Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Join Daria Wrubel for City Council District 1 and the Right to Housing slate for Berkeley Rent Board at a canvassing event (training provided) on Sunday, October 11 at 11:00am at Cedar Rose Park! 010
Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Join 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 030
Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 14/07/2026July 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 020
Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Celebrate 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. 010
Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 12/05/2026On 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! 010
Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Rent control and tenant protections are on the chopping block for tenants in nonprofit buildings. Comment in person or over Zoom! berkeleyca.gov/your-governm... 020
Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 13/04/2026The 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 000
Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 15/03/2026Berkeley Tenants Union meeting tomorrow! ⭐️ 010
Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 08/03/2026NEW 2026 Berkeley Tenants Convention information 🏡 berkeleytenants.org/convention 020
Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 18/01/2026Join BTU’s Discord to stay connected, chat with fellow organizers, and keep up to date on important events! discord.gg/tSUf4j6F35 010
Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 10/01/2026Join 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! 🥘🍪 010
Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 07/01/2026Meet your new Berkeley Tenants Union Steering Committee! 🏠 (1/2) 110
Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 11/11/2025Join 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! 031
Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 02/11/2025Vote YES on Prop 50 by Tuesday to defend democracy and affordable housing! 141
Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 28/10/2025Vote YES on Prop 50 by November 4 to defend democracy and affordable housing! 130
Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 13/10/2025Join 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! 031
Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 19/09/2025Unable 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! 185
Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 14/09/2025Join 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! 032
Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 02/09/2025Happy 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! 013
Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 12/08/2025BTU 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 011
Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 18/07/2025Join us Sunday to learn how to form a tenant union! Most Berkeley tenants now have a legally-enforceable right to unionize & collectively bargain with their landlord! We’ll also discuss last weekend’s canvass, how the city council defunded affordable housing (and how we’re fighting back), and more! 0289
Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 17/06/2025Join us July 12 for a northwest Berkeley canvass to unionize tenants! You can RSVP at www.eastbaydsa.org/events/3679/...! 020
Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 09/06/2025Join us this Sunday for our next membership meeting! Our guest speaker will be Rent Board Chair @solialpert.bsky.social! He'll talk about regulatory changes to strengthen tenant unions in Berkeley, the effects of potential Section 8 cuts on evictions in Berkeley, and more! 010
Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 14/05/2025Join us SATURDAY to learn how to form a tenant union with BTU! Most Berkeley tenants now have a legally-enforceable right to unionize their building and collectively bargain with their landlord! 000
Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 28/04/2025Join us Wednesday for a know-your-rights training and learn how to unionize your building with the Berkeley Tenants Union! 211229
Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 22/04/2025Join us April 30 for a know-your-rights training and learn how to unionize your building with the Berkeley Tenants Union! 110730
Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 13/04/2025Join us Saturday to spread the word about the new tenant right-to-organize law and help Berkeley tenants unionize their buildings with BTU! Make sure to bring comfortable shoes, a water bottle, and a charged phone. 22710
Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 07/04/2025ATTN UC BERKELEY STUDENTS: Vote now at bit.ly/3E6hjwx for these BTU-endorsed ASUC candidates to support affordable housing & tenants' rights! Voting ends Wednesday at 11:59pm. All regularly enrolled UC Berkeley students - undergraduate or graduate - are eligible to vote in ASUC elections. 001
Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 05/04/2025Join us Tuesday at the ASUC Housing Commission's Housing Action Forum! 022
Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 20/03/2025Join us, the ASUC Housing Commission, BTU-endorsed City Council Member @CeciliaLunaparra.bsky.social, the Berkeley Rent Board, and Bay Area Legal Aid tonight for a tenants’ rights panel! 030
Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 11/03/2025Join us Sunday to learn how to unionize your building! Most Berkeley tenants now have a legally-enforceable right to unionize their building and collectively bargain with their landlord! 042
Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 21/02/2025Join us Saturday to spread the word about the new tenant right-to-organize law and help Berkeley tenants unionize their buildings with BTU! Make sure to bring comfortable shoes, a water bottle, and a charged phone. 010
Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 12/02/2025Join us Sunday to learn how to unionize your building! Most Berkeley tenants now have a legally-enforceable right to unionize their building and collectively bargain with their landlord! 0145
Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 10/02/2025Join us February 22 for a canvass to spread the word about the new tenant right-to-organize law and help Berkeley tenants unionize their buildings with BTU! You can RSVP at bit.ly/4gxJx0j. Make sure to bring comfortable shoes, a water bottle, and a charged phone. 151
Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 22/01/2025Happy start of classes! Don't let your landlord take advantage of you! Contact us at info@berkeleytenants.org to unionize your building and force your landlord to keep your home safe and clean! 082
Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 15/01/2025Join us Sunday to learn how to unionize your building Most Berkeley tenants now have a legally-enforceable right to unionize their building and collectively bargain w/ their landlord We'll meet 4-5:30pm at Grassroots House (2022 Blake St); you can sign-up to bring a potluck dish at bit.ly/3Pjg2Eh 052
Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 14/01/2025It is currently illegal throughout all of California to increase rents by more than 10% - including on new/prospective tenants - from what was advertised, offered, or charged since December 18 (when a state of emergency was declared in response to bird flu). 122
Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 08/01/2025Come hang out with us, learn how to unionize your building, and fight for affordable housing! We meet the third Sunday of every month! 150
Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 02/01/2025New California tenant protections take effect today! 243
Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 20/12/2024Measure BB takes effect today! Contact us at info@berkeleytenants.org to unionize your building or to ask us questions about new protections! 161
Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 11/12/2024Join us Sunday for a membership meeting & potluck; we'll determine our legislative & ballot measure priorities w/ Councilmember @cecilialunaparra.bsky.social & continue working on unionizing our buildings via Measure BB You can let everyone know what you’re bringing to the potluck at bit.ly/3Vg42GQ 052
Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 04/12/2024Join us Dec. 15 for a membership meeting and potluck! We'll work on determining our legislative and ballot measure priorities w/ Councilmember Cecilia Lunaparra, as well as unionizing our buildings under Measure BB. Sign-up at bit.ly/3Vg42GQ to let everyone know what you’re bringing to the potluck! 042
Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Join us Sunday to learn how to unionize your building! With the passage of Measure BB and defeat of Measure CC, nearly every Berkeley tenant has a legally-enforceable right to do so! Sunday’s membership meeting is also a potluck - Sign-up at bit.ly/3YHiysi to let everyone know what you’re bringing! 062
Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 19/11/2024We won! We passed Measure BB and defeated Measure CC! 171
Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 15/11/2024STUDENTS: Join us Monday evening at the the ASUC's Housing Action Forum! 000
Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 12/11/2024Join us November 24 at Grassroots House for our next membership meeting! This will be a potluck, so please bring some food to share! (Sign-up at bit.ly/3YHiysi to let everyone know what dish you're bringing!) 000
Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 03/11/2024The Yes on CC/No on BB campaign (ie slumlords and realtors) continues to blatantly break the law in order to trick voters! BB strengthens rent control, while CC rolls back rent control! Remember to vote YES on BB for a better Berkeley and NO on CC to stop the corporate con! 112
Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 27/10/2024Vote for tenants' rights and affordable housing! Here's our official voter guide! 102
Berkeley Tenants Union @berkeleytenants.bsky.social · 27/10/2024Multiple BTU-endorsed campaigns are offering $25/hour stipends to canvass or drop literature! If you’re interested, send an email ASAP to info@berkeleytenants.org with your name and phone number so we can put you in contact with the campaigns! 001