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Posted on May 26, 2021
California's investor-owned utilities are opening up a new front in their power grabbing war against California's energy utility customers -- and that means you. In California, profits for these investor-owned utility (IOU) monopolies like PG&E are not determined by how much energy they sell, but by how much they invest...
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Posted on May 20, 2021
California’s rich food culture owes much to the Filipinx, Hmong, Lao, Sikh, and many other Southeast Asian agricultural workers who have stewarded the land for generations. Equally important, Asian agricultural workers up and down the state have farmed and organized alongside Latinx agricultural workers. Mexican and Filipino solidarity is the...
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Posted on May 11, 2021
Worker-ownership has emerged as an important strategy to keep people employed, doors open and communities served in the midst of COVID-19. A Rutgers study found that majority employee-owned companies outperformed traditional businesses in job retention, pay, benefits and workplace safety during the pandemic. Local and state governments are developing policies...
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Posted on April 28, 2021
The Law Center will be closed for Chrysalis Week from May 3rd - May 7th 2021. chrys·a·lis | \ ˈkri-sə-ləsa protecting covering also : a sheltered state or stage of being or growthThe Law Center is taking a week off to re-energize and re-center ourselves as we go through a...
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Posted on April 1, 2021
By: Samantha Greyson, The Daily Texan Excerpt: Charlotte Tsui, staff attorney for the Sustainable Economies Law Center, said a mutual aid fund is the final recipient of the gift donation, but it can be characterized as a gift agent for tax purposes and act as a means to transfer gifts from...
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