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Labor Unions

  • Blogs

    March 28, 2006

    Cheeseburgers and Patsies in the White House

    If it wasn't for the cheeseburgers, I might have found this morning's resignation of White House Chief of Staff Andy Card touching. Certainly the reporters– and I use that word loosely– on the various cable news stations did, but then they were just following the White House's lead and i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2008

    Irvine Company Janitors Prepare to Strike--Good Luck With That

    A couple of days ago, members of the Service Employees International Union (SEUI) Local 1877 who clean offices at Fashion Island and the Irvine Spectrum Center voted overwhelmingly to strike against the two facilities' owner, the mighty Irvine Company. The Orange County Labor Federation is on board ... More >>

  • News

    April 13, 2000

    Yo Quiero Contract

    Campaign to organize janitors kicks off in Irvine

  • News

    July 5, 2001

    More Freebies for the Rich

    Garden Grove bends over for hotel developer, gives workers the shaft

  • News

    September 6, 2001

    Exodus

    Orange teachers union destroying education to save it

  • Blogs

    October 17, 2008

    Democrats Proudly Wear the Union Label

    Above the “Teamsters Local 952 Orange County and Vicinity” logo on the wall behind the speaker’s podium at the Orange union hall on Marks Way is the image of two horse heads. Instead of suggesting that represents the calling card of some syndicates that have been known to associate with labor ... More >>

  • News

    April 15, 2004

    Massacre at Agua Caliente

    Indian tribes kick a little worker ass in the desert

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2009

    Oops, Nuns Caught Violating National Labor Law Again

    *Update: Illegal deposition excerpts after the jump...Sister Katherine Gray, head of the one of the most socially active and downright grassroots religious orders in the world, really wants the media, her workers and everyone she knows to believe that she and the managers at the multi-million dollar ... More >>

  • News

    December 20, 2007

    Sisterly Concern

    UFW legend Dolores Huerta wonders why her old friends who run the St. Joseph's hospitals have turned on their own workers

  • Features

    November 29, 2007

    Sister Knows Best

    If the nuns in charge of the St. Joseph Health System are so pro-labor,why are some of their employees determined to unionize?

  • Columns

    June 5, 2003

    Letters

    If the nuns in charge of the St. Joseph Health System are so pro-labor,why are some of their employees determined to unionize?

  • News

    August 16, 2007

    A Union-Busting Habit

    The sisters who run St. Joseph Health System are often pro-labor—but apparently not at their hospitals

  • News

    September 12, 2002

    William Millionaire Plaschke

    While pounding millionaire baseball players, the Times columnist cashed checks from MLB owners

  • News

    May 22, 2003

    Nursing A Grudge

    Nader Says Health Care Has New Enemy: Big Labor

  • News

    March 11, 2004

    Grocery Sacked

    Union officials declare major victory in wake of major defeat

  • News

    February 5, 2004

    This Little Piggy Whores for Markets

    Times ignores striking grocery workers, then blasts them in op-ed, business pages

  • News

    February 6, 2003

    Moving On Up

    OC janitors hope new contract will solve housing woes

  • Food

    August 29, 2002

    Eating Responsibly

    A guide to union dining in OC

  • News

    August 1, 2002

    Here & Now

    How a two-year organizing campaign helped destroy Anaheims hotel workers union

  • News

    February 7, 2002

    Involuntary Separation

    41 Reg pressmen lose jobs before union vote

  • News

    January 24, 2002

    Bad Company

    Six of Americas worst corporations are your neighbors!

  • Columns

    July 26, 2001

    Blood Simple

    Six of Americas worst corporations are your neighbors!

  • News

    March 15, 2001

    No News Is News

    Six of Americas worst corporations are your neighbors!

  • News

    January 25, 2001

    A Temendous Day in History

    Janitors win countys first-ever union contract

  • News

    November 30, 2000

    Freebies for the Rich

    Garden Grove hoteliers got millions in free land

  • News

    September 21, 2000

    Cleaning House

    Justice for Janitors close to victory

  • News

    March 30, 2000

    Labors New Face

    Linda Sanchez becomes first Latina to head OC labor movement

  • News

    January 27, 2000

    Labors Big Day

    El Toro Airport Watch No. 131

  • News

    January 28, 1999

    Shopping Mauled

    Workers claim Macy's engineered anti-union vote

  • News

    September 3, 1998

    How to Kill a Factory

    Was an Irvine plant's closing payback for its union's budding internationalism?

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2009

    Susan Kang Schroeder Fires Back At Angry OC Deputies

    Jack, Morgan, Susan & Mike"Ahhhh . . . Wayne is a friend who is just doing his job as a passionate union leader. I know at the end of the day, we have the same goal--to make Orange County law enforcement better. Cases such as the Chamberlain jail beating murder, OCSD Deputy Gerald Stenger child ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 30, 2009

    Healthcare Workers to Protest Job Cuts at Kaiser Orange County

    Coming to Anaheim Thursday.​Kaiser Permanente employees will picket outside the Kaiser Orange County facility Thursday to protest the health behemoth's plans to slash 1,350 jobs in coming months.Kaiser workers in purple shirts are scheduled to chant, carry signs and speak with patients about the e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2009

    Workers Rally to Save Jobs of Live Emergency Dispatchers

    ​Before this evening's Santa Ana City Council meeting, union workers will stage a rally in front of City Hall to draw attention to layoffs they claim will lead to 9-1-1 emergency calls being answered by an electronic menu rather than a live dispatcher.

