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Request for Support – AB 650 (Muratsuchi), the Health Care Worker Recognition and Retention Act

  Healthcare workers have experienced dangerous working conditions and mental health trauma while California faces a future shortage of healthcare workers. AB 650 requires healthcare employers with more than 100 employees to pay bonuses to all non-executive employees who work during the pandemic.  Our Siblings at UHW are asking for our help and the link below …

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Wildfires & Being Firewise – Join us on Monday, April 19, 5:30pm

Democrats of Napa Valley Monthly Meeting (via Zoom) Advanced registration required here. Over the past few years in Napa County, we have seen several of the largest fires in California’s recorded history, consuming hundreds of thousands of acres, thousands of buildings, devastating our economy, impacting our health from the smoky air, and more.  And, the fires …

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Tell your U.S. Senators: Vote YES on the PRO Act

Union friendly March Madness snacks!

Napa council to explore ‘hero pay’ ordinance for essential workers in city during pandemic

From the Napa Valley Register As the Napa City Council settles on its top priorities for the year, the coronavirus pandemic may bring one such issue to the fore. During a lengthy meeting Tuesday night to discuss Napa’s primary goals for 2021, council members expressed their support for a city “hero pay” ordinance boosting wages …

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Vallejo Drive-in Movie Night – April 10th at 6:30 pm

Siblings, last night was a great night for working men and women in Napa!

The City Council in American Canyon passed a Hero/Hazard Pay Ordinance with a unanimous vote. The ordinance will give frontline essential workers in the grocery industry a $5 an hour raise for 120 days beginning in 10 days. It will affect the Safeway and Wal-Mart stores in American Canyon. Mayor Leon Garcia and Councilmembers Aboudamous, …

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Our latest newsletter!

Siblings, we hope you are all doing well and looking forward to getting back to a semblance of normality. We have been busy working with various affiliates and elected officials to ensure that our Siblings are safe in their workplace, that eligible essential workers are being considered for vaccines and that in the case of …

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Take Action: Build Back Better with Unions—Pass the PRO Act!

California Democratic Party (“CADEM”) Assembly District (“ADEM”) #4 & #11 and #14 Election Slate Cards

Please find attached the slate cards for ADEM #4, ADEM #11 and ADEM #11.  The Napa Solano Central Labor Council is in support of both of these Districts’ slates.  Registered California Democrats will need to request a Vote-by-mail ballot by January 11, 2021. All persons requesting a ballot will be verified that they are, in …

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