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Slash and Burn Budget Hurts Working Families 5/14/08
California's Working Families Want Real Budget Solutions 5/13/08
Assembly Committee Approves Paid Sick Days Legislation 4/09/08
California Labor Federation Announces 2008 Primary Election Endorsements 4/08/08
Ground-Breaking Bill Would Provide All California Workers with Paid Sick Days 2/27/08
California Needs Real Solutions to Improve State Economy and Secure Our Middle Class 1/8/08
Working Californians Welcome Minimum Wage Increase, Recognize Need for Indexed Wage 12/31/07
California Labor Federation Opposes California Property Owners and Farmland Protection Act 11/9/07
Health Care Reform Proposals Must Include Key Elements in Order to Meet Needs of Working Families 11/9/07
Response to Health Care Reform Proposal by State Democratic Leaders 11/6/07
California Labor Federation Speaks Out on ‘08 Ballot Initiatives 11/6/07
California's Union Members Take the Lead In Helping Those Affected By Fires 11/1/07
Governor’s Veto A Giant Step Backward For Health Care Reform 10/11/07
Governor’s Health Care Plan Fails To Address Affordability 10/9/07
President Bush’s Veto Will Cause 850,000 California Children To Lose Health Insurance 10/3/07
California Labor Federation Applauds Decision to Block Immigration ‘No-Match’ Letters 10/2/07
California's Working Families Support AB 8, Meaningful Health Care Reform 9/10/07
California's Working Families Host National AFL-CIO Campaign for Health Care Reform Kick-Off 8/29/07
Statement on Meal Breaks Hearing in Los Angeles 8/9/07
Statement on Meal Breaks Hearing in Sacramento 8/2/07
Proposed Budged Cuts to the UC Labor Institute 7/26/07
Statement on Tribal Gaming Compacts 6/28/07
Statement on May 1st 5/1/07
Statement on the Governor's Health Care Proposal1/8/07
Implementation of Minimum Wage Raise 12/27/06
Statement on Minimum Wage Petition to the IWC 5/30/06
Statement on Negative Campaigning 5/16/06
Labor Federation 2006 Primary Endorsements 3/8/06
Federation Appoints Mark Kyle Chief of Staff 1/17/06
Governor Reverses Course on Lunch Break Regs 1/13/06
Statement on the Governor's Trip to China 11/21/05
Statement on the Results of the Special Election 11/08/05
Statement on the Governor's Call for a Special Election 6/14/05
Governor's Administration Uses Fake "News" Video on Lunch Breaks 2/28/05 (for press coverage on this issue click here)
Workers Stand Up Against Governor's Lunch Break Changes 2/2/05
Governor Follows Bush's Lead in State of the State 1/05/05
Union Members Aid Tsunami Victims
Governor Proposes Benefits Cut for Disabled Workers Over Christmas 12/23/04
Governor Forced to Rescind Emergency Status of Lunch Break Take-Away12/20/04
Governor Takes Away Lunch Break Rights12/13/04
Summary of Governor Schwarzenegger's Legislative Action Chart of Governor's action on Federation-sponosred and supported legislation. (PDF - to increase size use zoom)
Veto of Prescription Drug Legislation9/30/04
Veto of Offshoring Legislation9/29/04
Governor Expected to Veto Drug Reform Bills9/24/04
Veto of Minimum Wage Legislation9/20/04
Leading Economists Support Minimum Wage Increase9/9/04
Statement on the Elections 9/03/04
Statement on Overtime Pay Take-away 8/23/04
Unions Offer Scholarships to College Bound Students
Paid Family Leave Law to Begin - 6/29/04
More information on Paid Family Leave Law
Tentative Settlement Reached in Grocery Workers' Strike - 2/26/04
Unions Hold Statewide Grocery Strike Summit - 12/19/03
Safeway Strike Moves North- 9/22/03
Doctors Join Sacramento Rally Supporting SB2 - 4/30/03
Labor Kicks Off Health Care Justice Campaign in California - 3/18/03