Working families score decisive win in local elections
Pro-worker candidates win 66 of 92 races; nine anti-worker incumbents ousted from mayor’s office, city councils and boards in San Gabriel Valley. READ MORE>> Saturday: Homewalk 2009 - Support TEAM LABOR
Saturday morning at 8:00 AM, hundreds of volunteers, including many of your union brothers and sisters, will be walking to help end homelessness in Los Angeles. To find out more, and make a donation, CLICK HERE>>Remember to tell them TEAM LABOR referred you, so we're represented. Saturday: Support CLUE by going to their Red Party
Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice is having a holiday party and fundraiser to ring in the holidays. There will be DJs, musical performances, drinks, and good times.
Event Details
Saturday, Nov. 7th, 8:00 p.m.
464 Lucas, Los Angeles (the UNITE HERE building)
See Save the Date, on right, for more info. Toyota Threatens 50,000 California Jobs!
Toyota Motor Corporation has announced plans to close the New United Motor Manufacturing Inc. (NUMMI) plant in Fremont, California. For 25 years, NUMMI workers have made award winning, high quality cars for Toyota. While the economic crisis has affected the auto industry worldwide, Toyota has never closed a factory or laid off a single full time worker in Japan – apparently, Toyota feels California workers are more expendable. Toyotas bought here should be made here! SIGN THE PETITION TODAY
Go to www.uaw2865.org to sign the petition. For more information, call UAW Local 2244 at (510) 657-0800 Nurses reach landmark agreement to prevent spread of H1N1
About 13,000 nurses who are members of California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee have reached an agreement with Catholic Healthcare West to create a task force to stop the spread of pandemics such as the H1N1 virus. The agreement, which averted a strike that had been called for on Oct. 30, is being hailed a national model. For more details, CLICK HERE>>. USC food service workers win pay raises, preserve health care
More than 600 University of Southern California food service workers, represented by Unite Here Local 11, recently ratified a new contract with a significant wage increase and the preservation of free family health care. READ MORE>> Planned NFL stadium is a touchdown for workers
More than 18,000 good, middle-class jobs will be created by the project Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO, Executive Secretary-Treasurer Maria Elena Durazo issued the following statement Thursday regarding the signing ceremony of AB81xxx. The measure will speed the creation of a new 3-million square foot NFL stadium and entertainment, dining and shopping complex that will create more than 18,000 middle-class jobs and generate millions in revenue for the region’s hardest-hit local economies. READ MORE>> Employment Opportunities in Labor
Do you have an opening at your union which you want to spread the word about? If so, please e-mail John Kawakami at
This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
. We will be sure to get it posted on our website and next newsletter. Current Job Postings |
General Press 
