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Delve deep into Hispanic Heritage with these great recommended reads
Hispanic Heritage Month brings with it a celebration of a vital culture and important stories. Here are three books for your nightstand that offer some unique and different perspectives on American life as experienced by Hispanic people.
Labor Day: More than Just a Holiday
Labor Day will be here before you know it, and there’s no better way to evoke the true spirit of the day than by celebrating with your fellow Union members and family. It’s been a national holiday since 1894, and its origins were labor unions who pressed for worker recognition, for their accomplishments as well as their mistreatment.
It’s Labor Day Weekend! Here are this week’s Recommended Reads
Every week in Union Update, we’ll be posting news and feature articles, books, podcasts, and more, submitted by your fellow workers, focused on issues that affect ALL of us. We hope you find the following content informative and insightful
Ratifying our Tentative Agreement: What your voting choice means
Voting ‘yes’ or ‘no’ on contract ratification is an important choice that you’ll be making for yourself, for your coworkers, and for your families.
With less than a week remaining for you to make your choice, here are some thoughts for you to consider before you vote:
Join your union brothers and sisters for a family-friendly Labor Day event!
After a long, hot summer, we’re all looking forward to Labor Day and a well-deserved three-day weekend. If you’re looking for a place to enjoy some family time and celebrate some solidarity with your union brothers and sisters, we have some ideas.
Labor Day isn’t just a three-day weekend!
Each year on Labor Day, we reflect and celebrate how far working families have come and the contributions organized labor has made to all of our lives. We owe a debt to those who came before us and won retirement security, the eight-hour workday, weekends, paid vacations, and employer-provided health care. Each of these landmark improvements in working conditions happened because workers like us stood strong to protect and improve our hard-earned rights.
From the Desk of Bill Hall
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Recommended Reads
It’s important to stay in touch with the pulse of labor’s battles and advances. Not only are California’s state employee unions negotiating and ratifying contracts, we’re reading news from across the nation ranging from a single Starbucks store winning union representation to nationwide strikes.
Here’s some stories that caught our attention:
Stewards Lead the Way Doing Real Representation
When our members find themselves facing conflict in the workplace over contract language, their first line of defense is their Job Steward. Across the state, hundreds of SEIU Local 1000 members have stepped up to act in the role of advocate for their coworkers, receiving regular and thorough training in our contract and the codes and regulations that protect our rights and working conditions.