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Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher

@lorenagonzalez.bsky.social
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President —California Federation of Labor Unions, AFL-CIO Breast Cancer Survivor Former Assemblywoman Latina

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NextGen Policy @nextgenpolicy.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Consumers shouldn't pay different prices based on their perceived willingness to pay more using personal data -- aka "desperation pricing" -- @lorenagonzalez.bsky.social. CA Senate pass #AB2564 to ban this predatory practice! Thank you @asmchrisward.bsky.social & Asm Kalra for your leadership.
Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher, President of the California Labor Federation speaking on AB 2564Assemblymember Chris Ward (AD 78) speaking on AB 2564Assemblymember Ash Kalra (AD 25) speaking on AB 2564
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San Diego TRUST Coalition @sandiegotrust.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Join, learn, plot, and dream at TRUST Coalition's Safety in Unity conference. Educate and organize for the fight against mass #surveillance in #sandiego! September 20, 11am-3pm in City Heights We're thrilled about our keynote @lorenagonzalez.bsky.social, President @californialabor.bsky.social
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Power At Work @poweratwork.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Learn how @AFLCIO’s state federations of labor are taking on AI in @poweratwork.bsky.social's new blogcast! @mrsethharris.bsky.social is joined by Pres Lorena Gonzalez of @californialabor.bsky.social & Pres Chrissy Lynch of Mass AFLCIO to discuss! poweratwork.us/blogcast-103...
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Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher @lorenagonzalez.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
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Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher @lorenagonzalez.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
No warrant, no explanation. Plain clothed men took her to San Diego ICE where she was later released because she has an asylum case. The terror is the point.
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Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher @lorenagonzalez.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Unbelievable. The housing bill the Governor is requiring for the budget deal would eliminate residential prevailing wage for construction workers. The “replacement wage” goes backwards & doesn’t meet the threshold set for fast food or hospital workers in CA. We oppose. #caleg
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Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher @lorenagonzalez.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
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joegarofoli.bsky.social @joegarofoli.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Democrats are spending $20 million to learn how to talk to men. Here’s what they should do instead. Listen to @joan-c-williams.bsky.social www.sfchronicle.com/politics/joe... @seiu.org @lorenagonzalez.bsky.social
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Democrats are spending $20 million to learn how to talk to men. Here’s what they should do instead
UC Law San Francisco professor Joan C. Williams offers far better advice into how Democrats can win back working-class voters rather than investing in the “Speaking with American Men” program.
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Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher @lorenagonzalez.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
I’m going to be at the rally in downtown LA tomorrow. We are asking everyone to lift their voice in a peaceful protest! Please do not give the administration what they want. We can fight back without being violent!
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Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher @lorenagonzalez.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
I say this often.
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Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher @lorenagonzalez.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Regulating AI for privacy, safety & jobs should be on every legislator’s agenda. Even if the Governor insists on vetoing almost every piece of legislation. It is a top concern for almost ALL Californians. Giving up and giving in should not be an option. Keep pushing calmatters.org/politics/202...
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Governors keep vetoing these California bills, yet they return every year
Why lawmakers resurrect policy proposals that have been rejected, often with the backing of big donors.
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Laura J. Nelson @laurajnelson.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
At the state Democratic Party convention, @lorenagonzalez.bsky.social tells the labor caucus: “We have to demand that the future of this Democratic Party [does] not abandon working people in order to please tech bros and people at cocktail parties and billionaires who don't give us a shit about us.”
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Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher @lorenagonzalez.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Thank you @jasonsisney.bsky.social - your values are always on display! … time for others to stand up against this stupidity.
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Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher @lorenagonzalez.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Un regulated AI, Big Tech libertarianism, the deregulation “Abundance” agenda… If that’s the direction of the Democratic Party, we will lose every National election.
