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The cheers reverberated among all supporters of labor in all 58 counties of California and across the nation as the California Nurses Association won confirmation in Sacramento Superior Court on March 4, 2005 of its hard-fought victory to reduce nurse-patient ratios, saving our lives and mandating decent working conditions for nurses....

Gallo farmworkers have been without a contract for over 16 months. Come support them at this "human billboard" action....

300 UAL engineers of IFPTE Union Local 20 have been fight since 2002 for a contract at UAL. This video shows why they are out on the street calling for justice. 4 min. 12.5 MB...

Health care purchasers last week called on the elected members of the Peninsula Health Care District to include pricing & quality protections in a contract it is negotiating with Sutter's Mills-Peninsula Medical Center in San Mateo County. CalPERS, Blue Shield and Blue Cross report that Sutter's prices are as much as 80% higher than the statewide average, allowing Sutter to earn record profits...

La Raza Centro Legal is assisting some Bay Area workers to organize and fight against racism and exploitation at the job. THESE WORKERS NEED YOUR SUPPORT! Please join us for one, or both, of the below actions!!...

While salaries for University of California (UC) President Robert C. Dynes and campus administrators consistently rise, many UC service employees are struggling to survive. According to a report released last Tuesday by the National Economic Development and Law Center (NEDLC), UC devalues the contribution of those that clean and maintain its nine campuses and five medical facilities throughout California. In the report entitled “High Ideals, Low Pay: A Wage Analysis of UC Service Workers,” NE...

As the hotel industry continues to attack our union in San Francisco and Los Angeles, UNITE HERE has begun a boycott campaign across the United States to show the industry it can no longer expect to attack local unions and avoid a fight throughout the industry. UNITE HERE members work for North American and global hotel companies. For that reason, UNITE HERE members, who work for the same companies involved in the labor disputes, have supported Local 2 & Local 11’s contract struggles by organ...

Labor On The Job on 2/24/05 will be looking at the attack on IAM Local 1173 and IBT 315 workers who were fired by the Future Ford Auto Agency for being union members. It will also interview SF city laborers who were members of LIUNA 261 about the growing corruption and their illegal layoffs....

A short article about the impending out sourcing at PeoplePC-Earthlink....

First the governor proposed a rule change that could eliminate lunch breaks for California workers. Now, if a new report about the University of California is correct, it seems lunchroom workers themselves are paid so little at UC campuses that many of them qualify for nine public subsidies for the poor, including food stamps and public housing....