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Why Schools Named for Cesar Chavez Are Overwhelmingly Failing to Meet California Academic Benchmarks

March 28, 2025   8:03 amMarch 29, 2025   8:55 am
Once again, our nation honors the legacy of Cesar Chavez, co-founder of the United Farmworkers of America. March 31st is a state holiday in California and state, county, and local offices will be shuttered. Across the nation, tributes will be...
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Why Are Schools Named for Cesar Chavez Overwhelmingly Failing to Meet California Academic Benchmarks

March 24, 2024   2:45 amMarch 24, 2024   2:46 am
In just a few days our nation will, once again, honor the legacy of Cesar Chavez, co-founder of the United Farmworkers of America. March 31 is a state holiday in California and state offices will be shuttered–some as early as...
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Gov. Newsom Signs Bill to Eliminate Vote-by-Mail Elections and Secret Ballots for Farm Workers

May 16, 2023   7:26 amJune 13, 2025   7:12 am
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed AB 113 authored by the Committee on Budget, into law Monday to eliminate vote-by-mail in elections by farm workers for union certification. This will usher in a “card check” system in which United Farm Workers labor...
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On Cesar Chavez Day Where is the Urgency or Leadership in Turning Around Languishing Schools Named for Heroes? 

March 30, 2023   2:09 amMarch 30, 2023   8:29 am
In just a few days our nation will, once again, honor the legacy of Cesar Chavez, co-founder of the United Farmworkers of America. March 31 is a state holiday in California and state offices will be shuttered–some on Friday and...
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New Overtime Law for Agriculture Workers Was Never About the Workers

January 9, 2023   8:10 amJanuary 10, 2023   3:42 pm
After many failed attempts to unionize more agricultural workers in California, Gov. Jerry Brown instead signed into law Assembly Bill 1066 in 2016 by then-Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego), to require overtime pay of time-and-a-half for farm employees working more than eight...
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Former Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez Sworn In As Head of California Labor Federation

July 28, 2022   2:30 amJuly 28, 2022   6:18 am
Former Democrat Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, best known for authoring the controversial AB 5 independent contractor reclassification law, was sworn in as the next Executive Secretary Treasurer of the California Labor Federation (CLF) on Wednesday, making her the leader of the...
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2020 March Primary Preview: 49th Congressional District

February 20, 2020   8:22 pmFebruary 20, 2020   8:59 pm
The 49th Congressional District: Much like how the long stretch of the 21st District sits between the major metro areas of Bakersfield and Fresno, the 49th Congressional District sits between the end of Orange County’s sprawl and the beginning of...
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