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May 18, 2016

Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka in response to new overtime rules unveiled by the Department of Labor

Below is the statement released by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka in response to the new overtime rules: “New overtime protections mark a major victory for working people that will improve the lives of millions of families across America. The new rule more than doubles the salary threshold, ensuring workers who make less than $47,500 are eligible for overtime. We applaud…

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May 4, 2016

Chamber of Commerce Attack Ads: Plentiful and Pitiful

While attack ads are not uncommon in the world of political races, the level of negative campaigning by the Chamber of Commerce in the San Jose City Council primary and the weakness of the attacks is unprecedented. The Chamber has spent a whopping $120,000 on attack ads so far, and there is still over a month to the election. Yesterday’s…

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May 2, 2016

Policy Watch: Your weekly tip sheet to what’s going on in your community

City of San Jose  Council to vote on remaining renters’ rights issues, incl. Ellis Act evictions, demolitions & condo conversation  (a) Direct staff to return with an Ellis Act ordinance to address the process to be followed for owners of ARO apartments subject to the ARO (ARO apartments) seeking to remove their building from the rental business. (b) Direct staff…

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Apr 30, 2016

The Fundraising Winners and Losers

Thursday’s filing deadline left some candidates with a solid financial footing and others with long road to catch up. Let’s start with the San Jose City Council District 8 race, which has the most outside money coming in. Senate President Pro Tempore Kevin de León, representing the Los Angeles area, Senator Connie Leyva, representing a large portion of San Bernardino…

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Apr 28, 2016

Update from the City Council Campaign Trail

As the date for the 2016 primary election approaches, campaign spending is starting to flow more freely.  Here’s the latest: Earlier this week, the San Jose Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce ChamberPAC dropped $11,000 on a mailer for San Jose District 6 City Council Candidate Dev Davis, and that was after the Chamber had already spend $9,000 on research, polls…

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Apr 13, 2016

Sunnyvale Votes to Increase Minimum Wage to $15 by 18

By a vote of 4-1-1 last night, the Sunnyvale City Council chose to raise its minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2018, four years sooner than mandated by California’s new minimum wage law.  Sunnyvale is the first city in California to advance the timeline by which it gets to the $15 minimum wage since Governor Brown signed the legislation…

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Apr 12, 2016

Policy Watch: Your weekly tip sheet on what’s going on in your community

County of Santa Clara  Adopting policy for Community Workforce Agreements on public works  In its February 23, 2016 meeting, the Board directed Administration to require the consideration of a Project Labor Agreement for all public works contracts over $2,000,000 and to include a hiring program that (1) targets employment for current and past County clients, including but not limited to…

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Apr 4, 2016

Statement from California Labor Federation Executive Secretary-Treasurer Art Pulaski on signing of SB 3 to raise California’s minimum wage to $15

“With the Governor’s signature on SB 3 today, California strikes a serious blow to income inequality. This new law lifts families and strengthens our communities. The statement California made today will echo throughout the country. By boosting 6 million workers across the state, we’re saying that all work is valued and all working people have value. No matter your job,…

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Mar 30, 2016

Beloved Community Leader Dennis Kennedy Passes Away

Last night, Dennis Kennedy, former Mayor of Morgan Hill, passed away after a long battle with cancer.  Kennedy, who up until recently served as a Board Member for the Santa Clara Valley Water District, was considered by many to be a mentor and true public servant.  His years of leadership, volunteerism and time as mayor not only helped shape the…

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Mar 29, 2016

SCOTUS 4-4 Split Means Victory for Unions

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 4-4 on the Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, a case that sought to break public employee unions. In our state, public school teachers don’t have to be members of the California Teachers Association if they have religious or political beliefs about being a union member.  Teachers can opt out of the union, but have…

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