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The OCTA Strike Is OVER!!
by Andrew Davey • • Comments Off
Finally! We have some good news on the OCTA Strike. The OC Register is now reporting that a deal has been struck between OCTA and the bus drivers. The senior drivers will finally be getting a fair deal, new drivers…
Some Good News for OC Government Workers & Taxpayers
by Chris Prevatt • • 1 Comment
On Thursday afternoon Nick Berardino released the following announcement to the members of the Orange County Employees Association. We are proud to announce that we have reached a tentative agreement with the County for all OCEA-represented bargaining units, subject to…
Strike News from the Conservative Spin Room
by Chris Prevatt • • Comments Off
Matt “Jubal” Cunningham at Red County/OCBlog posted this Tuesday and I’ve got to say this is one of his best twists of the truth ever.  Teamsters Unfair To Newer Bus Drivers Steve Greenhut blogged this excellent post on Orange Punch…
Stand Firm OCTA Drivers; OCTA Board Think of the Riders
by Chris Prevatt • • Comments Off
Matt “Jubal” Cunningham over at Red County/OC Blog has a post calling on the OCTA Board to stand firm and not agree to the reasonable wage demands of the Bus Drivers in their contract negotiations. Matt writes; So, with minutes…
Employee Free Choice: Democracy at Work
by Chris Prevatt • • Comments Off
With the loomng possibility of another strike by Supermarket workers here in southern California, the fact that the United States Senate is currently debating legislation that would make it less difficult for workers to demand union representation makes cross-posting of…
Grocery Workers Authorize Strike
by Chris Prevatt • • Comments Off
The union members of the United Food and Comercial Workers (UFCW) have authorized their union leadership to call a strike on 72 hours notice, should management continue to fail to negotiate in good faith on the core issues, of a…
