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Labor Day: Ora Et Labora

September 2, 2024 2:55 amSeptember 2, 2024 2:56 am

Ora et Labora: Pray and Labor – a central pillar of the Benedictine movement. It’s corollary – Laborare est Orare, or To Work is to Pray – is also succinctly descriptive of the idea that working is a deeply personal...

Payment of Wages for General Occupations in California

March 6, 2024 11:35 amMarch 6, 2024 11:35 am

In California’s Labor Code, Division 2, Part 1, Chapter 1, Article 1, there are numerous rules for the payment of wages for general occupations in this state. Article 1 was added in 1937 by Chapter 90. Section 200 of the...

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Fast Food Council: How to Kill Another Industry

March 6, 2024 8:13 amMarch 7, 2024 6:28 am

With California Governor Gavin Newsom mired in “PaneraGate,” after he exempted a billionaire buddy from California’s new $20 minimum wage law, people are asking about this new Fast Food Council the Governor just announced. Newsom’s friend, Billionaire Greg Flynn owns...

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...

Su Me, Says Biden Labor Secretary – Renomination of Julie Su on Tap for 2024

December 21, 2023 3:54 pmDecember 21, 2023 3:54 pm

The Biden Administration says it plans to continue to evade and degrade the constitution and will re-nominate Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su come the new year. Su was nominated in March but the Senate – which must approve all...

Top 50 Disasters Gov. Gavin Newsom Has Ushered into California

November 7, 2023 2:50 amNovember 9, 2023 6:52 am

The blockbuster news this weekend that Obama Democratic Strategist David Axelrod advised President Biden to drop out of the 2024 presidential race after a damning poll showed him trailing behind former President Donald Trump, the New York Post reported. “David...

Did Julie Su Lie to the Senate?

August 31, 2023 3:34 pmAugust 31, 2023 3:34 pm

Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su may have lied to the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee during her once-meaningful confirmation hearing in April. And countless times before – and after – that. At issue is her claim that...