Mental health workers strike at Kaiser
By Sheri Williams About 4,000 members of the National Union of Healthcare Workers staged a five-day strike across California in
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By Sheri Williams About 4,000 members of the National Union of Healthcare Workers staged a five-day strike across California in
Read MoreBy Sheri Williams California raised its minimum wage to $12 an hour on Jan. 1, another step in a hard-won
Read MoreBy Greg Larkins AFL-CIO/United Way Every year the Governor’s Office reaches out to the Sacramento Central Labor Council to provide
Read MoreBy Sheri Williams Sacramento’s Labor community won many victories and achieved significant accomplishments throughout the year, ending 2018 with union
Read MoreBy Sheri Williams When the devastating Camp Fire hit Paradise and the surrounding towns in Northern California, firefighters, police and
Read MoreBy Sheri Williams Almost 40,000 health care workers took to the picket lines statewide in October for a three-day action
Read MoreBy Sheri Williams The Sacramento Community Stabilization and Fair Rent Charter Amendment has qualified for the 2020 ballot. Backed by
Read MoreBy Sheri Williams The city of Sacramento in August adopted a citywide labor agreement that will ensure all major public
Read MoreBy Sheri Williams The Sacramento Central Labor Council held its 19th Annual Salute to Labor Awards in September, drawing hundreds
Read MoreBy Claire Mitchell Few California cities have a richer labor history than Sacramento. Starting as early as 1894 with its
Read MoreBy Sheri Williams California unions are fighting to defeat Proposition 6 on the November ballot, an anti-union measure that ends
Read MoreBy Sheri Williams Sacramento labor leaders and union members are helping to lead the fight for affordable housing in the
Read MoreBy Sheri Williams Governor Jerry Brown gave a boost to union apprenticeship programs in this year’s final budget with nearly
Read MoreBy Sheri Williams Union members and allies joined together the last week of June to protest a U.S. Supreme Court
Read MoreBy Sheri Williams Members of Sacramento’s labor community joined with immigration activists in June to protest the separation of families
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