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The Kamala-Su Connection

August 12, 2024   2:29 pmAugust 12, 2024   2:29 pm
Kamala Haris has some interesting friends, and one of those is Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su. Sorry – Kamala refuses to call her “acting, ignoring the fact that the Senate that is technically in charge and controlled by Democrats...
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Gutless Amenders in California’s Legislature

March 28, 2024   11:14 amMarch 28, 2024   11:14 am
In 2019, the California Legislature passed and Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill called AB 5, a dream of big labor’s but a nightmare for freelance/contract workers. In 2020, Newsom signed AB 2257, lifting some requirements for some of the...
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OSHA’s Plus One? A Union Rep

February 14, 2024   4:06 pmFebruary 14, 2024   4:06 pm
There is something the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) does called a walkaround. Typically, this has involved an employee calling OSHA, saying there was a problem at work, and OSHA sending someone to inspect.  The employer could have someone...
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Why Julie Su Matters: Labor Department Moves to Gut Freelancers

January 9, 2024   4:11 pmJanuary 11, 2024   8:24 am
If you have ever wondered why we cover Julie Su’s doomed quest to actually become U.S. Secretary of Labor, here’s why: The Labor Department today released new rules governing freelance, consulting, and gig work that will gut the livelihoods of...
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Congress: What Are You Up to, Julie?

December 7, 2023   3:10 pmDecember 7, 2023   3:10 pm
At the end of October, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued an astonishingly overbroad rule as to what constitutes a joint employer. Why does that matter and why would the House Committee on Education and the Workforce send a...
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George Gascon – Corruption by Any Other Name

October 25, 2023   3:48 pmOctober 25, 2023   3:48 pm
We’ve all heard of tales of corrupt district attorneys. Leander Perez ruled Plaquemines Parish (a parish is what they call a county in Louisiana) with an iron fist and even by Louisiana standards his level of corruption was eye watering....
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Laphonza Going La-Gone-za: Sen. Butler Will Not Seek Senate Re-Election

October 20, 2023   8:37 amOctober 20, 2023   8:37 am
In what can only be called a sadly typically au courant Newspeak statement, Sen. Laphonza Butler has announced she will not be entering the 2024 race to try to keep the seat gifted her by Gavin Newsom two weeks ago....
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