Lorena Gonzalez · [email protected]

July 2, 2025 at 8:14 PM

Active in your faith? We need your help!

Labor in the Pulpits Brothers and Sisters, Now, more than ever, our worker-led movement needs to find avenues to reach more people.  Far too many Californians are not aware of the moral need to protect collective bargaining, stand up for immigrant workers o…

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June 27, 2025 at 7:36 PM

News You Can Use: STOP the Ban on Regulating AI!

News You Can Use: STOP the Ban on Regulating AI! As if the budget bill working its way through Congress wasn’t bad enough (recall that it would gut hundreds of billions of dollars from Medicaid and other programs) it also will be a gigantic step backward in …

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June 25, 2025 at 7:50 PM

Support UFCW grocery workers

UFCW strike authorization Sisters and Brothers, It's that time again!  Our UFCW grocery workers in Southern California are deep in their negotiations for a fair contract. They are fighting issues of short staffing, unsafe working conditions and wages that h…

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June 23, 2025 at 11:57 PM

News You Can Use: Workplace raids

News You Can Use - Workplace raids As a labor movement, we are used to those in power – the bosses and the politicians –  trying to divide workers. And as a labor movement, that's why it is more important than ever to stand up for all working people. When we…

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June 14, 2025 at 1:02 AM

Best Practices to Stay Safe at Protests!

Protest basic safety guidelines Dear Sisters and Brothers,   We have all witnessed what has gone on in California and throughout our state in the past weeks. As we move forward together, the Federation is committed to:   1.    Standing up for workers. We will not be silent…

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  California Federation of Labor Unions · [email protected]

June 6, 2025 at 9:50 PM

URGENT TURNOUT IN LA - TODAY AT 4 PM

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  Lorena Gonzalez · [email protected]

May 21, 2025 at 7:15 PM

Call To Action: Don't let them gut Medicaid

No cuts to Medicaid! Dear Sisters and Brothers, As you read this, Congress is closer than ever to gutting Medicaid to help pay for tax cuts for the ultra-rich and for mega corporations. If these cuts go through, it will be devastating. Millions of working f…

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May 20, 2025 at 7:44 PM

Save Hollywood's middle class, union jobs!

News You Can Use - Film Tax Credits It’s no secret that Hollywood is struggling. California’s film and television industry – perhaps the Golden State’s most iconic export – has been rocked over the last several years by the COVID-19 pandemic and a significa…

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May 19, 2025 at 9:09 PM

About last week...

Recap of CA Labor's Joint Legislative Conference Dear Sisters and Brothers, Last week, more than 600 union leaders and rank and file members from public, private and building trades unions across the state came together for Labor’s 2025 Joint Legislative Co…

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May 1, 2025 at 1:30 AM

Take action this May Day! Here's how!

Take action this May Day! Here's how! Dear Brothers and Sisters, Thursday, May 1 is May Day, a day which in 1889 was declared to be International Workers’ Day, when we celebrate labor and the working class.  But more than that, May Day is intended to be a d…

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April 30, 2025 at 1:22 AM

Support Striking UC Workers on May Day!

Support Striking UC Workers on May Day! Does it seem like our union brothers and sisters are always on strike at the University of California campuses? There are a couple reasons it may feel that way.  First, the UC system is the largest employer in the sta…

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April 29, 2025 at 12:17 AM

Pray for the Dead, Fight Like Hell for the Living

Pray for the Dead, Fight Like Hell for the Living Brothers and Sisters, This Monday, April 28, on Workers Memorial Day, we honor the workers who were killed on the job.  April 28 marks the 55th anniversary of the Occupational Safety and Health Act, granting what unions ha…

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  California Federation of Labor Unions · [email protected]

April 17, 2025 at 11:21 PM

Indentured Workers Don't Have Rights.

Indentured Workers Don't Have Rights. Even as President Donald Trump wages an unprecedented deportation campaign against immigrant workers, he remains committed to exploiting their labor under an oppressive work visa program.   During an April 10 Cabinet mee…

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April 15, 2025 at 10:03 PM

No One Should Be Spied On By Their Boss.

