Service Employees International Union

The Innovative Wealth Tax That Could Break California

November 19, 2025 1:54 pmNovember 19, 2025 1:55 pm

California is not only the home of innovative technology; sadly, it is also the home of innovative tax ideas. The latest breakthrough is a one-time billionaire wealth tax levied on a retroactive basis. But while the union, the former Clinton...

California to Enslave Billionaires with 5% Tax?

October 24, 2025 3:55 pmOctober 24, 2025 3:55 pm

It is ironic that the radical California political left, that wants our state to pay slavery reparations for things that took place thousands of miles away and over a hundred and fifty years ago, now seek to impose slavery on...

California’s $20 Fast Food Minimum Wage Law Goes Into Effect

April 1, 2024 12:12 pmApril 1, 2024 12:18 pm

California’s AB 1228 $20 fast food minimum wage law went into effect on Monday, raising the wages of fast food workers state-wide amidst fast food restaurant owners firing workers, cutting back hours, and raising prices in order to stay in...

Fast Food Restaurant Owners Brace As $20 Minimum Wage Law set To Go Into Effect Next Week

March 25, 2024 11:56 amMarch 26, 2024 11:58 am

With only a week to go before the AB 1228 $20 fast food minimum wage law comes into effect, restaurants across California continue to make last minute firings, employee hours cuts, and other measures to remain profitable and stay in...

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...

Fast Food Franchise Owners Speak Out Against $20 Minimum Wage

February 20, 2024 2:40 amFebruary 20, 2024 2:41 am

As AB 1228’s start date to give $20 an hour to fast food employees nears, multiple franchise owners reached out to the Globe and said what the fast food landscape in California will look like in the near future. Following...

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...