Tag: United Farm Workers

For Marijuana Workers’ Union, Hope Sprouts Eternal

By California Employment Law Letter Sep 23, 2010 HR Hero Line

Updated: Sep 23, 2010

by Mark I. Schickman You may have heard that California is going broke. As we look for more ways to generate revenue, one idea keeps cropping up: Move marijuana out of the underground economy and develop a new tax-generating agricultural product. Medical marijuana clubs have sprouted all over the state, and the November general election […]

Unions Create New Labor Federation to Rival AFL-CIO

By jessica Oct 5, 2005 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: May 19, 2015

In the September 2005 issue of the California Employer Advisor, we reported that several powerful unions had broken ties with the AFL-CIO, the nation’s main labor federation. Last week, the defecting unions formally founded a new AFL-CIO rival, called the Change to Win Federation. The new federation represents 5.4 million American workers and comprises the […]