No One Should Be Spied On By Their Boss. Workers are no strangers to being spied on by the boss. But as technology continues to advance, the ways in which your boss can snoop on your business have both increased and become far more invasive.   Today, your b…

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  Lorena Gonzalez · [email protected]

April 14, 2025 at 11:43 PM

Bring Our Union Brother Home, Now.

Bring Our Union Brother Home, Now. Brothers and Sisters, No visitation. Indefinite detention. Forced labor.  These are the conditions in which our brother, Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a Maryland union sheet metal worker and father, is being held.  Last month, federal ag…

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  California Federation of Labor Unions · [email protected]

April 8, 2025 at 1:40 AM

TOMORROW: Join National "Kill the Cuts" Day of Action!

Brothers and Sisters,   President Donald Trump and his political allies, including billionaire Elon Musk and Robert F. Kennedy Jr, have proposed slashing billions in funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants, gutting medical research grants at…

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April 4, 2025 at 4:35 PM

Republicans don’t have to be anti-union.

Republicans don’t have to be anti-union. It’s no secret that America is a deeply polarized nation right now. Partisan politics influences everything from the media we consume to the people we associate with.   Here’s something that isn’t, and shouldn’t be, p…

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March 31, 2025 at 5:15 AM

Walking in Cesar Chavez’s footsteps

Walking in Cesar Chavez’s footsteps This Monday, we celebrate and honor the legacy of one of the great labor leaders of the 20th century: Cesar Chavez, a man who helped build and lead a movement that continues to this day.   Several states, including Califo…

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March 26, 2025 at 9:32 PM

They want to cut Medi-Cal. We can’t let them.

They want to cut Medi-Cal. We can’t let them. Here’s a figure for you: 40%.   That’s the percentage of Californians who rely on Medi-Cal, California’s version of the federal Medicaid program.    That is more than 15 million people. Medi-Cal covers three out…

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March 25, 2025 at 11:23 PM

NEW BUS ADDED! Sign-Up to March for Immigrant Workers 3/31

NEW BUS ADDED! Sign-Up to March for Immigrant Workers 3/31 Brothers & Sisters,   Join us for a March for Immigrant Workers on Monday, March 31 - Cesar Chavez Day, in Delano, CA. Con Estas Manos On Cesar Chavez Day, workers from across…

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March 24, 2025 at 11:05 PM

We’re protecting your right to organize. Here’s how.

We’re protecting your right to organize. Here’s how. Workers have the right to organize. Period.   This right – of free assembly, to organize, to form a union and to collectively bargain – is enshrined in law under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), a…

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March 19, 2025 at 10:00 PM

News You Can Use: Bosses Should Be People, Not Robots.

News You Can Use: Bosses Should Be People, Not Robots. Here’s a not-so-radical concept: Bosses should be people, not robots.   Yet, more and more employers are outsourcing their discipline and firing decisions, or even how much they’re going to pay employee…

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March 18, 2025 at 12:16 AM

News You Can Use: Keeping the Boss Out of the Bathroom

News You Can Use: Keeping the Boss Out of the Bathroom Nobody should have to worry that their boss is spying on them in the bathroom. Sounds illegal, right?   Yet, employers can do just that, using technology – such as wearable trackers, heat sensors, facial…

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March 17, 2025 at 4:02 PM

JOIN US - 3/19 Flight Attendants Day of Action!

JOIN US - 3/19 Flight Attendants Day of Action! Brothers and Sisters, Despite making billions in profits off the backs of their workers – including $3.1 billion in 2024 alone – the management of United Airlines refuses to take concessions off of the table i…

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March 10, 2025 at 11:13 PM

News You Can Use: Collective Bargaining is a Fundamental Right

News You Can Use: Collective Bargaining is a Fundamental Right Last week, in an outrageous display of union-busting, President Donald Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced that the federal government was ending its collective bargaining…

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March 7, 2025 at 1:45 AM

JOIN US: California March for Immigrant Workers

JOIN US: California March for Immigrant Workers Brothers and Sisters,   This Cesar Chavez Day, the California Federation of Labor Unions, along with the United Farm Workers and SEIU, are calling on all of our union brothers and sisters and allies to march together in Delan…

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  Lorena Gonzalez · [email protected]

February 27, 2025 at 1:45 AM

TAKE ACTION: Keep Fighting for Medicaid!

