California
A year after Chevron explosion, the grassroots mobilizes
August 13, 2013A protest grew to 3,000 once it reached the gates of the Chevron refinery, and 209 were subsequently arrested in a sit-down act of non-violent civil disobedience.
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Today in labor history: California school workers organize union
August 9, 2013On Aug. 9, 1927, 10 school custodians met in Oakland, Calif., to form what was to become the 230,000-member California School Employees Association, representing school support staff throughout the state.
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California inspectors afraid to go after marijuana-growing polluters
August 1, 2013Marijuana is the state's biggest cash crop with an estimated $14 billion in legal and illegal sales annually.
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California inmates go on hunger strike (audio)
July 17, 2013Inmates in California are risking their lives against a form of punishment many say is worse than death.
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Female prisoners in Calif. found to be the victims of coerced sterilizations
July 15, 2013From at least 1997-2010, nearly 150 women were found to be sterilized while in prison,.
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