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Month: October 2019

Labor

Yvonne R. Walker: Facing fears with a pen

October 30, 2019 SEIU Local 1000

These bills target real-life horror stories Ghosts, vampires, zombies; Halloween is packed with scary things. While trick-or-treating as children, we learned to laugh at our fears. (These monsters lived in our imagination, not under our […]

Education

916 Ink Provides Young Writers Publishing Opportunities

October 24, 2019 California Endowment

BY EDGAR SANCHEZ Three months ago, Molly Seely began a new chapter in her life by attending Amplify — a week-long summer camp for girls and boys in South Sacramento. Like traditional camps that involve […]

Labor

Yvonne R. Walker: Worried about your retirement? You are not alone

October 23, 2019 SEIU Local 1000

High earners should pitch in fair share to Social Security How do you feel about your retirement prospects? Are you optimistic that you’ll be able to afford to stop working some day? If you’re anxious […]

Labor

Yvonne R. Walker: Retirement security for all

October 16, 2019 SEIU Local 1000

Big difference between a pension and a 401(k) Thinking about retirement? For many Californians, that day will never come. They work hard their whole lives, but never have the means to finally stop worrying, put […]

Local Issues

The Issue of Rent Control

October 10, 2019 California Endowment

BY EDGAR SANCHEZ As recently as 2017, some Sacramento City Council members ducked the volatile issue of rent control, according to pro-tenant community activists. Amid skyrocketing rents, some of these elected officials privately requested that […]

Labor

Yvonne R. Walker: Making changes, one bill at a time

October 9, 2019 SEIU Local 1000

These new laws will help workers This week, Jews around the world are celebrating the end of their New Year period with a day of fasting on Yom Kippur, October 9th. For some, it is […]

Health

Yvonne R. Walker: Taking a stand against high drug prices

October 2, 2019 SEIU Local 1000

Members’ personal stories at the heart of campaign California has the most poverty in the country. We don’t have a resource problem; we have a distribution problem. And one way we are kept from thinking […]

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