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California Democrats @cademocrats.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
We’re proud to welcome President @lorenagonzalez.bsky.social of the California Federation of Labor Unions to the California Democratic Party Convention! A fearless fighter for working people, Gonzalez has spent her career standing up for California’s working families #CAStrong
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Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher @lorenagonzalez.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
There is a tech tsunami coming & it’s time for elected officials to stop ignoring the costs of AI to jobs, safety & privacy. It’s not just driverless trucks & union busting we are worried about. AI could wipe out half of entry-level white-collar jobs in the next 5 yrs. www.axios.com/2025/05/28/a...
axios.com
Behind the Curtain: Top AI CEO foresees white-collar bloodbath
Hardly anyone is paying attention.
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California Federation of Labor Unions @californialabor.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Speaking next is @californialabor.bsky.social President @lorenagonzalez.bsky.social, who pointed out how there’s one side with all the billionaires and corporate execs, and then there is the side with the workers. Which side are you on? She’s sticking with the unions, 100% of the time!
California Labor Federation President Lorena Gonzalez points up as she speaks to conference members.
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California Nurses Association @calnurses.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
As the daughter of a nurse, @lorenagonzalez.bsky.social knows firsthand — nurses are the heart of the labor movement!
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UPTE @uptecwa.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
President of the California Federation of Labor Unions @lorenagonzalez.bsky.social understands that for UC to live up to its mission, it must invest in frontline workers. It’s time to reset UC’s priorities for our patients, students, and research. #UC #ResetUCPriorities #UnionStrong #UnionPower
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Lilly Irani @gleemie.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
The Labor Center is seeking a Program and Comms Manager, and applications close next week! Come build labor education and research to improve life for California workers! employment.ucsd.edu/program-and-...
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Program and Communications Manager - 134205
Apply for Program and Communications Manager - 134205 position at UC San Diego in Remote, National on https://employment.ucsd.edu/
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Andrew Sheeler @andrewsheeler.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
“We need guardrails and we need regulation that applies to everybody,” @lorenagonzalez.bsky.social said. “It doesn't matter where you work. You should have that right to privacy.”
politico.com
POLITICO Technology: California Decoded Preview
California's leading labor group explains its push to regulate workplace surveillance tools.
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Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher @lorenagonzalez.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Welcome Andrew to our team!
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Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher @lorenagonzalez.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Stopping all spending on clean energy while doubling down on AI infrastructure, which requires a massive increase in energy production, feels like *someone* is actively trying to accelerate climate change, extreme weather, and the total destruction of our planet. 🤔
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Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher @lorenagonzalez.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Looks like we all got played by Trump, billionaires and the Chinese government. Tik Tok is back already. Modern day hostage release.
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Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher @lorenagonzalez.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Happy New Year!
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Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher @lorenagonzalez.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Good morning Amazon!
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Labor Tech Research Network @labortechresearchnetwork.org · 19/12/2024
The “Injury-Productivity Trade-off”: How Amazon’s Obsession with Speed Creates Uniquely Dangerous Warehouses www.help.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
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Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher @lorenagonzalez.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
Its about work. It’s always about work. www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
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Column: How organized labor boosted California Democrats — by not talking like Democrats
The California Labor Federation shunned partisanship in favor of a campaign focusing on hard work and noting the lack of congressional accomplishment. The strategy helped flip a handful of House seats...
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Gretchen Newsom @gretchennewsom.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
How Unions boosted CA Democrats — by not talking like Dems. NOT ‘Take Back The House’ - it’s Fire Congress for Failing at their Job! We’ve got to listen to Union Members and talk about dignity of work. @lorenagonzalez.bsky.social @californialabor.bsky.social www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
latimes.com
Column: How organized labor boosted California Democrats — by not talking like Democrats
The California Labor Federation shunned partisanship in favor of a campaign focusing on hard work and noting the lack of congressional accomplishment. The strategy helped flip a handful of House seats...
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David Seligman for Colorado Attorney General @seligmanforag.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Corporate lawyers and Trump judges have built a system where Amazon gets to go to court to try and dismantle a 90 year old worker protection agency but gets to use fine print forced arbitration to try and throw workers it forced to pee in bottles out of court.
