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End the Cuts

Anger and disbelief at Governor's proposed cuts

Gov. Schwarzenegger proposes to eliminate welfare-to-work program known as CalWORKS; healthcare for low-income children; financial aid for college students, and more.
This is not my California, said Assembly Budget Chair Noreen Evans.

Read more and take action: Send a message to Gov. Schwarzenegger now!

"It's not about money, it's about dignity"

SM Homecare Imelda Oseguera

For four years, Imelda Oseguera cared for her mother-in-law, Maria: brushing her teeth, round-the-clock care for numerous ailments. Beginning in July, Oseguera and the approximately 2,400 in-home health care workers like her in San Mateo County, face a $2 per hour wage cut. "It's not about money, it's about dignity," she said. SEIU members and homecare workers held a 48-hour vigil at the State Capitol from Tuesday, May 26th until Thursday, May 28th.

If Employee Free Choice Were Law,

EFCA Theo Jackson

Theo Jackson Would Still Have a Job!
It is estimated that during an average unionization drive 25% of employers fire workers and fully 91% force employees to attend intimidating one-on-one meetings with their supervisors.

Employee Free Choice Act

Fast Facts Update: The corporate misinformation campaign is already running strong--spreading lies and distortions about the Employee Free Choice Act. One blatant mischaracterization suggests that this common sense proposal is somehow a "radical" change to federal labor law.