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.
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More Mail in the 4th District from the Orange County Labor Federation
by Chris Prevatt • • Comments Off
Two pieces of mail are hitting mail boxes in the 4th Supervisor’s District from the Orange County Labor Federation on June 1st. The first is a general mailer pointing out Shawn Nelson’s TEA Party credentials. My guess is it isn’t going to Republican households.
More Galloway Mail
by Chris Prevatt • • 3 Comments
Two more mail drops for Lorri Galloway in the 4th Supervisor’s race. The first is from the Orange County Labor Federation and continues with the theme of Jobs! Jobs! Jobs!
DPOC installs Gerrie Schipske as new Executive Director
by Chris Prevatt • • 2 Comments
On Monday night, the Democratic Party of Orange County installed Long Beach City Councilwoman Gerrie Schipske as their new Executive Director. Schipske comes to the DPOC with a terriffic background of work in democratic politics. Schipske has a long history of working with the community of organized labor.
Orange County Labor Federation Passes Resolution in Support of Capistrano Unified Education Association Strike
by Chris Prevatt • • 1 Comment
Thursday night, April 22nd, the Orange County Labor Federation passed a unanimous resolution in support of the Capistrano Unified Education Association (CUEA, the teachers’ union) strike in the Capistrano Unified School District. Whereas the teachers in the Capistrano School District…
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.
Lorri Galloway announces key union endorsement
by Dan Chmielewski • • 1 Comment
Got this press release today from the Lorri Galloway campaign for her Fourth District BoS race: The Orange County Labor Federation has Endorsed Lorri Galloway for the Orange County Board of Supervisors, 4th District. Anaheim, Ca, February 28, 2010 The…
