Democratic politicians flock to union picket lines like moths to flame – even here in Orange County. When a union calls a strike and pickets
A growing coalition of Anaheim businesses and residents has raised more than $500,000 to fight hotel union-sponsored Measure A initiative that would impose costly wage
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
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