AFSCME university workers continue contract fight
By Sheri Williams Thousands of AFSCME members rallied in downtown Los Angeles in August to continue the fight for a
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Sacramento Valley Union Labor Bulletin
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Labor unions back Harris-Walz ticket
By Sheri Williams Labor unions across California and the nation are lining up behind Kamala Harris and her union-member running
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Unions support new rules for protections from extreme heat
By Sheri Williams With temperatures regularly topping three digits in California and across the nation, unions are applauding new state
Read MoreHigh-speed rail moves forward with union labor
By Sheri Williams In a major milestone, the entire high-speed rail route from Los Angeles to San Francisco for California’s
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U.S. Appeals Court upholds rights for gig-economy workers
By Sheri Williams In June, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a California law that grants employee rights
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Taxpayer Deception Act knocked off ballot
By Sheri Williams The state Supreme Court in June blocked an initiative aimed for the November ballot that would have
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Nurses advocate for ‘Medicare for All’ despite setbacks
By Sheri Williams California Nurses Association members marched at the Capitol in May and later condemned the California State Assembly
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Labor activists fight against wage theft
By Sheri Williams Hundreds of workers and advocates from around California converged at the Capitol in late May, calling for
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SEIU helps win new nursing home staffing standards
By Sheri Williams After a years-long effort by SEIU to improve conditions for both patients and staff in federally funded
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Janitors fight for safety on the job
By Sheri Williams California’s Justice for Janitors movement in April celebrated growing momentum on two fronts in the fight by
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Teamsters strike pharmaceutical giant for fair pay
By Sheri Williams More than 100 Teamsters are striking at a local pharmaceutical giant after months of negotiations have failed
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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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Undergraduate workers at Cal State vote to unionize
By Sheri Williams Undergraduate student workers at California State University voted recently to form a union, creating the largest union
Read MoreSEIU leader Mary Kay Henry to step down
By Sheri Williams Mary Kay Henry, the visionary leader of the two-million-member Service Employees International Union (SEIU), who championed the
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UC Davis optometrists hold labor walkout
By Sheri Williams In early February, optometrists at University of California planned to hold an unfair labor practices strike to
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