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Aug 24th, 2015
At the heart of America's recurring problems with poverty, income inequality and race lies a major shift in how our economy is structured. Since 2009, so called "temporary" jobs...
Aug 21st, 2015
Forging ahead with plans to take minimum wages to new highs, California’s San Francisco Bay Area has touched off tit-for-tat increases, deepening fears that the region’s high...
Aug 15th, 2015
There is a difference between acknowledging that a problem exists and solving the problem. Case in point is the University of California’s decision last month to enact a minimum...
Jul 9th, 2015
Demonstrators performed a song and dance inside California Hall on Tuesday, calling out the administration for being “super cheap,” and marking the start of a new campaign for...
Jun 7th, 2015
Everyone agrees that rising poverty and growing income inequality are bad for California and bad for America. On what role our public institutions can play in addressing these...
May 26th, 2015
AFSCME 3299 president Kathryn Lybarger and the California Labor Federation’s Art Pulaski are calling on the University of California to make sure private university contract...
May 25th, 2015
Union representatives called on the UC Board of Regents to support a bill that would ensure that workers employed by private university contractors are compensated comparably with...
May 21st, 2015
San Francisco: As State and Federal lawmakers struggle to address the growing problems of poverty and income inequality, AFSCME 3299 President Kathryn Lybarger, California Labor...
May 14th, 2015
Oakland: In response to the release of Governor Brown's May Budget Revise, which includes a a two year tuition freeze at the University of California, AFSCME 3299 President...