Labor Archives | Davis Vanguard

Labor

Grid
List

DeLoera-Brust Goes from Labor Organizer to Candidate for County Supervisor

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 17, 2023
| 0 comments

DeLoera-Brust Goes from Labor Organizer to Candidate for County Supervisor

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – A few weeks ago, long time County Supervisor Jim Prove ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – A few weeks ago, long time County Supervisor Jim Provenza announced he would not seek reelection in 2024. Shortly thereafter it was announced that t ...

May 17, 2023
| by David Greenwald

| 0 comments

Read more
New Labor Support for SB 423, as AG Bonta Says SB 35 ‘Should Be Renewed’

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 06, 2023
| (7) Comments

New Labor Support for SB 423, as AG Bonta Says SB 35 ‘Should Be Renewed’

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA - Another major union, the District Council of Plasterers’ and Cem ...

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA - Another major union, the District Council of Plasterers’ and Cement Masons’ of Northern California, released a letter this week endorsing SB 423, Senator Scott ...

May 06, 2023
| by Vanguard Administrator

| (7) Comments

Read more
Letter: Support for SB 423, Streamlined Housing Approvals

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 22, 2023
| 0 comments

Letter: Support for SB 423, Streamlined Housing Approvals

Dear Chair Caballero: On behalf of the Southern California District Council of Laborers, I am writing in ...

Dear Chair Caballero: On behalf of the Southern California District Council of Laborers, I am writing in strong support of Senate Bill 423. We believe that SB 423 strikes a balance that has the potent ...

April 22, 2023
| by Vanguard Administrator

| 0 comments

Read more
UC Democratic Chapters Statement in Support of Academic Student Employees Strike

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: November 12, 2022
| 0 comments

UC Democratic Chapters Statement in Support of Academic Student Employees Strike

Special to the Vanguard College Democrat chapters from across the University of California system stand i ...

Special to the Vanguard College Democrat chapters from across the University of California system stand in solidarity with Postdocs, Academic Student Employees, and Student-Researchers as they negotia ...

November 12, 2022
| by Vanguard Administrator

| 0 comments

Read more
Guest Commentary: ACLU of SoCal Supports Housing Measure

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 28, 2022
| 0 comments

Guest Commentary: ACLU of SoCal Supports Housing Measure

By Kath Rogers The ACLU of Southern California is proud to support YES on Measure ULA. Here are six reaso ...

By Kath Rogers The ACLU of Southern California is proud to support YES on Measure ULA. Here are six reasons why: Measure ULA is our chance to end housing insecurity. This city ballot initiative is a o ...

October 28, 2022
| by Vanguard Administrator

| 0 comments

Read more
Commentary: Study Finds Fast Food Workers Vulnerable to COVID As Great Resignation Trend Continues

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 05, 2022
| (20) Comments

Commentary: Study Finds Fast Food Workers Vulnerable to COVID As Great Resignation Trend Continues

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor About 4.5 million people voluntarily left their jobs in November, ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor About 4.5 million people voluntarily left their jobs in November, a new high, up from 4.2 million in October, according to the NY Times, and this marked the most ...

January 05, 2022
| by David Greenwald

| (20) Comments

Read more
Guest Commentary: A $15 Minimum Wage Is FINALLY Here

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: January 01, 2022
| (2) Comments

Guest Commentary: A $15 Minimum Wage Is FINALLY Here

by Sean Raycraft January 1st 2022, the great state of California will have a minimum wage of $15 an hour ...

by Sean Raycraft January 1st 2022, the great state of California will have a minimum wage of $15 an hour for large employers. A long time ago, in a small college town, a group of organizers got togeth ...

January 01, 2022
| by Vanguard Administrator

| (2) Comments

Read more
California Capitol Watch: Time to Phase Out Sub-Minimum Wages for People with Disabilities?

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 02, 2021
| 0 comments

California Capitol Watch: Time to Phase Out Sub-Minimum Wages for People with Disabilities?

By Eric Gelber National attention has recently been given to whether the federal minimum wage should be r ...

By Eric Gelber National attention has recently been given to whether the federal minimum wage should be raised to $15/hour. But few may be aware that, since 1938, some employers (primarily sheltered w ...

April 02, 2021
| by Vanguard Administrator

| 0 comments

Read more
UC Irvine Opens Probe of Student Protestors as Graduate Student Hardships Continue

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: July 01, 2020
| 0 comments

UC Irvine Opens Probe of Student Protestors as Graduate Student Hardships Continue

By Kelsey Kitzke IRVINE – At the University of California, Irvine, the demands and stated hardships of th ...

By Kelsey Kitzke IRVINE – At the University of California, Irvine, the demands and stated hardships of the university’s graduate student population have again been found in the spotlight. In a move in ...

July 01, 2020
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

| 0 comments

Read more
Economic Crimes Unit to Be Established in San Francisco to Protect Workers’ Rights

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: April 24, 2020
| (4) Comments

Economic Crimes Unit to Be Established in San Francisco to Protect Workers’ Rights

By Linh Nguyen SAN FRANCISCO -- On Apr. 21, 2020, San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin announced ...

By Linh Nguyen SAN FRANCISCO -- On Apr. 21, 2020, San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin announced the launch of a new “innovative” unit within the District Attorney’s office to protect workers’ ...

