For California workers, their families and friends, a vote for Prop 15 on this November’s state ballot should be a no-brainer. For more than 40 years the state of California has been robbed of billions of dollars a year by a corporate tax loophole. Unlike in virtually every other state in the country, here commercial […]
Read MoreCalifornia’s Unions Lead to Pass New Pro-Worker Laws for 2020
California’s unions led the way in passing a host of new pro-worker bills that go into effect on Jan. 1, 2020. These new laws, signed by Gov. Newsom, cement California’s status as the nation’s leader on workers’ rights. As with every year, many of the bills unions fought to pass directly support all working people, […]
Read MoreTaking a Stand for Public Education
Social movements are rarely fully formed. It takes a while for the percolating to reach full boil. But that is what is happening with the struggle for public education. We saw it last year as teachers in one Republican controlled state after another, states where there are little to no collective bargaining rights for public […]
Read MoreStrike! – Support LA Educators!
LA educators today are standing together with the community to fight for smaller class sizes, more counselors and librarians, fair wages and a quality education for every student in LAUSD. Striking is always a last resort and it takes extraordinary courage to risk everything to do what’s right. That’s exactly what more than 30,000 United […]
Read MoreCalling out the billionaires who opposed funding for schools
Explosive new report reveals wealthy Californians who tried to defeat Prop. 30 while professing to champion the needs of children and public education
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