By Assemblymember Mariko Yamada During the summer of 2005, my older daughter worked for the Executive Officer of the California Occupational Health and Safety Administration (CalOSHA).  Twelve outdoor ...

The debate over immigration is always high, but in the last few months, the debate has increased as Arizona has passed what some consider draconian efforts to curb what they see as a problem with ille ...

California In July, roughly 8,500 University of California (UC) service workers went out on strike in protest of poverty wages. At this point there is no agreement between the workers and the UC Regen ...

A few weeks ago, the Vanguard reported on the sad story of a 17-year-old farm worker who died of heat stroke after working for hours in the heat without adequate water, rest, or shade. (Click here to ...

In one of the worst human rights abuses I have heard of in recent memory in this area, a wrongful death lawsuit was filed yesterday at the Merced Superior Court for the death of 17 year old Maria Isab ...

Former Republican Assemblyman Keith Richman is at it again. Richman is on the attack and attempting to cut the pensions of public employees who serve our communities and our state.The Richman Initiati ...

Labor Day dates back to the 1880s and was originally founded as a means to give a day of rest to the working people. It was placed in early September as a means distance it on the calendar from the mo ...

On Thursday on the steps of the Capitol a coalition of labor unions and community organizations who are in support of a new health care single-payer system concluded a four day-day, six city publicity ...