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Julie Su Stoppers Turn Up the Pressure

April 13, 2023 6:17 amApril 13, 2023 11:44 am

The effort to make sure Julie Su does not become President Biden’s newest cabinet member is ramping up, with at least two opposition groups launching advertising campaigns this week. Su, the former chief of California’s Labor and Workforce Development Agency...

US Senator Bill Cassidy Lambasts Julie Su Labor Nomination

March 27, 2023 6:00 pmMarch 27, 2023 6:01 pm

Louisiana Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy took to the U.S. Senate floor Monday evening to lambast President Biden’s Labor Department Secretary nomination of Julie Su, erstwhile chief of California’s preternaturally awful Employment Development Department. “We should ask questions about how Ms....

CA Lawmakers Announce Formal Opposition to Julie Su Nomination As U.S. Labor Secretary

March 15, 2023 5:54 pmMarch 15, 2023 6:41 pm

Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-Rocklin) and Assembly Republican Leader James Gallagher (R-Yuba City) got the band back together Wednesday, as they led a press conference of fellow elected lawmakers, freelance workers and victims of mismanagement at the California Employment Development Department,...

Bill to Help Prevent Future Inmate Unemployment Fraud Passes Senate Committee

March 17, 2021 3:27 pm

A bill to help prevent future inmate Employment Development Department (EDD) fraud by cross checking unemployment insurance claims with state and county prison rolls passed in the Senate Public Safety Committee Tuesday. Senate Bill 39, authored by Senator Shannon Grove...

EDD Unemployment Backlog Falls Below 1 Million

November 6, 2020 6:24 amNovember 9, 2020 11:24 am

On Thursday, the Employment Development Department (EDD) announced that the backlog of unemployment cases has fallen under 1 million for the first time since March. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and adjoining economic downturn earlier this year, the...

Temporary Suspension of Government Union Dues: A California Stimulus Proposal Whose Time Has Come

April 14, 2020 2:15 amApril 13, 2020 6:25 pm

With 45.6% of their yearly budget sitting in reserve, these unions are flush with cash and in better economic shape today than most small businesses in California. The historic $2 Trillion federal stimulus package to combat the economic collapse...

Elon Musk Throws His Workers Under the Bus During COVID-19

April 9, 2020 8:10 amApril 12, 2020 9:12 am

The California Occupational Safety and Health Administration and U.S. Department of Labor has an Elon Musk problem. When news of the pandemic ravaging the Bay Area began capturing the country’s attention, officials put a strict shutdown order into effect to...