California Leading Unionized Job Growth
The Bureau of Labor Statistics has released the 2012 survey with official union membership numbers and California is leading the growth in the number of unionized jobs nationwide. Earlier, the Center for Economic and Policy Research, CEPR, produced a detailed report on state-level union...
Congresswoman Judy Chu Calls on LA Politicians to Give Wal-Mart $ Back!
U.S. Congresswoman Judy Chu pledges never to take Wal-Mart money & calls on politicians to give it back Last week at our announcement of the March Against Wal-Mart on June 30th, U.S. Congresswoman Judy Chu joined L.A. Labor's call on all of our elected officials to not take Wal-Mart's...
Fight Cuts to Education! Protest @ Santa Monica College, 6:30PM
L.A. Rallies to Save America’s Postal Service
100,000 jobs, Saturday delivery & 3700 post offices are on the line On Thursday, April 12, the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) hit the streets with a nationwide Day of Action to Save the U.S. Postal Service. At stake are more than 100,000 jobs, closing up to 252...
We Will Take Action for Our Rights at Work: May Day 2012
"We are America's future. We are the future of the labor movement. We are the hard working janitors, hotel housekeepers, trash haulers and airport service workers. On May 1, we will take action for our rights at work. No one can stop the future." Our labor movement depends on our unity and...
Justice for Janitors Donates Archives to UCLA Library
Panel discussion & signing ceremony open to public June 15, 1990--Century City Janitors in Los Angeles were beaten by police during a peaceful demonstration against the cleaning contractor ISS. The public outrage helped launch the Justice For Janitors campaign. For 22 years, the...
Waste Haulers Want a Union. Will You Stand With Them?
Yes we will! On May Day, we are doing more than marching for immigrants' rights, we are standing up for immigrants' rights on the job! Hotel workers, janitors, LAX airport workers and sanitation workers will all hold May Day actions at their workplaces that will culminate with the annual...
Toll Group Port Truck Drivers Win Union!
What started as a vision a year ago by a brave small group of Toll Group port drivers to form their union has become a reality! Toll port drivers didn't just win here locally; their emphatic yes vote (46-15) is sending shockwaves throughout the entire U.S. port trucking industry and signaling...
Tell DirecTV: Harassment of Union Supporters Won’t Be Tolerated
Workers at DirecTV in Compton voted for a union over two years ago. Although the company has stalled the process through legal appeals, on December 22, 2011 the National Labor Relations Board issued a final decision that workers won a union and certified the union. However, DirecTV is still...
