With a new leader at the helm, California’s labor unions achieved major gains in this year’s legislative session, even though only 17% of the state’s workers belong to unions.
- Your trusted source on California's most pressing issues
40% to our 2,000 contributing member goal
![Miranda Griswold cuddles her three-year-old, Rhys, before bedtime at their Merced home on July 8, 2021. “Six weeks is nothing,” Griswold said of the current family leave allotment. “It’s barely time to recover [from C-section] and on top of navigating breast feeding.” Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters](https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/070821_FamilyLeave_AW_sized_08.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1)
