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Melissa Gomez @melissagomez.bsky.social · 1d

Californian detained on Gaza-bound flotilla deported to Jordan from Israel prison, by @suhauna.bsky.social
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Californian detained on Gaza-bound flotilla deported to Jordan from Israel prison

Israeli naval forces intercepted aid vessels headed to Gaza, taking into custody Southern California native David Adler, among other passengers and crew.

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suhauna hussain @suhauna.bsky.social · 13h

this week i wrote abt the family of a San Fernando Valley man who was among hundreds of Gaza flotilla activists detained when Israeli naval forces seized their boats. now, LA-based journalist Emily Wilder who was on a second convoy has been detained www.latimes.com/california/s...

Californian detained on Gaza-bound flotilla deported to Jordan from Israel prison

Israeli naval forces intercepted aid vessels headed to Gaza, taking into custody Southern California native David Adler, among other passengers and crew.

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suhauna hussain @suhauna.bsky.social · 5d

Gov. Gavin Newsom today signed into law a deal that will allow hundreds of thousands of rideshare drivers in California to bargain collectively while still being classified as independent contractors. we wrote about how the union process would work: www.latimes.com/california/s...

Uber and Lyft drivers can unionize under new law signed by Newsom. How does it work?

Drivers for Uber and Lyft now have collective bargaining rights after a rare compromise between unions and Silicon Valley.

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suhauna hussain @suhauna.bsky.social · 8d

Responding to the Trump administration‘s hampering of federal regulators, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday signed a bill greatly expanding California’s power over workplace disputes and union elections.
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Newsom signs bill expanding California labor board oversight of employer disputes, union elections

Responding to the Trump administration's hampering of federal regulators, Gov.

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Melissa Gomez @melissagomez.bsky.social · 12d

Army vet George Retes Jr. was trying to get to work on July 10 at Glass House during an ICE raid. He was handcuffed and jailed for 3 days without explanation. After he wrote about his arrest, DHS accused him of assault, which he called a baffling accusation.
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A U.S. veteran spoke out against his wrongful arrest by ICE. Now he’s being accused of assault

George Retes Jr. wrote an op-ed about his arrest during the Glass House ICE raid in July. He says DHS is now spreading falsehoods against him for speaking out.

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Anthony Lydgate @anthonylydgate.bsky.social · 13d

This is the story, in federal workers’ words, of “what happened when the world’s most powerful man unleashed the world’s richest one on the world’s most complex institution.”

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The Story of DOGE, as Told by Federal Workers

WIRED spoke with more than 200 federal workers in dozens of agencies to learn what happened as the Department of Government Efficiency tore through their offices.

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suhauna hussain @suhauna.bsky.social · 13d

After 8 months hiding in the basement of an L.A. church fearing immigration agents, a Venezuelan mom decided to voluntarily leave the U.S. split up her family and try to make a life in Mexico. story by @melissagomez.bsky.social www.latimes.com/california/s...

One refugee's painful journey. Fleeing the U.S. and splitting up her family amid the Trump-era raids

After a life of migrating, Jerardyn thought she'd found sanctuary for her family in a Los Angeles church basement. Then her sense of security was shattered.

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Jaweed Kaleem @jaweedkaleem.bsky.social · 20d

Loyola Marymount University has abruptly stopped recognizing its faculty union after 10 months of negotiations, citing constitutional religious exemptions, @suhauna.bsky.social reports

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Loyola Marymount abruptly rescinds recognition of faculty union, claiming religious exemption

Loyola Marymount University said it could end its engagement with the union by invoking its “constitutionally protected religious exemption” from the jurisdiction of the National Labor Relations Board...

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Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · 24d

CBP got their raid sweeps down to less than 7 minutes here in LA. By the time reporters receive tips, the raids are done and the feds are gone and with them, people. Trying to document and find patterns for these raids as a reporter has been extremely frustrating and demoralizing. It really sucks

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 24d

Thinking a lot this morning about how the dispersed nature of these kidnappings over such a broad area makes it so easy for them to avoid making bigger waves. The surface can appear totally calm while they're grabbing neighbors, and most people have no idea until/unless something flashy happens

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Michael Macher @michael-macher.bsky.social · 24d

Exactly. The real story here is that Trump is unwilling or unable to reign in workplace raids despite half-hearted rhetorical gestures to the contrary.

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Victor Narro @victornarro1.bsky.social · 24d

Long Beach cancels annual Día de los Muertos parade over fears of immigration raids

The city-sponsored parade draws large crowds to Long Beach. The decision was made because it’s “a large and very public outdoor event,” a spokesperson said.

