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Archives for February 2015

12 Ways to Reverse Inequality in California

“The California Chasm” is a challenge that threatens to transform the state into a shadow of its former self. Once a place where people came together to realize fortunes, remake their lives and attain their piece of the American Dream, we have become a state saddled with sharp differences in social, economic and health outcomes… [Read More]

New Meeting Location for Fresno Clerical Unit #1110

The Fresno Clerical Unit #1110 has voted to change their unit meeting location. Starting in March, the unit will meet at Kocky’s Bar & Grill, 1231 Van Ness Ave, Fresno, CA, and will continue to meet there for the duration of 2015. The unit has also changed the date for its March meeting. The meeting… [Read More]

Save the Date: 4th Annual Charity Bowl in Sacramento on May 9

Spring is marked by a variety of events- the return of baseball, allergies, and IBEW 1245’s Annual Charity Bowl in Sacramento. Like those wacky swallows coming home to San Juan Capistrano, hordes of serious and not-so-serious bowlers, will descend on Sacramento’s Country Club Lanes on Saturday, May 9th, to bowl their hearts out for a… [Read More]

March 7: Community Forum on Bay Area Wages

Join North Bay Jobs with Justice, North Bay Labor Council, North Bay Organizing Project and others for an important discussion on raising the wage floor across the Bay Area.

Solutions for Wage Stagnation

With the early stages of the 2016 presidential campaign underway and millions of Americans still hurting financially, both parties are looking for ways to address wage stagnation. That’s the good news. The bad news is that both parties are offering tax cuts as a solution. What has hurt workers’ paychecks is not what the government takes… [Read More]

New Meeting Location for Fresno Physical Unit #1111

The Fresno Physical Unit #1111 has voted to change their unit meeting location. Starting on March 3, the unit will meet at the Clovis Elks Lodge #2599 Banquet Hall, 535 Woodworth Ave., Clovis, CA, 93612, and will continue to meet there for the duration of 2015. Due to the meeting location change, the Unit Meetings… [Read More]

California’s Union-Represented Workforce Grew 3% in 2014

California’s unionized workforce grew 3 percent last year, according to new federal labor data that also show more employees in both the government and private sectors nationwide worked under labor-negotiated terms. Of California’s 15.13 million workers, 2.65 million were represented by a labor union in 2014, about 73,000 more than the year before. The figures include… [Read More]