Posts tagged California
Grower plans to close 6 recently unionized farms in Ventura, Oxnard
November 4, 2026 // SoCal Berry Growers notified the city of Oxnard that it plans to close six farms in Ventura and Oxnard in January. It will lay off 572 workers when the farms close. The farmworkers at SoCal Berry Growers recently voted to join the United Farm Workers union. Experts say strawberry farming in Ventura County has gotten much harder in recent years, and last year, the average grower lost money.
Starbucks Worker Asks Federal Labor Board Again to Stop Blocking Vote to Remove Unwanted Union
November 3, 2026 // Emmenegger’s new filing argues that the Board should at the very least adopt NLRB Member Scott Mayer’s concurrence in Everon, LLC, urging the Board “at a minimum” to “require that blocking letters identify the specific allegations on which the blocking determination is based.” The request states, “Fairness and due process require the Region to show its work and explain why the election should be blocked.” Additionally, the request points to the position of former Chairman Marvin Kaplan, who argued that “excessive delay” in administering elections fails to give proper consideration for the Board’s mandate to defend employee freedom of choice. The new request asks the Board to find that the situation constitutes such an “excessive delay” that warrants moving ahead with the vote.
Teachers Unions Back School Funding Measures, Governor Candidates in Midterms
November 2, 2026 // Locals from New York to California are focusing on statewide races, while national union targets Senate seats in battleground states.
Ninth Circuit Revives Liberty Justice Center and California Justice Center’s First Amendment Challenge to California’s Employer Speech Law
November 2, 2026 // Federal appeals court reverses dismissal of California Policy Center’s lawsuit, ruling that the organization has standing to challenge restrictions on political speech in the workplace
Union behind California billionaire tax hit by strike from own campaign staff, days before vote
November 2, 2026 // SEIU-UHW led the signature drive to get the California wealth tax on the ballot. Days before the election, its Prop. 40 campaign is affected by its own field organizers’ strike.
VIDEO: “I Was Working for Nothing”: Homecare Provider Speaks Out Against SEIU
October 31, 2026 // Roxanna Castro cares for patients living with schizophrenia, multiple sclerosis and other conditions through California’s In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) program. She is one of more than three dozen IHSS workers on whose behalf the Freedom Foundation has filed unfair labor practice charges challenging how unions keep caregivers paying dues they don’t want to pay. For Castro, those dues hit hard. “I believe the union take(s) advantage of us as providers,” Castro said. “So, when I get to my check of $116, my dues were $45, and my gas bill was $62 for the month. The union was taking my monthly utility money. I was working for nothing.”
LAUSD finds high school teachers created hostile environment for Jewish, Israeli students
October 30, 2026 // Three keffiyeh-wearing teachers at a Los Angeles high school pushed pro-Palestinian political messaging through dance recitals, classroom flyers and classroom lessons — creating a “hostile environment” for Jewish and Israeli students, investigators found. The LA Unified School District’s Office of Student Civil Rights concluded the teachers at Canoga Park High School violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act and a California law barring biased instruction, according to its findings.
Teamsters Threatening Renewed Landfill Disruptions Over Rejected Contract
October 30, 2026 // On October 19, the county filed an unfair practice charge with the state Public Employment Relations Board, alleging the union had moved from lawful strike activity into illegal obstruction of public facilities. The filing claims that from October 13 through 17, picketers marched in roadways, formed human chains, surrounded vehicles and kept county managers from entering the landfills, and that commercial trucks waited for hours, with some haulers refusing deliveries. The complaint also alleges union workers falsely told customers one of the landfills was closed. According to a declaration from a senior county waste official, the Bowerman landfill, which typically receives about 8,000 tons of trash a day, took in roughly 1,100 to 2,000 tons a day during that period. The county also says two striking workers were injured on October 17 when vehicles entering the facilities ran over their feet, and it sought expedited relief that could include a restraining order barring obstruction of county facilities.
Matt Welch: L.A. Teachers Union Flunks Math, Blames Billionaires
October 29, 2026 // Faced with LAUSD's "high risk" of insolvency due to plummeting enrollment and increased hiring, the union is railing against a "fake independent analysis" and pushing for two separate wealth taxes.