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2010

    Ex-Weekly Reporter Lands Sacramento Investigative Gig

    Pignataro​Ex-OC Weekly investigative reporter Anthony Pignataro has joined the staff of the new Sacramento-based CalWatchdog.com which launched its website yesterday.Controlled by ex-Orange County Register editorial writer Steven Greenhut on behalf of a libertarian-leaning California think tank, C ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2010

    Fastpass to Hunger: The Final Days

    The Disney magic is dead for these young activists.​The Disney workers from UNITE HERE Local 11 union haven't taken a rest. They haven't eaten either so it's hard to tell exactly how eight of the original 10 fasters are still standing, let alone marching in picket lines. You read right; we lost an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2010

    UC Workers Union Ask Commencement Speakers to Boycott Their Own Speeches--Time to Call Gustavo a Scab!

    ​A couple of weeks ago, I was at a backyard party in SanTana (no, not that type of party) when a gentleman sat down with me and talked for about 20 minutes. I had met him before but found out then that he was a representative for the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2010

    Loretta Sanchez Cancels UC Riverside Commencement Speech at Behest of Union Masters

    Sanchez: Laughing all the way to the bank...​Yesterday's announcement by Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez (D-Won't Co-Sponsor DREAM Act) took about as much political courage as affixing a flag pin to her outfit. She is honoring a request by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Empl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2010

    [UPDATED:] Port's Marine Clerks Strike

    ​UPDATE: As feared, unionized marine clerks working at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach went on strike early today (updates throughout) . . . Unionized marine clerks working at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach went on strike just minutes after their contract with a consortium of 14 ... More >>

  • News

    July 22, 2010

    Boss Mike Harrah

    [Moxley Confidential] Santa Ana sends a message to One Broadway Plaza's developer: Anything you say, sir

  • News

    August 5, 2010

    Death and Taxes

    [Moxley Confidential] While the public wasn't listening to Steven Greenhut, the certainties of life changed

  • Columns

    October 21, 2010

    Letters From OC Weekly Readers

    [Moxley Confidential] While the public wasn't listening to Steven Greenhut, the certainties of life changed

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2010

    OC's Proposed Tallest Building Gets Energetic Union, City Backing

    Build it and they will come?​Thanks in part to enthusiastic labor union support the Santa Ana City Council tonight unanimously approved five development agreement concessions to a wealthy Newport Beach real estate developer who is proposing to build Orange County's tallest building.The smiling, re ... More >>

  • News

    March 10, 2011

    Jim Righeimer Has Earned the Hate of the Unions

    [Moxley Confidential] The conservative Costa Mesa city councilman insists his pension-slashing plans are about pragmatism, not politics

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2011

    [UPDATED with John and Ken Counterprotest:] Pissed-Off Teachers, Parents, Principals, School Staffers and Trustees Protest

    ​UPDATE, MAY 12, 1:48 P.M.: Our original post previewing what became a large protest by Orange County parents, teachers, administrators, education professionals and school-board members at Assemblyman Chris Norby's Fullerton office Monday. That post also mentioned a rally at 4 p.m. today by North ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2011

    Chuck DeVore Slams Todd Spitzer on Vegas Trip & Union Support

    Spitzer: "I've done nothing wrong."​Talking to Chuck DeVore and Todd Spitzer, two men who were once pals, you get the sense that these two Republican candidates seeking the same office, the county's 3rd District supervisor's seat, don't like each other.DeVore recently produced a bombshell 30-secon ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2011

    Noose Found Hanging Outside Orange County Labor Federation Office This Morning

    ​If someone was trying to send a message to the Orange County Labor Federation, they certainly caught everyone's attention. A noose was found dangling from the roof of the federations' offices in Orange this morning, according to numerous reports.As of this afternoon, there were no leads on who or ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 19, 2011

    [UPDATED: Tentative Agreement Reached] UFCW Cancels Grocery Contract, Removes Final Barrier To Strike

    UPDATE, SEPT. 19, 11:50 A.M.: After an lengthy session that extended well past the end of the union's declared cutoff time, negotiators have announced that they have reached a preliminary agreement with the grocery stores; it looks like the strike is off for now, pending a vote by the union members. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 11, 2011

    Orange County Labor Federation Keeps Protests Rolling

    OC Labor Federation Official Flickr​The Register has reported yet another protest against the banking industry was held at the Chase branch located on Lincoln Ave. and Harbor Blvd. in Anaheim yesterday. The group of approximately 75 people, organized by the Orange County Labor Federation, rallied ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2011

    Gov. Jerry Brown Funded By OC Unions For 2014; Loretta Sanchez Nabs Dentist Support

    Pay to play​Gov. Jerry Brown's trip to Orange County last month for a speech to Democrats nabbed $30,000 mostly from local organized labor unions, according to a report this week in the Sacramento Bee.Among those contributing were the Orange County Employees Association, which organized "a small, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2011

    Occupy OC Protesters Duped For Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's Orange County Event

    Gov. Walker wins OC support; avoids protesters​About 50 liberal Orange County activists protested a Republican event here tonight for Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, but rallied at the wrong location.The error wasn't necessarily the activists' fault. The Walker event was scheduled for the private, Ne ... More >>

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