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Lawsuit Challenges Public Access to LAUSD Employee Orientations

May 8, 2023 12:40 pmMay 8, 2023 12:50 pm

A lawsuit filed on Monday alleges that a California statute, Government Code § 3556, violates the First Amendment by denying the general public access to the dates, times and locations of new government employee orientations – all the while furnishing...

Proposed Constitutional Amendment on Workers’ Rights

May 2, 2023 6:32 amMay 2, 2023 6:38 am

On May 1, Senate Constitutional Amendment (SCA) 7 was introduced by Senator Tom Umberg (D-Santa Ana), along with seven Senate Democratic co-authors. SCA 7, if placed before the voters, would add Section 1.5 to Article XIV of the California Constitution....

Unlawful Activity in Labor Disputes in California

March 30, 2023 7:19 amMarch 30, 2023 7:22 am

California’s Labor Code, in Division 2, Part 3, Chapter 10, discusses prohibited activities during labor disputes. Chapter 10 is titled “Unlawful Acts During Labor Disputes,” which was added in 1999 by Chapter 616. Labor Code Section 1138 prohibits any officer...

Advocacy For a ‘National Divorce’ Heats Up Again

March 6, 2023 2:24 amMarch 6, 2023 11:00 pm

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is no shrinking wallflower. Elected in 2020 as a MAGA Republican, she has been an outspoke conspiracy advocate and a lightening rod for controversy. It is doubtful she has ever been accused of holding...

Unions Are Behind California’s Latest Wealth Tax Proposal

February 13, 2023 2:32 pmFebruary 14, 2023 5:35 pm

If at first you don’t succeed, try again. This adage applies well to ideas for new ways to tax Californians. Every election cycle we see new ways to be taxed, and higher tax rates, but rarely will we see a...

New Overtime Law for Agriculture Workers Was Never About the Workers

January 9, 2023 8:10 amJanuary 10, 2023 3:42 pm

After many failed attempts to unionize more agricultural workers in California, Gov. Jerry Brown instead signed into law Assembly Bill 1066 in 2016 by then-Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego), to require overtime pay of time-and-a-half for farm employees working more than eight...

Tracking Political Spending by Government Unions

November 8, 2022 5:55 amNovember 8, 2022 6:08 am

With a rough top-down analysis, it’s easy enough to estimate how much government unions collect and spend every year in California. They have roughly a million members, paying roughly $1,000 per year in dues. That would be one billion dollars per year....