The 2026 Berkeley Tenants Convention is coming up on March 15! To run as a candidate, apply by February 18. berkeleytenants.org/convention

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).

Join BTU’s Discord to stay connected, chat with fellow organizers, and keep up to date on important events! discord.gg/tSUf4j6F35

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! 🥘🍪

Meet your new Berkeley Tenants Union Steering Committee! 🏠 (1/2)

"“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."

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.

“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.”

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!

"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"

Don't let the Starbucks ads during the Thanksgiving parade distract from the fact that workers are on strike right now.

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

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."

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...

""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."

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!

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

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!

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...

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).

Vote YES on Prop 50 by Tuesday to defend democracy and affordable housing!

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.

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.

Vote YES on Prop 50 by November 4 to defend democracy and affordable housing!

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!

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).

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!

These headlines are a few hours apart. Abundance!

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 🧵

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).

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...

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/...

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).

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!

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!

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!

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!

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.

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!

Happy Labor Day! Solidarity forever, for the union makes us strong!

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).

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

The Tenants United movement in Bozeman, Montana has pushed policy to restrict second-home vacation rentals, do less policing of homelessness, and set up publicly funded eviction legal defense. Last summer, the movement scored a significant win. boltsmag.org/montana...

EXCLUSIVE: Tech executives and venture capitalists are funding California YIMBY's push to kill tenant protections. Read all the eye-popping details!

Join 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!

6 of our 11 supervisors were SF YIMBY endorsed or appointed by an SF YIMBY endorsed mayor. All of them will almost certainly back this NIMBY mass displacement plan. That’s as good an illustration as any of why I’m not a YIMBY.

Join us July 12 for a northwest Berkeley canvass to unionize tenants! You can RSVP at www.eastbaydsa.org/events/3679/...!

Problems with your landlord? OTU's community counselors can help you learn your rights! Join us on Zoom for a virtual tenant clinic next Sunday from 3:00 to 5:00pm. OTU clinics are free and open to all Oakland tenants!

Join 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!

TOMORROW: Join OTU counselors at our virtual tenant clinic to learn your rights and get your questions answered! All of our clinics are free and open to all Oakland tenants. Register here: