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Tom Steyer Campaigning on Blowing up Prop 13

April 14, 2026 9:04 amApril 15, 2026 6:38 am

The Los Angeles Unified School District announced Sunday they had reached a tentative labor agreement with United Teachers Los Angeles labor union, potentially easing concerns over a looming strike that threatened to disrupt classes for hundreds of thousands of students....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....