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Labor Leaders, Elected Officials Discuss Unions for All During CDC
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Labor Leaders, Elected Officials Discuss Unions for All During CDC

Jennifer Bihm, Contributing WriterNovember 22, 2019

On Saturday November 16 in downtown Long Beach, elected officials including Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti California Democratic Party Chair Rusty Hicks, and Congresswoman Maxine Waters joined SEIU members in discussing their 2020 Unions for All agenda. The discussion took place during a breakfast meeting as part of the California Democratic Convention. For the coming election year, union members said they are hoping for changes that include “ending money bail, and throwing open the doors for every person in this country to have the opportunity to join a union, no matter where they work.”

Community Stands Behind Ralph’s Workers Seeking Living Wage
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Community Stands Behind Ralph’s Workers Seeking Living Wage

Jennifer Bihm, Contributing WriterJuly 12, 2019

“Living Wage not Minimum Wage,” read some of the picket signs outside of the market as workers demanded a wage adequate enough for “one job” to sustain a living in the City of Angeles. The most recent contract, said workers, “offers slashed wages as much as 25 percent for checkers, offer less than one percent to other employees, eliminate some overtime, and put their healthcare benefits at risk of bankruptcy.”

Labor Leader, Rusty Hicks Elected as CDP Chair
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Labor Leader, Rusty Hicks Elected as CDP Chair

Jennifer Bihm, Contributing WriterJune 6, 2019

  Labor union leader Rusty Hicks said he is “humbled” by the outcome of the June 1 election that propelled him to the front of a group of seven candidates, and making him the new California Democratic Party Chair. “Everyone, including me, thought that with seven candidates running for Party Chair, that the race would result in a runoff,” Hicks said via a post-election statement. “I applaud the other six candidates. I got to hear them and know them as we all campaigned over the last four months. I believe that the positive nature of our respective campaigns has been