Sacramento California may be the “edge of the world and all of Western civilization,” as the Los Angeles-based rock band the Red Hot Chili Peppers sang in their 22-year-old hit, “Californication,” but their most provocative lyrics come later in the…
America took a jump backward about 100 years last week, and it was an interesting sight to see. At issue was Sen. Marco Rubio and an op-ed he wrote for USA Today. Rubio announced a surprising change of position —…
Normally, union-management disputes are like unhappy marriages — no one not directly involved truly knows where the blame lies and why. But the United Food and Commercial Workers’ bizarre series of moves on the West Coast — and to some…
An awkward conflict in Washington reveals both the tectonic shifts remaking American politics and Joe Biden’s Achilles’ heel. Biden has tabbed climate change as one of the “four interrelated existential crises” facing America today and has released a barrage of…
Sacramento The little-known Oakley Union Elementary School District, in the sprawling suburbs 50 miles east of San Francisco, isn’t accustomed to national attention. The school board’s hot mic moment, however, during a video call earlier this month created widespread and…
Washington “There are only two choices: Which one will it be?” the Chicago Teachers Union argued to its members. “Risk your life or your students’ lives by going into dangerous buildings,” or agree to strike if Chicago Public Schools go…
Last week marked a critical point for the American gig worker. For several years now, big labor and Democrat politicians have tried to turn gig workers, like Uber and Lyft drivers, from independent contractors into employees. This change would allow…
Sacramento When I heard that President-elect Joe Biden had tapped California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to lead the federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), I reacted differently than most of my right-of-center friends. They were shocked that Biden would…
If it walks and talks like a duck, as the saying goes, you can be reasonably sure it’s a duck. The same could be said of “worker centers,” which talk like unions, try to organize workers like unions, and engage…