April 24, 2020
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

| (4) Comments

Read more
UC Strike Set for Wednesday

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 20, 2019
| 0 comments

UC Strike Set for Wednesday

10,000 Research and Technical workers announce March 20th strike at UC (From Press Release) - 10,000 Univ ...

10,000 Research and Technical workers announce March 20th strike at UC (From Press Release) - 10,000 University of California (UC) Research and Technical (RX/TX) professionals will be on strike across ...

March 20, 2019
| by Vanguard Administrator

| 0 comments

Read more
Guest Commentary: I Support AFSCME Workers on Strike, and Students

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 23, 2018
| (4) Comments

Guest Commentary: I Support AFSCME Workers on Strike, and Students

By Sean Raycraft A few weeks ago, I signed on to a letter with some student leaders regarding AFSCME 3299 ...

By Sean Raycraft A few weeks ago, I signed on to a letter with some student leaders regarding AFSCME 3299’s decision to sue the UC Regents. The letter used some excessive and needlessly provocative la ...

October 23, 2018
| by Vanguard Administrator

| (4) Comments

Read more
Commentary: Labor Agreement a Key Link for Innovation Park Project Success

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 21, 2017
| (45) Comments

Commentary: Labor Agreement a Key Link for Innovation Park Project Success

On Tuesday night about one or two dozen members of the Carpenters Local Union came out to push for a labo ...

On Tuesday night about one or two dozen members of the Carpenters Local Union came out to push for a labor agreement for the Mace Ranch Innovation Center (MRIC). Patricia Ramirez, a field rep with th ...

September 21, 2017
| by David Greenwald

| (45) Comments

Read more
May Day March in Sacramento Will Protest ICE Raids and More

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 28, 2017
| (4) Comments

May Day March in Sacramento Will Protest ICE Raids and More

May Day has traditionally, as International Workers' Day, been a day of protest, and that will be even mo ...

May Day has traditionally, as International Workers' Day, been a day of protest, and that will be even more so this year as organizers plan a massive march and protest. On Thursday a group of organiz ...

April 28, 2017
| by David Greenwald

| (4) Comments

Read more
Monday Morning Thoughts I: Perspective on a $15 Per Hour Minimum Wage

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 11, 2016
| (26) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts I: Perspective on a $15 Per Hour Minimum Wage

I was reading a Facebook post yesterday, and someone had posted an exchange they had with an employee whe ...

I was reading a Facebook post yesterday, and someone had posted an exchange they had with an employee where the employee seemed to misunderstand the concept of giving a two-week notice. At the end of ...

July 11, 2016
| by David Greenwald

| (26) Comments

Read more
State Legislature Takes Another Crack at Ending Institutional Racism in the Labor Code

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 30, 2016
| (15) Comments

State Legislature Takes Another Crack at Ending Institutional Racism in the Labor Code

By Sean Raycraft On June 29, 2016, dozens and dozens of people packed into room 2040 at the state capitol ...

By Sean Raycraft On June 29, 2016, dozens and dozens of people packed into room 2040 at the state capitol to listen to the State Senate Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations debate and vote on A ...

June 30, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

| (15) Comments

Read more
Union Rights Are Civil Rights

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 01, 2016
| (68) Comments

Union Rights Are Civil Rights

by Sean Raycraft It began several years ago, on a balmy November afternoon, while eating lunch with some ...

by Sean Raycraft It began several years ago, on a balmy November afternoon, while eating lunch with some of my closest friends. We discussed the high cost of living here in Davis, and the surprising e ...

May 01, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

| (68) Comments

Read more
Minimum Wage Hike Passes Legislature, Awaits Governor’s Signature

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 01, 2016
| (35) Comments

Minimum Wage Hike Passes Legislature, Awaits Governor’s Signature

It was a different scene this week. The last two legislative sessions saw minimum wage efforts attemptin ...

It was a different scene this week. The last two legislative sessions saw minimum wage efforts attempting to reach $13 by 2021 stall. Now, in less than a week’s time, both houses of the legislature ...

April 01, 2016
| by David Greenwald

| (35) Comments

Read more
Assemblymember Dodd Lays Out Legislative Priorities

Posted by Vanguard Editorial Board
|Date: March 26, 2016
| 0 comments

Assemblymember Dodd Lays Out Legislative Priorities

By Vanguard Editorial Board On Thursday March 17, the Editorial Board for the Davis Vanguard met with Ass ...

By Vanguard Editorial Board On Thursday March 17, the Editorial Board for the Davis Vanguard met with Assemblyman Bill Dodd. The meeting sought to delve deeper into Dodd’s platform and allow him the c ...

March 26, 2016
| by Vanguard Editorial Board

| 0 comments

Read more
Activists Continue to Push Issue of Income Inequality in Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 02, 2015
| (74) Comments

Activists Continue to Push Issue of Income Inequality in Davis

A number of organizers for a minimum wage hike came to city council on Tuesday night to support a new ini ...

A number of organizers for a minimum wage hike came to city council on Tuesday night to support a new initiative. Joaquin Chavez noted that, along with the holiday festivities, “I was called to think ...

December 02, 2015
| by David Greenwald

| (74) Comments

Read more

12