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8-Day Sacramento Teachers Strike Ended: Were Their Demands Met?

April 4, 2022 1:30 pmApril 4, 2022 1:31 pm

The 7-day Sacramento City Teachers Association union strike against the Sacramento City Unified School District ended Sunday evening. School district and union officials announced they reached an agreement between the district, the SEIU Local 1021 and the SCTA teachers union....

Bill To Increase Power, Protections of Fast Food Workers Passed in Assembly

February 1, 2022 5:18 amJanuary 31, 2022 7:19 pm

A bill that would drastically increase the power and protections of over 500,000 fast food workers passed in the Assembly on Monday with a vote of 41-19, paving the way for a Senate vote later this year. Assembly Bill 257,...

SEIU Leader Suspended For Six Months Following $44,000 Time Sheet Fraud

November 29, 2021 12:00 pmDecember 8, 2021 3:47 pm

Tony Owens, the former Vice President of Bargaining for the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 1000 in Los Angeles, was suspended for six months without pay from his California Public Employee’s Retirement System (CalPERS) on Monday following an investigation...

New SCOTUS Petitions Claim Public Employees’ First Amendment Rights Violated by Unions

November 1, 2021 10:59 amNovember 2, 2021 12:15 pm

Last week, National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation attorneys, in partnership with attorneys from the Freedom Foundation, filed petitions asking the United States Supreme Court to hear several cases from public employees in California, Oregon, and Alaska government employment....

20 Months After State Closure to ‘Flatten the Curve’ California State Workers Still Working from Home

October 18, 2021 2:30 amApril 3, 2022 8:00 am

Why are California’s state employees still working from home 20 months after Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order March 3, 2020 locking down the state to “flatten the curve” of coronavirus infection spread? Press play to hear a narrated...

SEIU Labor Union Leader Resigns Following Embezzlement, Tax Fraud Charges

October 14, 2021 2:17 amApril 3, 2022 7:58 am

On Wednesday, Alma Hernandez, the Executive Director for Service Employees International Union (SEIU), the largest labor union in California resigned after her and her husband, Jose Moscoso, were charged by California Attorney General Rob Bonta on numerous embezzlement and tax...

The Newsom Recall is Nonpartisan; Here’s Why

August 1, 2021 6:05 pmAugust 1, 2021 2:25 pm

If you’re searching for an accurate term to describe the Newsom recall effort, it’s not easy. With 48 percent of the electorate planning to vote for Newsom’s retirement according to the latest poll, and only 24 percent registered Republicans in California, characterizing the...