Posts tagged Department of Industrial Relations

    Op-ed / Commentary ● Labor Unionization Unions

    Commentary: Union myths drive bad public policy on fast-food industry

    May 30, 2023 // In California right now, the Service Employees International Union, or SEIU, is using bogus data and false claims to enhance its efforts to organize restaurant workers. Congress needs to pay attention because what happens in California doesn’t stay there for long. Last year, Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed AB 257, an SEIU-backed scheme to create an unelected council of union appointees to regulate workplace standards for fast-food outlets. The union justified its proposal with a report claiming that these businesses were uniquely bad violators of state labor law.

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    News Article ● Labor Unions

    Unions prepare to fight as California state departments order employees back to offices

    April 5, 2022 // Union leaders are pointing to pandemic directives from Gov. Gavin Newsom to help make their case. Newsom said early in the pandemic that the state would offer permanent telework options for employees, citing savings on leased building space and reductions to traffic and air pollution.

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