! Solidarity forever, for the union makes us strong!
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Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Are you unable to pay rent or having trouble with your landlord? Our next FREE counseling clinic with tenant attorneys for East Bay tenants is THURSDAY, August 28 at 3-5pm! The sign-up deadline is this Sunday, August 24 (i.e. FOUR days beforehand).
docs.google.com
Berkeley Tenants Union August 28, 2025 Counseling Clinic Intake
**If your landlord threatens to evict you for ANY reason, immediately email info@berkeleytenants.org with the subject line "I AM BEING EVICTED" so we can provide you help ASAP. (California tenants out...
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Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
BTU Chair @averyarbaugh.bsky.social speaks at @demsocialists.bsky.social Convention's tenant movement panel, with @latenantsunion.bsky.social, @triangletenantunion.org, Greater Austin Tenant Organizing (GATO), Puget Sound Tenants Union, and NYC DSA's (@socialists.nyc) Tenant Organizing Working Group
Six panelists sitting in chairs, with Avery currently speaking
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