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Labor

Yvonne R. Walker: Let your circle be unbroken

March 18, 2020 SEIU Local 1000

While we are all extraordinary, it takes a circle to bring out the extraordinary within us. […]

Labor

Yvonne R. Walker: Secure retirement needs more than dreams

March 11, 2020 SEIU Local 1000

Women particularly face challenges in golden years Are you dreaming of a happy retirement? For women, prospects for their golden years can appear pretty bleak as we are more likely to be poor in retirement […]

Labor

Yvonne R. Walker: Celebrate women and power of change

March 4, 2020 SEIU Local 1000

Unions make a big difference in working women’s lives Imagine your job is to clean up somebody else’s mess. You work long hours, often late at night by yourself. You are isolated, vulnerable and on […]

Labor

Yvonne R. Walker: Let your heart and mind soar

February 26, 2020 SEIU Local 1000

Poets provide inspiration in both words and actions “a poem is pure energy horizontally contained between the mind of the poet and the ear of the reader if it does not sing discard the ear” […]

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SEIU Local 1000: Yvonne R. Walker: Fight for the right to count every vote

February 19, 2020 SEIU Local 1000

From registration to election day, suppression gets creative Why do we celebrate Black history in February? Thank Frederick Douglass and Carter Woodson. Douglass, America’s most famous abolitionist, was born a slave sometime in February 1818. […]

Labor

Yvonne R. Walker: Celebrating hard-earned rights

February 12, 2020 SEIU Local 1000

Still fighting for the right to vote Our voting rights did not come easy. I’m reminded of that often during Black History Month and this centennial celebration of the 19th Amendment that enabled American women […]

Local Issues

Yvonne R. Walker: Leaders who made a difference

February 6, 2020 SEIU Local 1000

Their grassroots efforts led to real change in their communities How do you create change? You can organize at the grassroots level, inspiring others and nurturing ideas. And you can vote, electing leaders who will […]

Labor

Yvonne R. Walker: Where is Sacramento in fight against poverty?

January 29, 2020 SEIU Local 1000

Many neighborhoods are getting worse, not better What are you doing to lift children out of poverty in Sacramento? That’s a question we should be asking anyone running for office. During this election year, politicians […]

Labor

Yvonne R. Walker: Why I march with Rev. Barber

January 22, 2020 SEIU Local 1000

Poor People’s Campaign continues King’s legacy This past weekend at a commemoration in Fontana for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., I joined another reverend, Dr. William Barber, who continues Dr. King’s legacy as co-chair of […]

Labor

Yvonne R. Walker: Stay focused on your North Star

January 8, 2020 SEIU Local 1000

Set your compass for a better tomorrow Every leader needs a North Star, something that guides them through the darkness to where they want to be. With their compass, ancient mariners used the North Star […]

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