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We’re watching closely to see if the U.S. Senate begins its debate on health care this week. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) will unveil the Senate bill tonight and we could see the first vote to begin debate as early as Saturday. Read More>>

Today at the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka and other leaders joined together to call for urgent action to create jobs and rebuild the economy. In a live webcast panel discussion, the consensus was clear: Without quick action, an entire generation could be mired in economic turmoil. The nation can, and must, put people back to work—while addressing critical needs for the future of our communities. Read More>>

With successful passage of a historic health care reform bill this weekend, experts are weighing in on the benefits that the bill would bring to working families. Read More>>

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Sacramento union workers and community members held a daylong/overnight vigil in support of the Employee Free Choice Act Wednesday, May 6th through Thursday, May 7th at Sacramento’s Federal Building. A broad coalition including labor, elected officials, community leaders, interfaith leaders, and workers called for law that would restore workers’ freedom to form and join unions. (Click on link above for more)

November 4th, 2008 marked a day of change in our Nation’s history. Not only did we over come an election season full of fear, intolerance and the “Same Old” Washington DC politics as usual, to bring about historic change nationally as well as regionally and locally.

The Sacramento Central Labor Council’s 2008 Election Season which began so long ago in January with the Nevada Caucuses and the February California Presidential Primary Election ended a few weeks ago with an historic number of voters turning out to vote for a brighter future for working families and the middle class.

In the November General Election cycle, the Sacramento Central Labor Council endorsed 60 candidates after numerous candidate interviews and input by our affiliates and delegates. Of our 60 endorsed candidates, 38 of those candidates were successful in their campaigns.

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Thanks in large part to the efforts of union volunteers around the country, working families won a strong victory on Nov. 4, sending Barack Obama to the White House and electing a stronger pro-worker majority of senators and representatives.

However, winning an election isn’t the end of the fight. Now, our elected leaders need to tackle the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. They have to keep their promises to the people who voted for them—and we have to give them the support they need to make the tough choices. We need an economic recovery package that will turn around this broken economy for working families with good jobs, green jobs, re-regulation of our financial system and health care that works for all of us. But no matter what else we do, it won’t result in real shared prosperity unless we restore workers’ freedom to form unions so they can bargain for a better life with better wages and benefits. That’s what this proposed legislation, the Employee Free Choice Act, will do.

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If you attended the CA State Fair this year, we hope you were able to visit our booth.  The theme was the Turn Around America campaign, which focuses on gathering support for the Employee Free Choice Act.  We were able to get over 1,100 fair goers to sign support cards!  For photos of affiliates at our booth, please click on the following link: http://flickr.com/photos/sacramentolabor/sets/72157607062677742/

The Solidarity Center is a coalition that supports programs and projects to advance workers’ rights and promotes broad-based, sustainable economic development.  The purpose of this trip is to build a greater understanding of the struggles and challenges faced by workers in Colombia. Human rights violations, violence and intimidation against worker activists are historical. Personal interviews will play a primary role in developing a report. (Click link above for daily logs)

The American economy is failing working families and our country is headed in the wrong direction. The AFL-CIO has established a great campaign – Turn Around America – that addresses how we got into this economic mess and what we need to do to get out of it. Turn Around America focuses on mobilizing a million members to support the Employee Free Choice Act and electing leaders who will work for working families.  (Click link above for more)
 

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) -- Sacramento is losing another large employer. The AT&T has announced it will shut down its local Call Center and move to Texas taking with it 187 jobs. But the local workers are not giving up without a fight. (Click link above for more)

Some 8,500 employees of the University of California went on strike today to demand better pay and a fair contract. The workers, members of AFSCME Local 3299, include housekeepers, cafeteria workers and those who disinfect hospital equipment. The five-day strike is set to run through Friday at the university’s 10 campuses and five medical centers. (Click link above for more)

Working families made their voices heard on Election Day when Mariko Yamada captured the Democratic nomination for the 8th Assembly District. It is well known that organized labor played a large part in the victory. (Click link above for more)