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Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher @lorenagonzalez.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Are you a current or former journalist with quick and solid writing skills looking to use your skills for societal good — in a good paying, union job. Please check out or job posting! bit.ly/calaborcomms
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Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher @lorenagonzalez.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Shame on Senators Sinema & Manchin for turning their backs on the very workers who initially got them elected to office. And shame on every Republican who claims to be pro-worker for showing how little they respect the right & protections of Americans to voluntarily join together in a union.
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Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher @lorenagonzalez.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Union buster.
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Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher @lorenagonzalez.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Unpopular view on the left: Tariffs are good, actually. And if they had been properly used in the past could’ve helped us save countless American manufacturing jobs. Instead, we married ourselves to “free” trade, or “fair” trade. Neoliberalism has unfortunately infected our party.
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Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher @lorenagonzalez.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
If it were your kid, what would you do? Of course he pardoned him.
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Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher @lorenagonzalez.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Happy Thanksgiving!
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Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher @lorenagonzalez.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Well, that’s the best Secretary of Labor we could ever hope for in a Trump Administration. So, there’s that.
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Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher @lorenagonzalez.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Heard a story about a striking Kaiser worker today who has to sell her plasma to make ends meet! This is the backward “pro-labor” state we live in that prohibits workers from accessing their Unemployment Benefits when they are forced to go on strike!
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Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher @lorenagonzalez.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Proud to join NUHW on the picket line this morning in West LA. These brave workers are fighting for their patients and their retirement security! Thank you to our CSEA leaders for making it out!
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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 21/11/2024
It's kinda weird to me that UFW had 80% membership growth after major state level labor law reform and basically none of the labor pundits talk about it hrmm wonder why that is 🤔
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Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher @lorenagonzalez.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
2000 @unitehere.bsky.social Local 2 hotel workers have been on strike for 60 days! Loved joining these brave workers tonight!
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Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher @lorenagonzalez.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Joy on the picket line! @afscme3299.bsky.social and @uptecwa.bsky.social taking it to UC! Proud to join them at UCSF!
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Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher @lorenagonzalez.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Important read. Personally, I am a tried & true progressive. Yet, our voters (even in CA Central Valley & IE) are facing economic issues that we too often ignore. Social issues are easy for CA legislators— it doesn’t piss off donors. Lets do the hard work: economics. www.latimes.com/california/s...
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News Analysis: If Democrats want to win back the American people, does California need to stand down?
As the tip of the spear for Democrats nationally, California pushes the party to the left. President-elect Donald Trump's victory in the 2024 presidential election suggests the party — and California ...
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Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher @lorenagonzalez.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Folks can complain every day about California taking too long to count. But, that’s because we have laws to ensure every single legally cast ballot by Election Day (mailed or in person) is counted. That’s fucking as American as it gets! (proud to have written or co-authored all of those laws!)
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Lucas O’Connor @loc.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Just @lorenagonzalez.bsky.social inspiring the world out here
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Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher @lorenagonzalez.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Totally agree with my friend Jorts here. Cheap labor is not what we should be pining for… and God knows we don’t want an expansion H-2A visas.
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Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher @lorenagonzalez.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Go Derek Tran!
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Evan Sutton @evansutton.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
#FF three of California's best and brightest Labor voices — @lorenagonzalez.bsky.social @carolkim.bsky.social and @gretchennewsom.bsky.social. These are leaders you'd want to ride into battle with. Three of the best campaigners and most fearless fighters you'll meet.
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Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher @lorenagonzalez.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
I said this yesterday, then I saw the anti-public health, worm in the brain, anti-vaxx, anti-dental health guy get named as HHS Secretary. Please tell me this is a bad joke.
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Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher @lorenagonzalez.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
I have to keep checking if these Trump cabinet announcements are onion articles or SNL skits. Unbelievable.
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