Labor In The News

“Pins and Needles” opens Labor Day weekend running Saturday, August 30 through September 14.” Tickets are available online at www.mercurytheater.org

Cuts impact most collective bargaining in the VA

Seven Sonoma County advocates are staging a hunger strike outside county offices, demanding a sanctuary ordinance amid rising ICE arrests.

SEIU workers striking in Novato

The public works department’s three-year contract expired on June 30, 2025

Hospice workers joined picket lines in Petaluma and Santa Rosa as part of a two-day strike, calling attention to Providence’s proposed joint-venture with a for-profit hospice operator.

North Bay Jobs with Justice announced the settlement Wednesday. The complaint had accused vineyard management company of retaliating against a group of farmworkers who had joined a labor protest in July.

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May Day Rally & March in Sonoma County

The war against federal workers and their unions has proceeded on multiple fronts during Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office.

"Billionaires are attacking unions and immigrants because they fear our collective power. But we're not afraid."

Under the new administration, President Trump and DOGE leader Elon Musk announced their plan for mass layoffs in several federal agencies.

The Postal Service is enshrined in the Constitution and is older than the nation. Don’t let this cherished institution be privatized by greedy individuals who know the price of everything and the value of nothing.

A marked payday on the calendar represents the upcoming wage increase for Sonoma County workers, as the revised living wage ordinance raises hourly rates to $23.15, effective July 1, 2025.. Ron Stik photo.

Legislature's Special Session to Get Ready for Trump

In April, more than 550,000 California fast-food workers received a raise to $20 an hour as mandated by a state law passed last year.

In addition to the statewide increases, cities in Marin and Sonoma counties are raising their minimums. At least four cities in the North Bay can expect a minimum-wage increase in 2025 — a continuation of a trend to raise the minimum wage in some cities.

The bounced checks and unpaid wages for field hands represent the latest public fallout from one of a pair of now-bankrupt businesses linked to Joe Reynoso, a longtime investments trader and financial technology entrepreneur.

In California, Democrats rarely criticize organized labor, one of their biggest and wealthiest allies, so it’s remarkable that Democrats have harsh words against a union for attacking a vulnerable Democratic senator in a close race.