labor union

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Richard Barrera, 59, is a longtime school board member in San Diego Unified, the state’s second-largest school system, a senior advisor to Thurmond and before that was a local labor union executive.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Filmmaker Steven Spielberg recently moved to Manhattan and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is eyeing property in South Florida as a labor union tries to place a wealth tax on the November ballot in California.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

“No one is assigned to do labor union cases, and the unions have every reason to believe no one is looking.”

From Salon • Apr. 1, 2026

Preliminary data from the nation’s largest labor union group showed that 1,100 members secured wage increases of 5.26% on average this year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

Maybe I could use the fact that Cuba’s labor union was supporting the nationalization of all the private schools to convince Papa that going to the meetings was okay.

From "The Red Umbrella" by Christina Gonzalez