Otto Lee scooped up the endorsement just weeks after Kansen Chu faced backlash for recent 'racist remarks.'

Silicon Valley Assemblyman Ash Kalra is part of a union-led coalition pushing California leaders to invest in the public safety net.

Unions say the county assigned members to nursing homes with “false assurances” that they would only treat non-COVID patients.

The Registered Nurses Professional Association says the deal will close the pay gap between county and private health facilities.

The Registered Nurses Professional Association, which represents 3,000 county employees, was poised to start the new year with a strike.

Instead of moving the social services hub to downtown San Jose, the board opted to keep it at 591 N. King Road.

That one of Jeff Smith’s staffer took off before resolving a paid-leave question with concerned union reps rubbed some folks the wrong way.

As the power goes down, so does the strike by thousands of county social service employees. At least for the time being. 

SEIU Local 521, which represents 12,000 county service employees, called the strike over alleged unfair labor practices.

SEIU Local 521 canceled negotiations with the county Thursday while as many as 1,200 workers took part in the protest for higher pay.

The county has been negotiating with SEIU for the past five months, although the union’s contract expired in mid-June.

The dispute—part of an ongoing conflict between CEO Jeff Smith and Sheriff Laurie Smith—transpired in a series of dueling memos.

County officials pledged that its bid to buy St. Louise and O’Connor hospitals will not negatively affect services offered at the facilities.

A candidate for Santa Clara County supervisor was censured by the local Democratic Central Committee over a sexual harassment claim.

Laurie Smith won two key union endorsements, making the bid to unseat her that much more of an uphill battle.

Silicon Valley workers rallied as the U.S. Supreme Court sparred over a case that could undermine the financial footing of labor unions.