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Mario Vasquez is a writer from southern California. He is a regular contributor to Working In These Times. Follow him on Twitter @mario_vsqz.

Boeing Workers Face “Constant Barrage of Misinformation” Ahead of Union Vote

Southern California SEIU Caucuses Call On AFL-CIO to Kick Out Police Union

BREAKING—One Bourbon, One Strike and No Fear: Jim Beam Workers Win a Better Contract

No Justice, No Peeps! Workers Walk Off the Job At Pennsylvania Peeps Factory

California Farmworkers Win Equal Overtime: “This Bill Corrects 78 Years of Discrimination”

Lipton Workers Vote to Unionize: “Everyone just got tired of it”

Garment Factory Workers in Southern California Are Calling for a Boycott of American Apparel

Immigrant Activists Call for AFL-CIO To Expel Border Patrol Union After Donald Trump Endorsement

Over 1,000 LA Nurses Finish Weeklong Strike Today, Saying Work Conditions Are Dangerous for Patients

Transportation Workers Union Endorses Bernie Sanders for President

Teachers Who Staged ‘Sick-outs’ Declare Victory Against Detroit Schools’ Unelected Emergency Manager

UNITE HERE New England Union Locals Endorse Bernie Sanders: He “Resonates With Our Members”

UAW Overrules Academic Workers BDS Vote Against Israel Despite Finding Strong Turnout, No Misconduct

UC Berkeley Workers, Students Say University’s Subcontracted Campus Jobs Mean Poverty Wages

“No one has ever tried this before”: Mexican, U.S. Workers Bring Employer Charges Under NAFTA

Despite SEIU Intl. Hillary Clinton Endorsement, SEIU Local 1984 in NH Votes to Back Bernie Sanders

SEIU Endorses Hillary Clinton, But Rank-and-File Activists Say Push for Bernie Sanders Isn’t Over

After Video of Calif. Police Breaking Up Teachers Union Meeting Goes Viral, School Apologizes

Labor For Bernie Sanders Activists Say They Are Undeterred By Union Endorsements of Hillary Clinton

SEIU, IBEW Locals in New Hampshire Announce Bernie Sanders Endorsement

CSU Faculty Fight to Stop ‘University Professor’ From Becoming the New McJob

Wave of Digital Media Organizing Continues as Al Jazeera America Goes Union

Charter School Network Challenges NLRB Ruling Allowing Teach for America Members To Unionize

Labor for Bernie Pushing Unions To Back Bernie Sanders, Prevent Early Hillary Clinton Endorsements

Seattle Teachers Go On Strike, Say It’s “About Caring For What’s Right for Our Kids”

UE Becomes First National Union in U.S. To Endorse BDS Against Israel

Workers at Trump Taj Mahal Begin Preparations for Strike

Behind the Business Attire, Many Bank Workers Earn Poverty Wages

Machinists Union Members Outraged Over Hillary Clinton Endorsement, Say They Want Bernie Sanders

Union Members Seem To Want Bernie Sanders Over Hillary Clinton. Will Labor Leadership Follow Them?

Univ. of California Academic Workers’ Union Calls on AFL-CIO To Terminate Police Union’s Membership

Labor for Bernie Kickstarts Effort to Get Unions Behind Sanders With Nearly 2,000 Union Backers

Stop Freaking Out: The Union-Backed Minimum Wage Exemption Isn’t About Paying Union Workers Less

West Coast Truckers Poised to Strike, Say They’re Owed Nearly $1 Billion in Stolen Wages

30,000 Teachers Walk Out in Protest of Big Class Sizes in Washington State

After Police Union Pressure, Teacher Fired for Allowing Students to Write Letters to Mumia Abu-Jamal

Security Officers Fight ‘Economic and Occupational Segregation’ in Silicon Valley

Oakland Teachers Vote to Authorize Strike, Stage ‘Work-to-Rule’ Actions in Protest of Low Pay

Alleging Millions in Wage Theft, West Coast Port Truckers Strike

Can Los Angeles Teachers Push Back the Corporate Education Reform Movement?

LA teachers seem to be taking a page from the Chicago Teachers Union—including potentially building towards a strike.

Los Angeles Teachers Poised to Strike for First Time in 26 Years

UPDATE: After 9-Month Dispute, Port Union and Labor Secretary Perez Reach Deal with Management

2,600 California Mental Health Care Workers On Strike Against Kaiser Permanente

California Campus Workers Become First Major Local Union to Endorse BDS Against Israel