Berkeley Labor Center
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We are a public service & outreach program that conducts research on issues related to labor and employment. Chairs @kjacobs9 & @munozbrenda1
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Steven Greenhouse
Former NYT Labor Reporter—Century Foundation Sr. Fellow—Author of 'BEATEN DOWN, WORKED UP: The Past, Present & Future of American Labor: 'Engrossing..Panoramic'
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Principal Officer @CaliforniaLabor AFL-CIO. Former CA Assemblywoman. Breast Cancer Survivor. #Latina. Mrs. Nathan Fletcher ❤️ Mama Bear. #UnionizeCalifornia
California Labor Federation
The California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO fights for CA’s working people! We represent 2.3 million workers in over 1,300 local unions across the state.
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The CA Office of Health Care Affordability has set a 3% health care cost-growth target over 5 years. Laurel Lucia: “This shifts the burden of responsibility toward health care entities to figure out how to slow that spending growth.” capradio.org/articles/2024/…
EXCITING NEWS: Today California HCAI’s Office of Health Care Affordability board voted to set a 3% health care cost-growth target over 5 years! Thank you, OHCA, for helping ensure that health care costs don't grow past what Californians can afford!
Renowned labor organizer Jane McAlevey (Jane McAlevey) says the UAW's success in unionizing a Volkswagen plant in Tennessee was 'a beatdown' of management. A bigger test, she says, will be whether workers can do the same at Mercedes in Alabama.
Continue the struggle!!! Sign up for the course I developed and have, w/ about 20 GREAT organizers, taught to 40,000 workers in 111 countries. The WORK must go on! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI… Organizing for Power Starts May 7th--groups of 10 or more!!! Go, fight and WIN! 🩶
I so appreciate the The Brian Lehrer Show and A Daily Politics Podcast show for having me on yesterday, and regularly to discuss labor issues over the years, and for Brian leading a great show for my adult life!
Jane McAlevey's interview on The Brian Lehrer Show and A Daily Politics Podcast yesterday is now online. She reflects on her life's work in organizing and recent wins for labor, and what she sees as crucial for workers to do if they want to continue the positive streak for unions. Jane McAlevey wnyc.org/story/organize…
Hear Jane McAlevey on how labor movements around the country are explicitly and implicitly involved in our political system -- and what the 2024 election holds for the future of unions.
wnyc.org/story/organize…
Any teacher who could be laid off needs a notice by 3/15. Ken Jacobs: “It creates serious insecurity & stress, inc for those who are ultimately asked to stay. This will make it harder for districts to hire teachers & leads teachers to leave the profession.” edsource.org/2024/teachers-…
A study by the Berkeley Labor Center and National Institute on Retirement Security found that public pensions in Wisconsin significantly narrow the racial, gender, and education wealth gap among older families compared to private pensions. Click image to read more: etf.wi.gov/news/wisconsin…