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Prop 8 supporters sue to destroy campaign finance laws
Posted Jan 08, 2009 8:17pm
by Robert Cruickshank, Courage Campaign
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Posts with the tag SEIU - September 2008
As the state Legislature works quickly to complete its last minute budget add-ons including Governor Schwarzenegger's demands to beef up a restrictive rainy day fund, workers' representatives at SEIU are exploring ideas to ask state voters to improve this budget compromise during a special election that would be needed for the Lotto budget's final approval.
Despite SEIU's leadership gaps at the local levels, its specifically determining the legalities and campaign chances of asking state voters to increase state public education and health services funding in this budget alone. A special election could be held in January of 2009. Eliminating the supermajority needed to pass a budget or tax policy could appear on that ballot as well. All good things. Read More »
Despite SEIU's leadership gaps at the local levels, its specifically determining the legalities and campaign chances of asking state voters to increase state public education and health services funding in this budget alone. A special election could be held in January of 2009. Eliminating the supermajority needed to pass a budget or tax policy could appear on that ballot as well. All good things. Read More »
Despite the recent, but well-deserved harangue of several local leaders by the LA Times, Organized Labor has been quite successful throughout California. Within a couple news-filled weeks an ongoing LA Times investigation into spending and compensation has led to three different Service Employees International Union (SEIU) leaders stepping aside. Despite the apparent shortcomings of leaders in question, SEIU has been good for its members in California and has benefited our society as a whole.
Consider the evidence, SEIU as a statewide institution has lots of juice in Sacramento. You may remember late 2007 when Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger attempted to negotiate what was supposed to be universal health care reform with Democrats under the leadership of then Speaker Fabian Nunez. SEIU's national leader Andy Stern was right in the thick of it. Read More »
Consider the evidence, SEIU as a statewide institution has lots of juice in Sacramento. You may remember late 2007 when Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger attempted to negotiate what was supposed to be universal health care reform with Democrats under the leadership of then Speaker Fabian Nunez. SEIU's national leader Andy Stern was right in the thick of it. Read More »
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