A year of hardships ends with hope
By Sheri Williams When 2020 began, the upcoming elections seemed like the most pressing issue for union members and their
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Sacramento Valley Union Labor Bulletin
Owned and Published by the Sacramento Central Labor Council and the Sacramento-Sierra’s Building & Construction Trades Council, official councils of the AFL-CIO
LABOR BULLETIN
West Sacramento elects Labor candidates
By Sheri Williams Labor-backed candidates for mayor and City Council in West Sacramento won in the November elections, marking a
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Union bill creates PPE stockpile for healthcare workers
By Sheri Williams Recently, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill crafted by union healthcare workers that created a first-in-the-nation law
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California Farmworkers At Risk
By Martin Bennett A deepening COVID-19 crisis, now surging in most California agricultural counties, puts farmworkers in the pandemic’s crosshairs.
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Labor fights to turn out voters
By Sheri Williams With the November election only days away, the Sacramento Central Labor Council is fighting to get union
Read MoreNo on Prop. 22
By Sheri Williams California Labor is united in its opposition of Proposition 22 on the November ballot, an insidious attack
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Solidarity in challenging times
By Sheri Williams With the coronavirus pandemic attacking essential workers in California and across the country, Sacramento union members this
Read MorePostal Service attacked
By Sheri Williams Following public outcry about attacks on the U.S. Postal Service, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, a Trump appointee,
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City passes new safety measures for essential workers
By Sheri Williams In late June, the Sacramento City Council passed a new safety measure in partnership with the Sacramento
Read MoreGovernor offers more help for workers
By Sheri Williams In July, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced new help for essential workers in California, as they increasingly are
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UC employees fight layoffs of vulnerable workers
By Sheri Williams Union members of AFSCME 3299 and their allies staged pickets in front of University of California hospitals
Read MoreFight over gig workers continues
By Sheri Williams Labor leaders across California are continuing their fight to protect so-called “gig workers” from exploitation as companies
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Labor fights for critical workers
By Sheri Williams As the Sacramento region begins to re-open businesses during the coronavirus pandemic, the Sacramento Central Labor Council
Read MoreCensus takers resume in-person action
By Sheri Williams Census takers have returned to knocking on doors to help people fill out the national survey after
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Labor honors workers with May Day meal
By Sheri Williams Hundreds of healthcare workers from UC Davis Medical Center lined up on May Day for free lunches
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