MEDIA ADVISORY FOR WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 12:00 PM

Press Contacts: Luke Thibault, lthibault@ifpte21.org, 760-534-9958
Jennie Smith-Camejo, jennie.smith-camejo@seiu1021.org, 510-710-0201

(San Francisco, CA) On Wednesday, October 8, at 12pm, a broad coalition of community groups and labor unions will gather in front of the Airbnb headquarters to protest the company’s ongoing destructive impacts. They will also be making a special announcement at the press conference. 

What: Press conference
When: Wednesday, October 8, 12pm
Where: Airbnb Headquarters, 888 Brannan St, San Francisco
Who: Elected officials and organizations include Indivisible SF, the Chinese Progressive Association, San Francisco Rising, SOMCAN, Coalition on Homelessness SF, Housing Rights Committee of San Francisco, Filipino Community Development Corporation, PODER SF, San Francisco Building Trades, United Educators of San Francisco, UNITE HERE Local 2, Teamsters Local 856, AFSCME 3299, UPTE-CWA, SEIU Local 1021, SEIU Local 2015, SEIU-USWW, DSA SF, IFPTE Local 21, People’s Budget SF, and Jobs with Justice SF.

Organizers are escalating a fight that began earlier this year to pressure Airbnb to drop its lawsuit against the City and County of San Francisco in order to protect San Francisco’s public services from deep budget cuts. Airbnb’s lawsuit seeks a refund of $120 million in business taxes, tying up two-thirds of that in the city’s litigation fund and preventing it from being used to fund critical public services, even as the city grapples with further cuts resulting from federal cuts to Medicaid.

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