Home health care workers win new county contract
By Sheri Williams Sacramento County in-home supportive service workers—mostly women and people of color—have won a new county contract after
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By Sheri Williams Sacramento County in-home supportive service workers—mostly women and people of color—have won a new county contract after
Read MoreBy Sheri Williams Undergraduate student workers at California State University voted recently to form a union, creating the largest union
Read MoreBy Sheri Williams Mary Kay Henry, the visionary leader of the two-million-member Service Employees International Union (SEIU), who championed the
Read MoreBy Sheri Williams In early February, optometrists at University of California planned to hold an unfair labor practices strike to
Read MoreBy Sheri Williams In late January, members of the California Faculty Association won a new contract after shutting down campuses
Read MoreBy Sheri Williams As part of a union-backed bill signed by Gov. Jerry Brown in 2016, California’s minimum wage rose
Read MoreBy Sheri Williams The Sacramento Central Labor Council kicked off its election campaign in January, readying for a year of
Read MoreBy Sheri Williams California unions, and unions across the United States, had a strong year in 2023 with wins that
Read MoreBy Sheri Williams Faculty of the California State University system approved a series of one-day strikes in early December to
Read MoreBy Sheri Williams In a first-in-the-nation move, Gov. Gavin Newsom recently signed legislation that will ensure a $25 dollar minimum
Read MoreBy Sheri Williams The Sacramento Central Labor Council is calling for the resignation of Sacramento City Council member Sean Loloee
Read MoreBy Sheri Williams Hundreds of union members turned out for the largest Labor Day Picnic since the pandemic, filling Fairytale
Read MoreBy Sheri Williams In September, the Sacramento-Sierra’s Building and Construction Trades hosted a “Taking It to the Streets” Block Party
Read MoreBy Sheri Williams After a picket at the state capitol in which eight labor leaders were detained, the Local 1000
Read MoreBy Sheri Williams The Sacramento Central Labor Council is taking on the critical issues of housing and homelessness in the
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