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The Disneyland Resort and four labor unions have approved a three-year deal that would raise the hourly minimum wage for 9,700 employees to $15 by January 2019, and includes a 3% raise for employees that earn a wage at or above that threshold.
Santa Ana is the first city in Orange County to have such an agreement, which requires construction contractors to hire workers through a union referral system.
During this time of stark political polarization, Orange County Employees Association General Manager Jennifer Muir Beauthin writes that it’s important this Veterans Day to all rally together around one point: When men and women risk their lives defending our freedoms, we need to be there for them when they return home.
After being upbraided on air by two conservative radio hosts, Orange County supervisorial candidates Andrew Do and Michele Martinez are taking action aimed at alleviating the homeless crisis at the county Civic Center.
State Sen. Connie M. Leyva reminds us that the labor movement has helped ensure workers and their families have a better quality of life for future generations. She argues that unions are needed now more than ever before.
Labor Day embodies economic justice but ironically the County of Orange ranks dead last in gender pay disparity. Female workers earn 27-percent less than their male counterparts.
Simmering tensions between Santa Ana council members and the new leadership of the city’s police union came to a head Tuesday, with council members leveling a heated response to allegations from the police union’s president.
UNITE-HERE, which represents Anaheim Resort district employees, is collecting signatures to put two luxury hotel development deals before voters in November, after failed attempts to engage the projects’ developer on a labor deal.
A new board and president have been installed at the Santa Ana Police Officers Association as some officers have demanded a more aggressive, confrontational style in dealing with city leaders.
The Orange County Water District is using ratepayer funds to wage a court battle to keep future employees from paying fees to cover collective bargaining representation.