Service Employees International Union – Page 4

LAUSD School Workers Strike Ends With No Deal

March 23, 2023 5:43 pmMarch 23, 2023 5:43 pm

The Los Angeles school workers strike ended on Thursday after three full days of striking, with no deal in place, despite intervention by Mayor Karen Bass. The strike against the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), the second largest school district...

LA City School Workers Begin Three-Day Strike

March 21, 2023 1:49 pmMarch 21, 2023 1:49 pm

The Service Employees International Union went on strike against the Los Angeles Unified School District on Tuesday, kicking off the first day of a planned three day strike The strike against the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), the second...

State Appelate Court Upholds Prop. 22 Rideshare Independent Contractor Classification Vote

March 13, 2023 8:58 pmMarch 13, 2023 8:58 pm

The California First District Court of Appeals ruled on Monday that rideshare companies such as Uber and Lyft could continue to classify employees as independent contractors, both validating the 2020 Proposition 22 vote, and invalidating the Assembly Bill 5 law...

78-Year-Old Jackie Goldberg Elected as Los Angeles Unified School Board President

January 18, 2023 4:18 pm

The Los Angeles Unified School District elected in former school board member and Assemblywoman Jackie Goldberg as President of the board on Tuesday, elevating her to the position 40 years after her first initial successful run for the school board....

Restaurant Groups Submit Over 1 Million Signatures For Fast Food Labor Referendum

December 6, 2022 2:30 amDecember 5, 2022 8:59 pm

A group of restaurants and restaurant trade groups submitted over 1 million signatures to the California Secretary of State’s office on Monday, likely enough to place a measure on the ballot over the fate of AB 257, a bill to...

Curing the Chasm between Parents and Kids

September 22, 2022 9:46 amSeptember 23, 2022 7:33 am

The liberty of a parent to the care, custody and control of their child is a fundamental right that resides first in the parent. – Wyoming Statutes § 14-2-206 (a) (2019) The manufactured divide between parents and their school-age children...

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...