The Supreme Court’s recent Janus decision was despicable, spitting in the face of decades of common-sense precedent. There’s no question about that. But Janus is not the end of our fight.
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Trump’s Supreme Court Nomination of Brett Kavanaugh Is Deeply Troubling
Working families deserve a Supreme Court justice who will respect the rights of working people and who will enforce decades of legal precedent that protect us in the workplace. On Monday night, President Donald Trump rejected working men and women by selecting Judge Brett Kavanaugh to fill the vacancy created by Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement.
Read MoreCalifornia Labor Movement Condemns Janus Decision, Vows to Build Strength to Give More Workers a Path to American Dream
We condemn the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn 40 years’ worth of precedent at the behest of corporate billionaires in the Janus v. AFSCME case. The decision today to reverse a unanimous 1977 Supreme Court ruling is nothing more than a bald attempt to weaken unions by some of America’s richest CEOs and five […]
Read MoreMillennials and Unions: A Match Made in Heaven
We are at a critical point in time where the government wants to abolish public and private health care, slash the public-sector’s strength to collective bargaining, and decrease wages in return for more work. The millennial’s best response to counterblow these threats is to stand together in a union.
Read MoreNet Neutrality is under attack, California stands up and fights back
In a bold strategy to protect millions of Californians, Senators Kevin de Leon and Scott Weiner joined forces to keep net neutrality in California with their bills SB 822 (Wiener) and SB 460 (de Leon).
Read MoreEconomists Have the Answer to Inequality: Working People Standing Together
At its core, income inequality is simply about a lack of power among the masses and an abundance of it for a few at the top. Its real-world effects are wage stagnation, less access to health care and secure retirements and higher poverty. Throughout much of the 20th century, there was a powerful mechanism to keep inequality in check: Unions.
Read MoreWorking People Spur Huge Victories in June Primary
California’s blue wave is setting up. In recent weeks there’d been much speculation as to whether California’s nonsensical top-two primary system would throw a wrench into potential sweeping victories for candidates who support workers this fall.
Read MoreGet out and Vote on June 5th!
Tuesday is Election Day in California and it’s never been more important for working people to get out and vote! Corporate billionaires will stop at nothing to take away our freedom to stand together in our unions, including spending millions of dollars to fund candidates who will do their bidding and attack working people in the halls of our Capitol. But we know that our strength in numbers can always overcome their mountains of cash.
Read More1968: King, Memphis, and the Poor People’s Campaign
Most Americans know that a white racist assassinated Martin Luther King Jr. in Memphis, Tennessee on April 4,1968 – fifty years ago. But few understand the historical context and why King was in Memphis.
Read MoreNew Report Shows Unions are a Pathway to the American Dream
A ground-breaking new report by the UC Berkeley Labor Center underscores the advantages of union membership in California.
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