These are some noteworthy labor headlines we read this week.

Weekend Labor Reads:

TOP STORY

The Shutdown Is Over. But for Federal Workers, the Anxiety Persists.

The recent government shutdown was the latest struggle in a difficult year for federal workers who’ve faced unpredictable rounds of layoffs, threats to their collective bargaining rights and a general environment of hostility and confusion since President Trump took office in January. Over the 43 day shutdown, the longest in history, more than one million federal workers went without pay. As a result, many working families around the country are struggling to make ends meet, especially given the high cost of living. Some workers have received backpay while others are still waiting– President Trump has even suggested that some workers don’t “deserve to be taken care of,” and threatened to withhold pay indefinitely. With everything federal workers have gone through, it would take a lot more than the government reopening to make things go back to “normal.”

The New York Times

Eileen Sullivan

UC WORKERS

UC reaches contract agreement with 21,000 employees, averting a strike

Los Angeles Times

Kaitlyn Huamani and Jaweed Kaleem

OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL

State Supreme Court deals defeat to UC over policy barring undocumented students from campus jobs

Los Angeles Times

Jaweed Kaleem and Clara Harter

LABOR ACTIONS



‘Whatever it takes’: Starbucks workers launch US strike and call for boycott

The Guardian

Michael Sainato

GIG WORK

Why more workers are building ‘portfolio careers’ with side gigs

Los Angeles Times

Cathy Bussewitz

Remember This!

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Lobbying Day at City Council, 1996

In this photograph, founding members of Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice (CLUE) stand with a group of workers outside of Los Angeles City Hall as they prepare to visit various City Council offices to encourage members to vote yes on the Living Wage Ordinance. The ordinance was part of the The Living Wage campaign, which was the first major project of LAANE (Los Angeles Alliance for the New Economy, then known at the Tourism Industry Development Council). The ordinance was crafted in close collaboration with HERE Local 11 (representing hospitality workers) and SEIU Local 399 (representing building services workers). To ensure its passage, they engaged local religious leaders, inspiring the creation of CLUE.

View more photos from the Living Wage Campaign here.

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