Apr 8, 2014
California made front-page headlines recently for passing some of the most progressive laws in the country on issues involving reproductive rights and health. And, it’s true, we did pass a groundbreaking law that increases access to abortion services by expanding the types of clinicians who can provide them as well as passing laws to increase the medical privacy protections for…
Apr 7, 2014
Joe had worked at a local restaurant for two years for just $7 an hour, with no overtime pay and forced to work off the clock after his shift with only a 10 minute lunch break. The last straw came when three paychecks bounced. When he asked for his pay, he was immediately fired. The good news – he filed…
Apr 2, 2014
A few days before what would’ve been Cesar Chavez’s 87th birthday, a biographic film of his life was released in major theaters. The film chronicles the birth of the American labor movement and tells the story of how Chavez used his platform of nonviolence to combat the gross violation of farm workers’ rights. Chavez ignited a civil and human rights…