Sisters and Brothers,   This week, House Republicans narrowly voted to approve a budget resolution that contains trillions in tax cuts and spending reductions.    It was close. The House GOP passed the bill 217 to 215, with every single GOP member of Califo…

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  California Federation of Labor Unions · [email protected]

February 26, 2025 at 4:33 AM

CALL TO ACTION: Support striking UC workers this week!

CALL TO ACTION: Support striking UC workers this week! Brothers and Sisters,  The California Federation of Labor Unions has sanctioned strikes by AFSCME Local 3299 and UPTE-CWA Local 9119 at University of California locations across the state – including med…

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January 20, 2025 at 5:44 PM

A Moment to Act, not Despair

Dear Sisters and Brothers,? ? The words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. ring loud and clear today as we gear up for the inevitable fights ahead.? ? Our efforts can't be dictated simply by who sits in the Oval Office. Our path to a stronger Labor Mo…

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January 14, 2025 at 5:26 PM

Urgent Wildfire Resources for Union Members

Urgent Wildfire Resources for Union Members Dear Sisters and Brothers,? ? Our hearts go out to the families devastated by the historic Los Angeles wildfires and our deepest gratitude for the heroic firefighters on the frontlines.   …

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  Lorena Gonzalez · [email protected]

December 20, 2024 at 4:31 PM

Hold the line with striking workers this solidarity season!

Hold the line with striking workers this solidarity season! Brothers and Sisters,   While we celebrate the holidays with our loved ones, striking workers are holding the line to fight for a better future. Workers from Amazon and Starbucks are both on strike …

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December 20, 2024 at 12:18 AM

The Labor Movement Fights On

The Labor Movement Fights On Dear Sisters and Brothers,   Throughout history, workers have faced every obstacle imaginable when we have tried to empower ourselves. And yet, our Labor Movement has persisted.    While the Presidential election results were not…

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November 20, 2024 at 12:46 AM

CALL TO ACTION: Support unions on the picket line!

Brothers and Sisters,   This fall, workers throughout California are going on strike to demand a fair contract and an end to unfair labor practices! The California Federation of Labor Unions has granted statewide strike sanction to AFSCME 3299 and UPTE-CWA…

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  California Federation of Labor Unions · [email protected]

October 30, 2024 at 5:56 PM

Join California Labor this weekend, let's Get Out the Vote!

Join California Labor this weekend, let's Get Out the Vote! Dear Union Brothers & Sisters,   Election Day is right around the corner on Tuesday, November 5. Unions have made endorsements in hundreds of races and you can find the candidates who stand with…

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October 23, 2024 at 6:24 PM

10/26 Labor Leadership Superwalk - Take Back the House

Next Stop on the California Road Trip to Take Back the House Dear Brothers & Sisters, ? Join us for the next stop on the California Road Trip to Take Back the House - Inland Empire! ? California union members have the chance to win back a pro-worker, pr…

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October 15, 2024 at 5:57 PM

Take Back the House phone bank tonight!

Take Back the House phone bank tonight! Dear Sisters and Brothers,   REMINDER: Our statewide phone banks to Take Back the House continue tonight!   We have just four weeks left to change the course of history in this election. The path to taking back the Ho…

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October 14, 2024 at 10:17 PM

10/19 Labor Leadership Superwalk - CA to Reno, NV

Next Stop on the campaign Road Trip Dear Brothers & Sisters, ? Next stop on the campaign Road Trip - Reno, NV! ? Join union members in our sister state, Nevada, to win for working people and help elect the Harris/Walz ticket. Labor leaders from around …

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October 11, 2024 at 10:36 PM

Check out your Union Voter Guide!

Check out your Union Voter Guide! Dear Union Brothers & Sisters,   Ballots are arriving in your mailbox this week, check out your Union voter guide here!   Election Day is right around the corner on Tuesday, November 5. Unions have made endorsements in h…

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