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Long Beach cancels annual Día de los Muertos parade over fears of immigration raids

Long Beach will not hold its annual Día de los Muertos parade this year because officials say they have heard “genuine fears raised by community members” about federal immigration enforcement actions.

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Daniel Michael Hernandez @longdrivesouth.bsky.social · 26d

NEW: The classic of all classic diners The Original Pantry is reopening with new owners — including all former employees, in a deal pushed by their very shrewd union, Unite Here Local 11. More via @suhauna.bsky.social 🗒️ www.latimes.com/business/sto...

L.A.'s Original Pantry to reopen with new owner and same workers

The beloved downtown diner closed in March, after 101 years of business. Leo Pustilnikov bought the diner and an adjacent parking lot for $5.5 million.

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David Zahniser @davidzahniser.bsky.social · Sep 8

The push to repeal L.A.'s $30-per-hour minimum wage for hotel and airline workers went down in flames on Monday, falling short of the signatures needed to qualify for the ballot.

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Bid to repeal L.A.'s $30 hotel minimum wage fails to qualify for the ballot

The L.A. Alliance for Tourism, Jobs and Progress needed about 93,000 signatures to qualify the referendum for the ballot, but fell short by about 9,000, according to the City Clerk.

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James Queally @jqwritesstuff.bsky.social · Aug 14

Today, we announced that 80% of the union members @latimes.com are ready to vote yes to authorize a strike.

It has been three years without a contract, without a cost of living raise, without meaningful effort from our leaders to bargain a fair contract.

We deserve better.

So do our readers.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · Aug 10

BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.

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suhauna hussain @suhauna.bsky.social · Aug 10

gaza journalist Anas Al-Sharif has been killed. he was reporting on israeli bombardment an hour ago.

no forgiveness for newsroom leaders in the west who manufactured consent for the mass murder of palestinian journalists. inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un

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David Zahniser @davidzahniser.bsky.social · Aug 10

In Los Angeles, it's the summer of the burn-it-down ballot measure, with labor leaders and business groups waging a high-stakes battle over tourism wages, CEO pay, city tax cuts and other issues.

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L.A. passed a $30 minimum wage for tourism workers. Then came the warring ballot measures

Labor leaders and business groups, looking to gain the upper hand, have submitted proposals that, if approved by voters, would disrupt the city in enormous ways.

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Sean Beckner-Carmitchel @acatwithnews.bsky.social · Aug 9

Here’s the moment LAPD ordered media along with protestors against the wall, despite requests for a supervisor as well as reminders that PC409.7(b) specifically exempts media from dispersal orders. Never made contact with a PIO. didn’t speak with a supervisor for a very long time after being cuffed.

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suhauna hussain @suhauna.bsky.social · Jul 23

Several news outlets and journalism groups urge intervention to stop Israel’s starving and killing of Palestinian journalists

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suhauna hussain @suhauna.bsky.social · Jul 22

“I’m staggering from hunger” - Anas al-Sharif, a Palestinian journalist in Gaza

suhauna hussain @suhauna.bsky.social · Jul 22

palestinian journalists in Gaza are selling their equipment to buy food

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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · Jul 22

Latino neighborhoods overwhelmingly targeted in immigration raids, rights group says

In an analysis of immigration raids in Los Angeles County since June, federal agents targeted placed in Panorama City the most often, according to the rights group CHIRLA. The ten zip codes with the highest number of raids were in heavily Latino neighborhoods.

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suhauna hussain @suhauna.bsky.social · Jul 11

immigration raid at cannabis farm led a farmworker to fall several stories from a building. the worker is not expected to survive.
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Immigration raid at cannabis farm leads to chaos, one farmworker reportedly suffers grave injuries

Protesters blocked the roads in and out of one of the farms, and at one point federal agents drove their vehicles through the fields.

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David Zahniser @davidzahniser.bsky.social · Jun 17

L.A.'s hotel union, which just won a $30/hour minimum wage, is launching two new ballot measures.

One hikes the city's minimum wage. The other puts new restrictions on development or expansion of hotels, stadiums and the Convention Center.

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suhauna hussain @suhauna.bsky.social · Jun 11

at least five car washes in L.A. and Orange counties have been targeted by federal immigration agents in recent days, w/ more reports rolling in this afternoon. ~26 people were taken at these locations—some in unmarked vehicles. the vast majority were workers. story: www.latimes.com/business/sto...

'They are grabbing people.' L.A. and Orange County car wash workers targeted by federal immigration raids

Five car washes in Los Angeles and Orange counties have been targeted for federal immigration raids in recent days, according to CLEAN Carwash Worker Center, a labor advocacy nonprofit. At least 26 pe...

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