California Labor Federation

06/02/2026

It’s day 36 of the USW Local 5 Martinez unfair labor practice strike at Marathon Renewables refinery in North Concord. One day longer, one day stronger.

06/01/2026

California's Primary Election Day is TOMORROW. Don't let the AI billionaires win, support pro-union candidates that will actually fight for working people!

In-person voting centers are open across the state, visit sos.ca.gov/elections/polling-place to find a polling place near you and VOTE!

05/30/2026

This is the last weekend before the California Primary Election, which AI billionaires are spending BIG to try and buy. WE CAN'T LET THEM WIN. Make a plan to vote this weekend and turn your ballot in at a ballot drop-off box or vote center to make sure it gets counted!

05/29/2026

A new report shows U.S. employers spend a shameful $1.7 BILLION annually hiring anti-union consultants and law firms to bust organizing campaigns.

Clearly, unions are powerful if bosses are willing to spend THIS much $$ to stop their own workers from being empowered and protected by a strong collective bargaining agreement. 🤔

Don't let the boss win, join a union today! 😎 Connect with an organizer at UnionizeCalifornia.org!

Key takeaways Many U.S. employers hire union avoidance consultants to keep their workers from organizing and bargaining for better pay and working conditions. We estimate that employers spend roughly $1.7 billion a year on union avoidance consultants and law firms for this purpose, which has an unde...

05/29/2026

Election Day is TUESDAY, and your vote might mean the difference between a Big Tech billionaire-funded candidate getting elected or a candidate who will fight for strong AI guardrails and on behalf of all working Californians. Get your ballot turned in at a ballot drop-off box or vote center today!
https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/polling-place

05/28/2026

Time is running out -- make sure to cast your ballot to support pro-worker candidates in the Primary Election by Tuesday, June 2nd!

You should vote either in person at a vote center, or drop your mail-in ballot off at a ballot drop-off box. Click the link to find one near you, and make a plan to vote today! https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/polling-place

05/28/2026

MAJOR NEWS: Despite massive opposition from Big Tech and the corporate lobby in Sacramento, ’s legislative package establishing first-in-the-nation guardrails on AI in the workplace has successfully PASSED out of the first house.

Breaking from , President of : "Today, California lawmakers are siding with working people, Pope Leo XIV, and the California Labor Movement over Big Tech. Our fight to preserve jobs and the dignity of work continues."

This is a historic milestone.

In the words of Pope Leo XIV from his encyclical on Artificial Intelligence released on Monday: “The pursuit of greater profits cannot justify choices that systematically sacrifice jobs, because the human person is an end, not a means, and the economic order must remain subordinate to human dignity and the common good."

05/28/2026

ANOTHER HUGE WIN! California Federation of Labor Unions, AFL-CIO sponsored bill AB 2564 to BAN surveillance pricing in grocery stores and all other retailers just passed the Assembly!

Statement from President Lorena Gonzalez: "Working Californians are facing the worst affordability crisis in history.

Now, Big Tech billionaires are stealing our personal data to exploit our individual breaking points. They want to use our personal data to raise prices on necessities: food, gas, travel, and rent.

California Labor is fighting for strong guardrails to stop Big Tech from using ‘surveillance pricing’ to blatantly squeeze and rip off working people.”

Thank you Assemblymember Chris Ward for championing this issue for working Californians!

05/28/2026

🚨 NEW: The Stop AI Strip Searches Act sponsored by the California Federation of Labor Unions, AFL-CIO and the California Teamsters just PASSED the Assembly! 🚨

Bosses shouldn’t be allowed to use invasive AI tools to secretly spy on workers on the job. Our sponsored legislation protects workers basic right to privacy at work by banning invasive and biased AI surveillance tools that record how workers walk, talk and even think.

In the birthplace of big tech, California is LEADING the way in fighting for the strongest guardrails on AI at work in the nation! Thank you to Assemblymember Isaac G. Bryan for authoring this groundbreaking legislation!

05/28/2026

🚨BREAKING🚨
Despite MASSIVE opposition from mega-corporations and their army of lobbyists, , the California Labor Federation sponsored COMPETE Act, PASSED in the Assembly. This bill creates new tools to go after corporate monopolies and tackle their anti-competitive practices when a single corporation rigs the system by raising prices, lowering wages, and making it harder for workers to unionize.

When workers fight, we WIN! Thank you to Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry for authoring this important bill. On to the Senate!