Primary night has come and gone. And there’s a number of things the results of yesterday’s election reveal. In no particular order, and noting that some results still can change, these observations: In Wisconsin, voters returned control of the State…
Tag Archive for Labor
Unfit for Office
by Dan Chmielewski • • 31 Comments
We were hoping to never have to write about Art Pedroza ever again. But his candidacy for a seat on the Orange County Board of Education (OC BoE) makes it necessary. Readers know this blog won our second federal lawsuit against Mr.…
$#*! We Missed
by Bill Spaulding • • Comments Off
The previous entries in this occasional post were called Bits and Pieces. Frankly, that title didn’t fully suit the content. Truth is, even the most prolific contributors to TheLiberalOC.com have full-time jobs and we miss $#*! every day. Whether trivial…
California companies seek to keep unfair labor practices secret
by Saad • • 4 Comments
Businesses seek to keep under wraps whether they use slave labor in the making of their products or not.
Workers & Families Plan Rally to Stop Whitman/Fiorina
by Chris Prevatt • • Comments Off
As Republican candidates Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina launch their general election campaigns after having spent a combined $100 million to buy their respective primaries, California workers and families will rally to declare they won’t stand for Whitman and Fiorina’s plans to buy the Governor’s and Senator’s offices in a hostile corporate takeover of California.
OC Labor Federation to Honor Speaker Pérez
by Bill Spaulding • • Comments Off
At their 10th annual Solidarity Awards dinner, the OC Labor Federation will honor Assembly Speaker John Pérez and other worthy recipients. The dinner is on May 22, 2010 at the Anaheim Convention Center. From today’s press release: Orange County Labor…
We need good jobs now. Wall Street needs to pay!
by Tefere Gebre • • 2 Comments
In the short term, economic recovery requires funding jobs at least in part by borrowing for the spending to really stimulate the economy. But in the medium to long term, we need to pay back the borrowed money we spend today and have the tax base to address our long-term infrastructure deficit. We believe it is only fair to ask Wall Street to pay for repairing the economy. After all, they are the once, who’s reckless greed helped kill our jobs.
