California
Support is building for Transportation Security officers
February 15, 2010Transportation Security Officers responsible for keeping the country's airways safe and secure have been fighting their own struggle for security through collective bargaining rights.
Read moreLabor campaigns vs. NUMMI closure
February 14, 2010Workers at the New United Motor Manufacturing Inc. (NUMMI) plant ratchet up pressure to keep the plant open despite Toyota's decision to shut it down in March.
Read moreSafeway janitors stop work, tired of intimidation
February 12, 2010Frustrated by the intimidation tactics of Safeway's janitorial services contractors, janitors who clean Safeway supermarkets in northern California stopped work on the night of Feb. 10.
Read moreAnthem Blue Cross – poster child for urgency of health reform
February 11, 2010With its move to raise premiums on individual policyholders in California by up to 39 percent, Anthem Blue Cross enraged customers and elected officials.
Read moreCalif. bills would create 140,000 jobs in state
February 11, 2010California legislators are putting jobs creation at the top of their agenda.
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