California
California students protest massive fee hike
By Jack Cody and Josue Olmos, November 20, 2009
Students at the University of California, Los Angles and other California campuses protested massive fee hikes on Wedneday and Thursday. Police responded violently.
California finances plummet less than three months after budget passage
By Kevin Martinez and Dan Conway, November 11, 2009
The California budget deficit of $1.1 billion comes less than 10 weeks after a balanced budget deal was reached by Governor Schwarzenegger and the state legislature.
Students stage occupation to protest California budget cuts
By Marc Wells, October 20, 2009
Students at the University of California, Santa Cruz briefly occupied a campus building last week to protest cuts in education throughout the state.
California students and faculty denounce education cuts
By Andre Damon, September 25, 2009
Thousands of students, faculty, and workers rallied throughout California Thursday in opposition to budget cuts, tuition hikes, and faculty layoffs.
For a fight against education cuts in California!
By International Students for Social Equality, September 23, 2009
This statement will be distributed to California university faculty, students and staff participating in a one-day walkout on September 24 to protest layoffs, pay cuts, and tuition increases. The ISSE...
Unemployment in California reaches 70-year high
By Andrea Peters, September 21, 2009
California’s official unemployment rate, which reached 12.2 percent in August 2009, is now at its highest level since 1940.
California State University student fees jump 33 percent
By a WSWS reporting team, September 10, 2009
Students in California’s universities returned to class last week amid increases in fees and mass layoffs of faculty and staff. At San Diego State University, the ISSE intervened at a rally against ...
California: Kaiser Permanente workers protest reductions in force
By Ramón Valle and D. Lencho, September 9, 2009
Kaiser Permanente workers in California have set up pickets outside workplaces to protest company plans to lay off 1,850 statewide.
California: Hardships mount for state workers facing furloughs
By D. Lencho, September 7, 2009
As California’s economy plunges, state employees are feeling the devastating effects of furloughs.
Wildfires ravage central and southern California
By Dan Conway, September 2, 2009
Soaring temperatures across the state of California have given rise to a string of massive wildfires this past week.
Toyota announces closure of manufacturing plant in California
By Kevin Kearney, September 1, 2009
Toyota is set to close its NUMMI plant in Fremont, California, which currently employs 5,400 workers.
California braces for new round of budget cuts
By Jack Cody, August 25, 2009
The draconian budget cuts pushed through less than a month ago by the Democratic-controlled state legislature and Republican governor in California are already being declared inadequate as new economi...
