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Sunita Sohrabji Ethnic Media Services Mientras miles de manifestantes se sentaban a cuadras de la Casa Blanca pidiendo un alto el fuego permanente en Gaza, el presidente Joe Biden pronunció un encendido discurso sobre el Estado de la Unión el 7 de marzo, afirmando que Israel tiene derecho a...
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Sunita Sohrabji Ethnic Media Services As thousands of protesters sat blocks away from the White House calling for a permanent cease fire in Gaza, President Joe Biden delivered a fiery State of the Union address March 7, stating that Israel has a right to defend itself against Hamas. But...
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California’s fast food workers have a new union to advocate for higher pay and safer working conditions, organizers announced Friday. Thousands of workers statewide will be able to join the California Fast Food Workers Union, an organization that will likely represent a small share of workers but advocate for...
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Nicole Foy CalMatters Los trabajadores de una granja de tomates y una empresa empacadora del condado de Stanislaus son los primeros en sindicalizarse exitosamente bajo una nueva ley de California que facilita la organización de los trabajadores agrícolas, dijo el sindicato United Farm Workers. El sindicato informó que la...
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Nicole Foy CalMatters Workers at a Stanislaus County tomato farm and packing company are the first to successfully unionize under a new California law making it easier for farmworkers to organize, the United Farm Workers said today. The union said California’s Agricultural Labor Relations Board certified the election petition...
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Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, is brushing off calls to investigate the effect its social media platforms have on children’s mental health. Last week shareholders rejected a proposal to hire an independent law firm to evaluate the effectiveness of Meta’s audit and risk oversight committee. The resolution alleges the company...
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Grace Gedye CalMatters Un fallo judicial reciente que favoreció a las empresas de trabajos temporales, como Uber, Instacart y Lyft, entre otros, puede tener un resquicio de esperanza para los grupos pro-laborales. El lunes pasado, un tribunal de apelaciones de California dictaminó que la Proposición 22, una medida electoral...
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Grace Gedye CalMatters A recent court ruling that favored gig work companies may have a silver lining for pro-labor groups. Last Monday, a California appeals court ruled that Proposition 22 — a 2020 ballot measure that allowed Uber, Lyft, and other platforms to classify their workers as independent contractors...
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President Joe Biden arrived in the doldrums to his State of the Union message on Tuesday, February 7. A new poll in The Washington Post and the ABC network shows us that 62% of voters believe that Biden has done nothing or almost nothing in the first 2 years...