California Labor

UFCW Local 324 President Andrea Zinder on Albertsons-Kroger merger

Nov 5, 2022

UFCW Local 324 President Andrea Zinder on Albertsons-Kroger merger

Andrea Zinder is president of Southern California’s UFCW Local 324, which represents 15,000 grocery workers in Orange and southern Los...

Midterm roundup: Kiley fundraising off concerns about radical associations

Jeff Burdick

Jul 31, 2022

Midterm roundup: Kiley fundraising off concerns about radical associations

Friday night, South Carolina’s capital newspaper The State reported House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) swung by that state GOP’s...

San Bernardino County Democrats unified behind pair of union issues

Ed Millican

Jun 24, 2022

San Bernardino County Democrats unified behind pair of union issues

Ed Millican is an elected member of the central committee of the San Bernardino County Democratic Party and a California Teachers...

Guest essay: To fix nursing homes, listen to nursing home workers

Henry Stern & April Verrett

Apr 26, 2022

Guest essay: To fix nursing homes, listen to nursing home workers

California State Senator Henry Stern (D-Los Angeles) has made elder protection a priority in his legislative career. In 2021, he authored...

SEIU Local 1000 power struggle expands; president suspended

Jeff Burdick

Mar 5, 2022

SEIU Local 1000 power struggle expands; president suspended

The term “circular firing squad” describes the internal self-destruction of a group or organization. This past week, the power struggle...

In Local 1000 power struggle, choice of local media clear

Jeff Burdick

Jan 7, 2022

In Local 1000 power struggle, choice of local media clear

A major story involving the largest public employee union in California continues to unwind like a soap opera – though a soap opera with...

Fiery SEIU 1000 power fight sucks in Democratic Party

Jeff Burdick

Oct 24, 2021

Fiery SEIU 1000 power fight sucks in Democratic Party

SEIU Local 1000 is by far California’s largest union of state employees with nearly 100,000 represented members and a $46 million annual...

Recall roundup: GOP denialism, landslide donors & more

Jeff Burdick

Sep 30, 2021

Recall roundup: GOP denialism, landslide donors & more

Following the landslide defeat of the $276 million recall, a prominent storyline has been how many state Republicans were in threadbare...

Guest essay: SEIU Local 1000’s anti-democratic cabal

Jack Dean

Sep 9, 2021

Guest essay: SEIU Local 1000’s anti-democratic cabal

Jack Dean is President of District Labor Council 792 within SEIU Local 1000. He lives in Susanville, Calif., and is a member of the...

Update: SEIU Local 1000 finalizes president vote

Jeff Burdick

Jun 18, 2021

Update: SEIU Local 1000 finalizes president vote

On Friday afternoon June 18, SEIU Local 1000 emailed its 96,000 state employee members the below update regarding official protests...

Serious charges, counter-charges fly at SEIU Local 1000

Jeff Burdick

Jun 15, 2021

Serious charges, counter-charges fly at SEIU Local 1000

Richard Louis Brown, 51, has heard it all. He’s been told he’s a black man who is too loud, too angry, too confrontational, too willing...

Editorial: Why we published SEIU Local 1000 story

Jeff Burdick

Jun 15, 2021

Editorial: Why we published SEIU Local 1000 story

On June 10, The Sacto Politico published a fascinating and informative Q&A interview with in-coming SEIU Local 1000 President Richard...

SEIU’s Richard Louis Brown on being agent of change

Jeff Burdick

Jun 10, 2021

SEIU’s Richard Louis Brown on being agent of change

Later this month, California state employee Richard Louis Brown will be sworn in as president of SEIU Local 1000 after upsetting longtime...

CFT’s Jeff Freitas on recall, pandemic, teacher attacks

Jeff Burdick

May 17, 2021

CFT’s Jeff Freitas on recall, pandemic, teacher attacks

Twenty-five years ago, Jeff Freitas began his career as a math teacher in the Carpinteria public school district and most recently was...