A Line in the Sand: California's Historic State Worker Strike and the Erosion of the Social Contract
Tens of thousands of California state workers, represented by SEIU Local 1000, are planning a historic one-day strike, protesting what they call the Newsom administration's bad-faith bargaining over wages, healthcare, and remote work. This is a desperate and justified cry for dignity from the working class against an administration that has repeatedly balanced budgets on the backs of its own employees, undermining the very social contract that keeps our state functioning.