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Next April, 1,200 delegates from the Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) will gather in Las Vegas for the union’s international convention. A new reform group, Essential Workers for a Democratic UFCW, is gearing up for a fight. The group describes itself as a coalition of rank and filers, local leaders, and not-yet-union workers. Drawing inspiration from the caucuses that have

The revitalization of the American labor movement and the struggle for racial and economic justice were the central topics of a Lender Center Conversation held Monday, Oct. 24, in Dineen Hall. After introductory remarks from current and former leadership of...

Two local ballot initiatives this November will decide whether healthcare workers in private hospitals and other health facilities (like private dialysis clinics) should receive a minimum wage increase to $25 an hour: Measure HC in Inglewood and Measure J in Duarte.

Members of the Jamestown Arts Center will showcase their artistic talents during the annual Members' Show opening October 28.

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October 14, 2022~Los Angeles, CA– Today it was reported that grocery store giant Kroger could announce a deal this week to buy rival grocery store company Albertsons, resulting in a potential merger that would significantly harm local grocery store industries, essential grocery store workers, and customers across the western US from Southern California to the…

The sound appeared to be something fluttering behind the wall but he had no idea what it could be, so the only way to find out was to take down the wall he just installed.

Local councillors came out to show their support for striking rail workers this weekend.

AAHOA Members and leaders from all over the country flew into Washington D.C. for AAHOA’s Fall National Advocacy Conference this past Wednesday to make their voices heard and shed light on the issues that matter most to America’s hotel owners. Hoteliers met and built relationships with more than 100 offices and 40 U.S. Senators and Representatives to push our policy priorities forward.

Being crushed by inflation. feels like for the first time in a long time they have the upper hand and theyre asking for things, its not just pay, right? >> yeah. yeah. no, for sure, christine. you know, its so interesting that youre seeing teachers and nurses in particular at the forefront of these new demands because, you know, these are folks that as we saw in the pandemic, essential workers but are we treating them as essential. we are seeing really for the first time in 50 years, i would say...