The US Supreme Court this week ruled that race-based university admissions are unconstitutional and a violation of equality under the law . Scott Baugh, the
The COVID pandemic shutdown gutted the membership rolls of UNITE-HERE – the militant hotel workers union – in California, where the union has three locals.
The special election to decide the fate of a hotel union initiative will be moved from September 12 to October 3, 2023. Various experts predict
Anaheim voters will weigh in this September on a union-sponsored ballot measure that experts predict will reduce city tax revenues and increase the cost of
An LA-style ballot measure imposing huge wage increases and Byzantine work rules on all Anaheim hotels and event centers would deliver a nearly $9 million
Former La Habra Mayor Tim Shaw penned a guest column for OC Independent last August in which he warned about the city’s bleak financial outlook.
For years, UNITE-HERE Local 11 has been publicly inflating its membership numbers by 63% above what it is reporting to the U.S. Department of Labor
In the wake of his May 2 arrest for drunk driving, politics have been watching for signs that Sen. Dave Min – formerly consider the
Sen. Dave Min’s drunk driving arrest continues to reverberate through the contest for the open 47th Congressional District, as Orange County Supervisor Katrina Foley gives
For the past several months, UNITE-HERE Local 11 has been banging the “living wage” drum as it worked to qualify its wage-and-work-rules initiative for the
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