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  • Unions' Long March against California Cuts
    Fred Glass
    Mar 20 2010 - 12:40am
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    March 4 witnessed an explosion of energy across California, as thousands demonstrated against the devastation of the state’s K-12 schools and vaunted public colleges, once the gateway to opportunity for the working class. . . .

  • Budget Woes Prompt Privatization Fights in Public Transit
    Evan Rohar
    Mar 1 2010 - 4:00pm

    As budget-butchering legislators and executives slash away at public services and public workers, they’re reaching for a familiar tactic: privatization. Bus drivers at UC Berkeley have led the push back, scoring a victory against outsourcing in late February.

  • Escalating the War in Afghanistan Is Wrong

    President Obama’s decision to escalate the war in Afghanistan is wrong for many reasons. At its October 15 meeting, the Executive Board of the Wisconsin State AFL-CIO adopted a simple statement that sums up many of those reasons: “We need to stop the war in Afghanistan and focus the nation’s attention on the fight for jobs, education, health care and pensions.”

  • Public Sector Unions Fight Budget Woes in California

    Mischa Gaus, Tanya Smith

    The strains on public budgets in California are emboldening officials to come after union workers, producing rumblings of dissent throughout the state. Teachers in Los Angeles voted for an illegal one-day walkout May 15 to protest thousands of threatened layoffs, but after a court issued an injunction they chose to picket instead. . . .


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  • California Ballot Proposals Fail, Leaving Unions Wondering What's Next

    Paul Abowd

    Five of six budget proposals failed to pass on California's May 19 statewide ballot. The state’s unions lined up on both sides of the vote, and spent millions of dollars while sending members to knock on doors ahead of the vote. The proposals were Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s proposed solution to a budget shortfall, which is now projected to reach $21 billion. . . .


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