Day: June 22, 2015

2016: Retirement Benefits Under Attack Again

Earlier this month former San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed unveiled his proposed 2016 state ballot measure to gut retirement security for public employees.  Still stinging from the court rebuke of

Unions Fight Anti-Worker Trans-Pacific Partnership

Labor flexed its muscle last Friday to prevent another global free trade agreement to enable easier outsourcing of labor overseas from being railroaded through Congress. On January 12, tough labor opposition

NEW: Health and Wellness Resource Guide

Welcome to the IFPTE Local 21 Wellness Resource Guide! Here we have collected resources from SFMTA, the California Department of Health and Human Services, the City and County of San

Juneteenth

In the run-up to the Fourth of July, a holiday known as Juneteenth marks another important struggle for independence that is still in progress. Juneteenth Independence Day is an abbreviation