Category: Blog: Labor Edge

Brothers and Sisters, Here it is. The 5 things you have to know affecting the California Labor Movement! #UnionizeCalifornia Nearly 700 union members came together in Sacramento last week for our annual Unionize California Joint Legislative Conference, co-hosted by the Labor Federation and the State Building and Construction Trades Council. New to the agenda this […]

Brothers and Sisters, I can’t wait to see you all at the Legislative Conference, starting May 7th! Here it is. The 5 things you have to know affecting the California Labor Movement! Julie Su for U.S. Labor Secretary If you are a union activist in California, we don’t need to tell you how great Julie […]

Opinion: The fight for workers’ rights continues – The San Diego Union-Tribune What workers want is not gigs, they want full-time hours guaranteed, reliable schedules, employer-provided health care and Social Security benefits. Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher 5–7 minutes Gonzalez Fletcher is chief officer of the California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO, and lives in San Diego. Imagine a […]

Brothers and Sisters, Here are 5 things you should know about what’s happening on the labor movement: Organize California Institute The California Labor Federation hosted our very first California Organizing Institute in San Diego. We capped registration at 40, but let some folks sneak in. So we ended up training 43 union activists from 22 […]

Sisters and Brothers, California is defying national and historic trends, as the percentage of the workforce that is unionized increased last year. Despite broken labor laws and corporate union busting, California had 99,000 new union workers last year. Let’s keep organizing! Congratulations to the 1500 workers at Sharp Grossmont, our newest brothers and sisters who […]

Sisters and Brothers, Happy January! As a way to ensure better communication with all of you, we are starting the year with our monthly “5 Things You Need to Know” about California Labor. Please feel free to forward these to other union activists and allies so they can sign up HERE for updates and action alerts […]

LABOR GIVES BACK Diaper Need is an issue that too many working families face. The cost of diapers continue to rise, costing upwards of $120 a month to diaper a baby! Childcare has been identified as a major issue for workers, but childcare cannot be accessed if a family doesn’t have a daily supply of […]

With victory this week in the Georgia runoff, Americans who value democracy, truth and progress can finally celebrate. All year, we were told a red wave was imminent and democracy was on life support. When all is said and done, election deniers running for Governor and Secretary of State were almost universally rejected, Democrats gained […]