California Federation of Labor Unions, AFL-CIO fights for CA’s working people! We represent 2.3 million workers in over 1,300 local unions. #UnionizeCalifornia
This Veterans Day, the California Federation of Labor Unions, AFL-CIO salutes the working women and men who wear or have worn the uniform of our nation's military. Veterans make up nearly a quarter of our federal workforce, and also work in many industries in California, including health care and the building trades.
We believe honoring them means more than offering empty platitudes. It takes actions, including protecting their right to organize and collectively bargain. It also means defending essential services for our veterans such as stopping the privatization of the VA and VA Health Administration. So on this Veterans Day and every day, we stand with our veteran workforce.
To support this work, sign up to be on our California Union Veterans Council. Link to follow!
NEW UNION ALERT
108 workers at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, CA, have won their union with AFSCME District Council 36, overcoming management's union-busting tactics!
Now they're preparing to fight for livable wages, fair workloads, and a real voice on the job.
When workers sought to unionize, Hasbro's union-busting CEO said that "the greatest form of job protection any team can have is to expand the business they're working on." There you have it, in their own words. The bosses only care about their bottom line and getting richer. Want REAL job protections? Unionize today. We can help.
Dr. Aisha Wahab is a Labor Champion and that shouldn't come as a surprise. After all, she's a proud member of @iuoe_union! Labor fought hard to send her to Congress, where she will hold the Trump Administration accountable and work to undo its vicious anti-worker agenda. Congratulates to @aishabbwahab on her Election Day victory!
Why did hundreds of union members knock on thousands of doors for Randy Villegas? Because he is one of us, a proud member of @UAW who knows working people's struggle and who will fight on our behalf when he is sworn into Congress next year! Congratulations @Villegas_CA22!
That deafening thunderclap you heard last night was the power of union members across California and across the nation organizing and activating on behalf of strong labor champions who took back the House and Senate to hold the Trump Administration accountable.
Now, we make sure Congress delivers for working people!
Brian Sobel, a political analyst in Petaluma, said it best when it came to Labor’s role electing strong candidates to office like Jackie Elward and flipping Congress.
“The big winner last night, not just in California but across the nation, was labor.”
We in the @CaliforniaLabor Movement are proud to send @Jackie_Elward to the Assembly! Did you know that in addition to being an educator, Jackie is also a union member? She is a card-carrying member of @CSEA_Now! When union members get elected, good things happen!
Most people don’t realize that we have union doctors. But @DrPanMD helped organize his workplace and is a proud @AFSCME@UAPD member. @californialabor is proud to send a union member to represent us in Congress!
Did you know Fiona Ma is a union member? She is a proud @sagaftra member! That’s one reason @californialabor is so excited to have supported her to become our next Lt. Governor! Congrats @fionama!
Statement from Lorena Gonzalez, President of the California Federation of Labor Unions, AFL-CIO, on the historic election of Governor-Elect Xavier Becerra: