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.
Read MoreAB 3080 Breaks the Silence Surrounding Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
As a result of the overwhelming support from silence breakers Juana Melara, Gretchen Carlson, Susan Fowler, and Sandra Pezqueda, AB 3080 (Gonzalez Fletcher), a bill sponsored by the California Labor Federation, passed on the assembly floor today, a huge victory for working people throughout the state.
Read MoreThe SCOTUS #EpicFail and How California Can Fight Back
Collective action is a worker’s best friend. When you stand together with your co-workers to tackle injustice on the job, you’ve got a fighting chance. Unfortunately, the Trump Administration and the conservative justices on the Supreme Court seem hell bent on taking that right away from as many workers as they can.
Read MoreExecutive Paywatch 2018: The Gap Between CEO and Worker Compensation Continues to Grow
According to the new AFL-CIO Executive Paywatch, the average CEO of an S&P 500 Index company made $13.94 million in 2017—361 times more money than the average U.S. rank-and-file worker.
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