Tia Koonse, testified at a hearing in Sacramento considering Assembly Bill 1228 (AB1228). Koonse discussed recent research findings pointing to numerous wage and overtime violations in the fast food industry and the need to hold both franchisors and franchisees accountable to improve work conditions.
UCLA Labor Center Project Director and labor studies lecturer Victor Narro reflects on 23 years of his participation in Los Angeles-based May Day marches
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Financial analysis is a useful tool for organizing. It contributes to the identification of key relationships, profit centers, and growth strategies that drive company decision making. Organizers who understand the connections that allow a company to operate, the
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Elections across the country are getting more expensive every year, and understanding how to track the money in elections and its potential impacts on public policymaking has never been more important. In this session, Pete Quist of OpenSecrets
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Corporations are perversions of a democratic system, where money equals power in a twisted franchise. However, at the end of the day, shareholders wield significant power over the operations, leadership, and financial structure of publicly-traded corporations. While many
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Non-profit does not mean small, innocent, or labor strife free. Data sources and corporate financial filings for non-profits differ substantially from for-profit firms. This workshop, taught by Julie Serfass, research director from AFT, will teach you how to