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The new contract ends what the union is calling the longest strike by mental health workers in U.S. history.
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The law gives farmworkers new options to vote to unionize beyond at physical polling places. Proponents say it will help protect workers from union-busting and other intimidation.
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The governor announced his decision on Labor Day. Supporters swayed moderate Democrats by removing a provision that would have put fast food corporations on the hook for labor violations at franchise locations.
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The United Farm Workers’ voting rights bill passed out of the state legislature this week. The union is now hosting 24 hour vigils throughout the state to pressure the governor to sign the bill. One of them is in downtown Fresno.
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The Senate approved the measure on a 21-12 vote, with no votes to spare and over bipartisan opposition. That sends it to the Assembly for final action before lawmakers adjourn on Wednesday.
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More than 2,000 Kaiser Permanente psychologists, therapists and other mental health workers in Northern California started an open-ended strike Monday over high workloads and excessive wait times.
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Farmworkers from across the state have set off on a 335-mile trek to Sacramento to show support for a voting rights bill
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The union representing 2,000 Kaiser Northern California mental health workers announced plans to strike, citing high workloads and long waits for patients.
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The protest that began Monday, July 18 involves hundreds of independent big-rig truckers that have blocked the movement of cargo in and out of terminals at the port, which is one of the 10 busiest container ports in the country.
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Workplace health and safety were just a few of the topics discussed at the round table hosted by the UC Merced Community and Labor Center.