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AB 3087 Tackles Out-of-Control Health Care Prices
Have you ever received an outrageously high medical bill that you wondered how you were going to pay? If you’re like most Californians, the answer is yes. What you likely don’t know is why the bill was so high to begin with.
Out-of-control health care prices have created a crisis that is squeezing families, businesses and patients. There’s no rhyme or reason to health care prices, and very little transparency. That needs to change.
King’s Agenda for Working People Resonates 50 Years Later
Fifty years ago this week, Martin Luther King Jr. gave his final speech in Memphis, Tennessee. In the decades since his assassination, much of the focus on King’s life has centered on his civil rights legacy.
12 Things We've Learned About the GOP Tax Bill
President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans rushed to pass the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in December 2017, leaving very little time for public scrutiny or debate. Here are a few things we have learned since the GOP tax bill passed.
What’s Next for #MeToo? Tackling the Rigged Forced Arbitration System that Silences Women and Strips Workers of Their Rights
Imagine going through the trauma of sexual harassment at work only to be told your story will never go public and that you must navigate a rigged system your employer controls if you want to complain.
For far too many women, this is the reality. Millions of workers nationwide are signing away all their rights to get justice if they are sexually harassed, have their wages stolen by their boss or suffer a host of other abuses. And they have no choice in the matter. It’s called forced arbitration.
Voter Guide - LA Fed
We support progressive initiatives and leaders that address the urgent concerns of our community. The candidates and ballot measures below are the best choices for working people, and we urge you to vote by mail or find your polling location and vote at the ballot box on April 10.
Statewide Office
State Senate District 22 (Election Day: June 5)
Mike Eng
Richard Trumka: The Politicians Screaming About a Trade War Are Beholden to Wall Street
Wall Street’s hair is on fire about steel and aluminum tariffs imposed by President Trump, because closing mills and factories in the United States and moving them overseas is how investors enrich themselves.
Art Pulaski: No one should live in fear simply for going to work to earn a living for her family
As Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced his plans to sue our state, California Labor Federation Executive Secretary-Treasurer Art Pulaski released this statement: