University of California Releases SEIU-Funded Report Justifying SeaTac Wage Measure

By Kevin Dayton
11/05/2013
Someday a member of the Board of Regents of the University of California will have the courage to suggest that hosting the Miguel Contreras Labor Program at the Berkeley and Los Angeles campuses compromises the academic credibility of the institution and taints the overall image of its research programs. In the meantime, the California Labor...

TAGS: Los Angeles Times, seiu, Service Employees International Union- United Service Workers West, UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education, University of California Miguel Contreras Labor Program

Union Threatens to Block Apple, Inc. “Spaceship” with Environmental Lawsuit

By Kevin Dayton
10/19/2013
Perhaps the Service Employees International Union-United Service Workers West deserves grudging praise and respect for refusing to bow to American idols. Few groups have the gumption to challenge or criticize Apple, Inc., one of America’s most admired corporations. Apple generally gets away with commercial activity that the Left would slam relentlessly if practiced by other...

TAGS: Apple, California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), Greenmail, Service Employees International Union- United Service Workers West

Revised List of Union Actions in 2013 Under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)

By Kevin Dayton
09/03/2013
California State Senate President pro Tem Darrell Steinberg is still talking about changes to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) as the legislature works through its last two weeks in session in 2013. His vehicle for CEQA amendments – Senate Bill 731 – is still alive. It contains language that would supposedly help developers of urban...

TAGS: Apple, California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), CEQA Reform, Darrell Steinberg, New Sacramento Kings Arena, Project Labor Agreements, Service Employees International Union- United Service Workers West