North Bay Labor Council, AFL-CIO

 

NBLC Election 2020 Wrap Up

Now that it’s been over 3 weeks post Election Day and County Registrars are beginning to certify their election results, I thought this would be a good time to talk about some of the highlights.

Close to Home: Prop 22 undermines rights for ‘gig’ drivers

App-based Lyft, Uber, DoorDash, Instacart and Postmates are sponsoring Proposition 22, spending a record-shattering $185 million to write their own rules.

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Union Member Covid-19 Emergency Relief Fund

These are without a doubt some very strange times. I'm pretty sure none of us have lived through a pandemic like this before and yet...here we are.  

We've made it through fires, floods and now Covid-19.

We've gone ahead and reactivated the GoFundMe page we had during the fires. However, unlike the fires, when we could appeal to our brothers & sisters in other parts of the country, everyone is going through the same pains so we're just putting this out to folks to see if we can raise some more money. Hope you'll consider making a generous donation to help out our brothers and sisters who are struggling at this time. 

Thanks everyone. Here's hoping you and yours are safe and healthy and that we find our way out of this as soon as possible.

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SB 1257 Goes to Senate Labor Committee

Domestic Workers are not protected by CAL-OSHA. SB 1257 will right that wrong. Please click "Take Action" and tell Senators on the Senate Labor Committee - where SB 1257 will be heard in a few days - to vote YES on this important Legislation. 

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Recent News

North Bay Labor Council Endorses in 2020 General Election

STATE & FEDERAL ENDORSEMENTS

 The North Bay Labor Council has finalized its endorsements for the 2020 General Election.

Labor Councils are an arm of the AFL-CIO and the state Labor Federation. Together we take positions on state and federal races and the Labor Council makes its own endorsements in local races in the four counties we cover (Sonoma, Marin, Mendocino & Lake Counties).

Now More than Ever

A very important phonebank has been set up to call into Arizona for Mark Kelly who's running against Martha McSally for the seat originally held by John McCain. While we need Kelly in Arizona, his election just became even more urgent. 

LABOR DAY 2020: CALIFORNIA FARMWORKERS AT RISK

A deepening COVID­-19 crisis­­­–now surging in most California agricultural counties–puts farmworkers in the pandemic’s crosshairs. Thousands of farm and packinghouse workers have contracted the virus in the agricultural counties of Imperial, Kern, Kings, Tulare, Merced, Stanislaus, San Joaquin, Monterey, Ventura. Farmworkers in the North Bay are at risk too.

Close to Home: Closing Child Care Gaps is Equity

A Press Democrat editorial said there was an “unwanted side effect” in the emergency paid sick leave ordinance passed by the Santa Rosa City Council on July 7 (“An unwanted side effect of a needed benefit,” July 17). The editorial was referring to the part of the ordinance that would allow a worker to use paid sick leave to care for a loved one at full pay. This is what the City Council decided to make happen for our essential workers.

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AFL-CIO Blog

Kicking Ass for the Working Class

AM I SAFE AT WORK?

Help workers demand safer workplaces.

Executive Paywatch

High Paid CEOs and the Low Wage Economy

Mortgages for Union Families

Union Plus Mortgage Company is owned by the AFL-CIO Union Privilege and a group of unions.

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Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect, 2020