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Autism Therapy’s Latest Labor Challenge — Unionization
August 27, 2026 // Should unionization in states with a more progressive bent, such as California, New York, New Jersey or Oregon, take off to a meaningful degree; this would create “no-fly zones” for dealmaking. Already, the M&A pro said that these organizations are increasingly unattractive because of their strict and complicated regulatory systems. At the site level, increased wages from union activity may put specific locations in jeopardy if a company is not able to command commensurate increases in reimbursement from health plans. Strikes may also threaten the clinic’s viability. “By the time they end up negotiating a contract with the union, the center’s already dead,” the M&A pro said. “The center just died on the vine, and there was nothing left for them to argue over.”
Now eligible for a union, legislative staffers are organizing across California
July 9, 2026 // The organizing campaign is still in its early stages: District staffers in the Bay Area are having one-on-one conversations with their colleagues in Southern California district offices; Capitol-based staffers are discussing priorities for the would-be union, and organizers are weighing options about which union they might eventually join.