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Service Employees International Union

  • Blogs

    November 15, 2011

    Occupy Orange County Thursday

    ​Despite law enforcement sweeps at Occupy camps from San Diego to Oakland to New York City, Occupy Orange County remains determined to keep the movement alive. With Thursday being billed as an International Day of Direct Action, local Occupiers plan on marching and protesting at multiple locations ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2011

    [UPDATED with Pact Ratified:] Strike Count at Angel Stadium is 1-1 as One Union Approves Contract

    ​UPDATED, SEPT. 14, 10:41 A.M.: Members of the union that represents 400 stadium ushers, janitors, ticket takers and ticket sellers voted to ratify a new contract with the Angels, averting a strike as the Major League Baseball season nears the end. The Angels had sought a wage freeze for those wor ... More >>

  • News

    December 23, 2010

    Return to Sender

    What would comprehensive immigration reform look like if the Feds got off their duffs?

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2010

    Latino Voters Influence Felt Beyond Brown and Boxer in California, Claim Advocates

    ​Should we credit/blame Latino voters for Jerry Brown returning to the governor's office, Barbara Boxer remaining in the U.S. Senate and Democrats not only holding the nation's upper house but picking up a seat in the California Assembly? Latino advocacy groups think so.

  • News

    October 7, 2010

    Scott Baugh's Big, No-Bid County Lobbying Deal

    [Moxley Confidential] More than $1,000 per day? What?

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2010

    Avoid HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher?

    (photo by Christopher Victorio/OC Weekly)New Issa rule: Don't watch HBO comedian​"Don't watch Bill Maher!"--Wealthy GOP Southern California Congressman Darrell Issa at this month's California Republican Assembly state convention held at Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park. Issa also declared himsel ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2009

    A Rainbow of Patriots/Crazies Greet Nancy Pelosi in Irvine

    Chris Victorio​America is diverse! Yes it's true. For proof, we present a list, with commentary, of the various demographics we encountered at Friday night's catch-all protest of Nancy Pelosi's arrival at the Irvine Hilton for a Democratic Party of OC event:

  • 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

    June 26, 2009

    Dueling Videos from SEIU, State GOP Over Cali Budget

    The new California Republican Party video at the top says union bosses are coming after your wallet, trying to protect state programs in their interest from budget cuts--even if it means raising your taxes. Among the union thugs the GOP singles out is the Service Employees International Union (SE ... More >>

  • 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 >>

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2008

    Off to Meet the Wizard of Irvine Co.

    Apparently there were 500 of them, a swarm of janitors in purple and yellow t-shirts making their way around the sprawling headache known lovingly as South Coast Plaza. They were scheduled to gather at noon on the corner of Sunflower and Bristol and then march to some undisclosed location and hold a ... 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

    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?

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2007

    June Janitorial Justice

    Several hundred supporters of International Justice for Janitors Day gathered outside South Coast Plaza today for a good old-fashioned Orange County juxtaposition. Clad in purple t-shirts, and armed with homemade shakers and noisemakers, the group met for a rally followed by a march down Sunflowe ... More >>

  • Music

    July 24, 2003

    Singing Frogs on the Mic

    El Sapo Cancionero brings peace and love to Santa Ana

  • News

    May 22, 2003

    Nursing A Grudge

    Nader Says Health Care Has New Enemy: Big Labor

  • Columns

    May 15, 2003

    Letters

    Nader Says Health Care Has New Enemy: Big Labor

  • Columns

    May 8, 2003

    Diary of a Mad County

    Nader Says Health Care Has New Enemy: Big Labor

  • News

    February 6, 2003

    Moving On Up

    OC janitors hope new contract will solve housing woes

  • News

    September 19, 2002

    Is There Something Wrong With These People?

    Chapman University janitors stage one-day strike

  • Columns

    August 15, 2002

    Capitol Idea!

    Commie Girl in Sacramento

  • Columns

    July 18, 2002

    Look! Were Patriots!

    Party like youre in a beer commercial!

  • Columns

    May 30, 2002

    Diary of a mad county

    Party like youre in a beer commercial!

  • Columns

    May 2, 2002

    Diary of a Mad County

    Party like youre in a beer commercial!

  • News

    February 1, 2001

    El Valiente Chicano

    We live in the world Bert Corona helped create

  • News

    January 25, 2001

    A Temendous Day in History

    Janitors win countys first-ever union contract

  • News

    January 11, 2001

    Trash Talking

    OC janitors say theyll walk over lack of medical care

  • News

    September 21, 2000

    Cleaning House

    Justice for Janitors close to victory

  • News

    April 13, 2000

    Yo Quiero Contract

    Campaign to organize janitors kicks off in Irvine

  • Columns

    March 18, 1999

    Letters

    Campaign to organize janitors kicks off in Irvine

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