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Assembly Committee Approves Paid Sick Days Legislation 4/09/08

California Labor Federation Announces 2008 Primary Election Endorsements 4/08/08

California Working Families to Shadow John McCain’s Fundraising Visit to State. AFL-CIO Union Families to Press Sen. McCain on Growing Economic Crisis 3/25/08

Assembly Republicans Vote Against Saving California's Schoolchildren, Side With Rich Oil Companies 3/14/08

Ground-Breaking Bill Would Provide All California Workers with Paid Sick Days 2/27/08

California’s Working Families Mourn the Loss of Congressman Tom Lantos: A Defender of Human Rights, Civil Liberties and a True Friend of Working People 2/11/08

California Needs Real Solutions to Improve State Economy and Secure Our Middle Class 1/8/08

Working Californians Welcome Minimum Wage Increase, Recognize Need for Indexed Wage 12/31/07

California Labor Federation Will Support Legislature’s Latest Proposal for Health Care Reform with Amendments to Protect Needs of Working Families 11/14/07

California Labor Federation Opposes California Property Owners and Farmland Protection Act 11/9/07

Health Care Reform Proposals Must Include Key Elements in Order to Meet Needs of Working Families 11/9/07

Response to Health Care Reform Proposal by State Democratic Leaders 11/6/07

California Labor Federation Speaks Out on ‘08 Ballot Initiatives 11/6/07

New Study Proves that Fewer Employers are Paying for Health care, Leaving Middle-Class Families Holding the Bill 11/2/07

California's Union Members Take the Lead In Helping Those Affected By Fires 11/1/07

Response to the California Budget Project Report Released Today Titled "Would the Governor's Proposed Tax Credit Make Health Care Affordable?" 10/22/07

Labor Releases Letter to the Governor That Addresses Elephant in the Room: The Pharmaceutical Industry 10/18/07

California Labor Federation AFL-CIO Urges U.S. Air Force Not to Harm State’s Workforce and Growing Local Economy 10/12/07

Governor’s Veto A Giant Step Backward For Health Care Reform 10/11/07

Governor’s Health Care Plan Fails To Address Affordability 10/9/07

President Bush’s Veto Will Cause 850,000 California Children To Lose Health Insurance 10/3/07

California Labor Federation Applauds Decision to Block Immigration ‘No-Match’ Letters 10/2/07

California's Working Families Support AB 8, Meaningful Health Care Reform 9/10/07

California's Working Families Host National AFL-CIO Campaign for Health Care Reform Kick-Off 8/29/07

Statement on Meal Breaks Hearing in Los Angeles 8/9/07

Statement on Meal Breaks Hearing in Sacramento 8/2/07

Proposed Budged Cuts to the UC Labor Institute 7/26/07

Statement on Tribal Gaming Compacts 6/28/07

Statement on May 1st 5/1/07

Statement on the Governor's Health Care Proposal1/8/07


Implementation of Minimum Wage Raise 12/27/06

Statement on Minimum Wage Petition to the IWC 5/30/06

Statement on Negative Campaigning 5/16/06

Labor Federation 2006 Primary Endorsements 3/8/06

Federation Appoints Mark Kyle Chief of Staff 1/17/06

Governor Reverses Course on Lunch Break Regs 1/13/06


Statement on the Governor's Trip to China 11/21/05

Statement on the Results of the Special Election 11/08/05

Statement on the Governor's Call for a Special Election 6/14/05

Governor's Administration Uses Fake "News" Video on Lunch Breaks 2/28/05 (for press coverage on this issue click here)

Workers Stand Up Against Governor's Lunch Break Changes 2/2/05

Governor Follows Bush's Lead in State of the State 1/05/05


Union Members Aid Tsunami Victims

Governor Proposes Benefits Cut for Disabled Workers Over Christmas 12/23/04

Governor Forced to Rescind Emergency Status of Lunch Break Take-Away12/20/04

Governor Takes Away Lunch Break Rights12/13/04

Summary of Governor Schwarzenegger's Legislative Action Chart of Governor's action on Federation-sponosred and supported legislation. (PDF - to increase size use zoom)

Veto of Prescription Drug Legislation9/30/04

Veto of Offshoring Legislation9/29/04

Governor Expected to Veto Drug Reform Bills9/24/04

Veto of Minimum Wage Legislation9/20/04

Leading Economists Support Minimum Wage Increase9/9/04

Statement on the Elections 9/03/04

Statement on Overtime Pay Take-away 8/23/04

Unions Offer Scholarships to College Bound Students

Paid Family Leave Law to Begin - 6/29/04

More information on Paid Family Leave Law

Tentative Settlement Reached in Grocery Workers' Strike - 2/26/04


Unions Hold Statewide Grocery Strike Summit - 12/19/03

Safeway Strike Moves North- 9/22/03

Doctors Join Sacramento Rally Supporting SB2 - 4/30/03

Labor Kicks Off Health Care Justice Campaign in California - 3/18/03