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Although no strike is reportedly on the immediate horizon, the Service Employees International Union "announced that 74 percent of its membership approved [a] strike authorization in votes counted Saturday," according to abc7.com, and "union leaders will meet in the coming week to decide what steps to take."

A pact was reached early this morning between Service Employees International Union Local 1000, which represents over 90,000 workers employed by the State of California, and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's administration that cut the mandatory workday furloughs from two days to one per month, the Sacramento Bee is reporting. "The deal also includes fewer paid holidays, changes to how overtime is calculated, kicks in more for employees' health insurance premiums and limits layoffs." According to SEIU Local 1000 president Yvonne Walker "The talks were grueling." However, both parties wanted to reach an agreement ahead of the vote to approve the state budget, which is due to take place tonight in Sacramento.

Early yesterday afternoon, members of SEIU Local 1877 who work at LAX in a variety of capacities in jobs as janitors, skycaps, and wheelchair attendants, went on strike. They have been seeking "higher wages and affordable health care," explaining that they wish to have more pay and security in order to ensure the quality of their lives and their work. The workers opted to strike only when talks between their union and the 9 contractors who broker their employment with LAX hit a stalemate. Although the walk-out was not expected to derail operations at the city's very busy airport, it did affect travel times for customers of United, Southwest, and American.

Last week they authorized it, today at 1:30 p.m. they take action. The SEIU Local 1877, who is made up of workers such as janitors and wheelchair attendants, are striking to protest after a failed bargaining session about improved wages, benefits and training. According to LAX officials, they are not expecting impacts as these workers fall under the purview of various airline companies. They said to maybe add an extra 10 minutes to your arrival time, which they recommend to be two hours for domestic and three for international.

There's no guarantee that employees in the Service Employees International Union Local 1871 will strike, but they've overwhelmingly authorized the action if leaders choose to do so. What's going on? In short, employees like janitors, cabin cleaners, and cargo crew who are hired by subcontractors and the airlines (note, not the airport itself), say they have inadequate training, lack of proper equipment, lack of health care and low pay, according to the Associated Press.

$2 million was raised at the Los Angeles Equality Awards held in Los Angeles this past Saturday. Most of the donations went towards Equality California's NO on 8 campaign, which opposes the proposed ban on gay marriage in California. The Service Employees International Union (SEIU-California) donated $500,000, the California Teacher’s Association announced a contribution $250,000 and AT&T donated $25,000, according to the WeHoNews. Equality California also donated a half million of their own money not collected at the fundraiser that night.

While John Edwards never placed higher than 2nd in any Caucus or Primary this election season, his strong union message amplified throughout the race. But, despite his how the other half lives message, support he garnered among some unions did not translate into wins, or even very strong finishes.