Resources helpful to MAPE members:

UnionBase

2025

• "Are Unions the Missing Voice in the AI Debate?" Read the article here. 
• "Judge: "A President Is Not A King" Read the article here.
• "Trump Orders Layoffs at 7 Agencies as Unions Secure Jobs for Probationary Workers" Click here for the report.
• "Trump's Tariff Shock and ATTACK on Unions Biggest Policy MISTAKE in 95 Years?" YouTube video here.

UC Berkeley Labor Center

2022

• "California’s Labor Market in the Time of COVID-19" - Chartbook Feb 2022 Click here to read the chartbook. 
• "How will Californians’ health coverage sources change when the public health emergency ends?" Click here to read the blog post.
• "California’s Labor Market in the Time of COVID-19" - Chartbook May 2022 Click here to read the updated chartbook.
• "Marin Public Pension Series – Brief #2: Understanding the Financial Status, Cost, and Sustainability of Public Pensions in Marin County" Click here to read the report.
• "Low-Wage Work in California Data Explorer" Click here to view the data explorer.
• "FAST Recovery Act will raise labor standards and open new opportunities for fast-food worker organizing in California" Click here to learn more.

​2023

• "Many California family child care providers will now be better able to afford health care." Click here to learn more.
• "Why the CalEITC and Young Child Tax Credit Matter." Learn More About the CalEITC.
• "Q&A: What Does the Projected Budget Shortfall Mean for California?" Click here to read the full report.
• "State workers struggle to make ends meet throughout California; Women, Black, and Latino workers are disproportionately affected." Click here to read the report.
• "California’s Uninsured in 2024: Medi-Cal expands to all low-income adults, but half a million undocumented Californians lack affordable coverage options." Click here to read the full report.
• "What difference would a $25/hr wage make to health care workers?" Click here to read the full blog post.
• "End of Pandemic Food Assistance Could Push Millions over the Hunger Cliff." Click here to read the full fact sheet. 
• "Supporting Students Requires Investments Beyond the Classroom." Click here to read the full commentary.
• "Extending Covered California subsidies to DACA recipients would fill coverage gap for 40,000 Californians." Click here for the blog post.
• "The vast majority of California’s independent contractors are still covered by the ABC test." Click here for the report. 
• "Proposed health care minimum wage increase: State costs would be offset by reduced reliance on the public safety net by health workers and their families." Click here for the report. 
• "A historic wave of labor organizing sweeps college campuses." Click here to read more.
• "Hot Labor School Year: California Leads the Way to Educate High School Students on Workplace Rights." Click here to read the article.

2024

• "Gig Passenger and Delivery Driver Pay in Five Metro Areas." Click here to read the report.
• "Low-Wage Work in California Data Explorer 2024." Click here to explore the resource.
• "Medi-Cal Enrollment by District and County 2024" Click here to see the report.
• "Who are California’s American Indian and Alaska Native low-wage workers?" Click here for the article.

2025

• "States can still build from Biden’s wins on clean energy and jobs" Click here for the article.
• "Highligting the diversity of California's Asian American and Pacific Islander workforce" Click here for the article.
• "Disrupting Disparities: Ending the Black Women Wage Gap in California" Click here for the article. 
• "DOGE Email Questioning Federal Employees Receives Pushback" Click here for the article
• "BREAKING: Trump's Firing Order Blocked" Click here for the article 
• "How Republican-Led Budget Cuts Could Impact Californians in Every Congressional District" Click here for the article
• "States can still build from Biden’s wins on clean energy and jobs" Click here to read.

Center for American Progress: What do unions do for the middle class?

​California Public Employee Relations

California Alliance for Retired Americans

California Budget & Policy Center

​2022

• "Statement on Governor Newsom's Proposed 2021-22 Budget." Click here to read the statement. 
• "First Look: Governor's Proposed Budget Responds to Emergency Needs of the Pandemic, Misses Opportunities for Urgent and Ongoing Investments." Click here to read the report. 
• "California Loses Nearly $70 Billion Annually Through Tax Breaks." Click here to read the fact sheet.
• "Youngest Californians Need Continuous Medi-Cal Coverage." Click here to read the fact sheet.
• "State Leaders Have Opportunity to Provide Targeted Relief to Californians Struggling to Make Ends Meet." Click here to read the press release.
• "Understanding the Governor’s 2022-23 May Revision." Click here to read the report.
• "Students Need Financial Support for Higher Education & Career Paths." Click here to read the report.
• "State Leaders Should Prioritize LGBTQ+ Californians’ Mental Health." Click here to read the report.
• "State Leaders Need to Provide Significant Relief. Here’s How." Click here to read more.
• "More Support Needed For California K-12 Students Experiencing Homelessness." Click here to read more.
• "Keeping California Communities Safe Starts with Understanding Crime Rates." Click here to read more. 
• "What is the California Earned Income Tax Credit?" Click here to read more.
• "California Set To Become World’s 4th Largest Economy. Who is Left Out?" Click here to read more
• "Q&A: What Would a Windfall Profits Tax Mean for California?" Click here to read more
• "In Good Times and Bad, California’s Black and Latinx Workers Bear the Burden of Unemployment." Click here to read more.

2023

• "First Look: Understanding the Governor’s Proposed 2023-24 State Budget." Click here to learn more.
• "California’s Child Care Providers Need a Substantial Pay Raise." Click here to learn more.
• "Three Ways State Policymakers Can Raise Revenues to Advance California’s Priorities." Click here to read the full report.
• "California Workers Left Behind Due to Inadequate Paid Sick Leave." Click here to learn more
• "CalFresh Helps Millions of Californians Put Food on the Table." Click here to learn more. 
• "Supporting Students Requires Investments Beyond the Classroom." Click to read the full commentary.
• "Bilingual Teacher Shortage Threatens Students’ Bilingual Opportunity." Click here for the fact sheet. 
• "Homelessness Among Latinx Californians: An Alarming Increase." Click here for the fact sheet
• "Less Than 2% of State Tax Breaks Go to Californians with Low Incomes." Click here to learn more
• "Californians in Every Legislative District Benefit from the CalEITC." Click here for the fact sheet.
• "The 2023-24 California State Budget Explained." Click here to learn more about the budget.
• "Mending Harmful Family Fees: Expanding Possibilities for California Families." Click here to read the article.
• "Homelessness Among Latinx Californians: An Alarming Increase." Click here for the fact sheet.
• "College Students Deserve Better Access to Food Assistance." Click here for the fact sheet.
• "Supporting Economic Security for LGBTQ+ Californians." Click here for the fact sheet.
• "Poverty is Rising in California: What Can Policymakers Do?" Click to read the report.
• "Continuing the Path Toward Universal Health Coverage in California" Click here to read the article.

2024​

• “What is the California Earned Income Tax Credit?” Click here to learn more
• “Understanding Proposition 1” Click here to read Q&A
• “First Look: Understanding the Governor's 2024-25 State Budget Proposal” Click here to learn more
• “Statement on the Joint Legislative Budget Plan” Click here to read the press release
• “Closing Prisons Can Help Avoid Cuts, Fund Vital Safety Net and Health Programs” Click here for the fact sheet
• “The Rise of Homelessness Among California’s Older Adults” Click here to learn more
• “The 2024-25 California State Budget Explained” Click to read the report
• "Crime in California Remains Well Below Historical Peaks" Click here to check out the data hit
• "California’s Undocumented Residents Make Significant Tax Contributions" Click here to read the report
• "Universal Health Coverage in California: Progress and Key Policy Actions" Click here to read the article
• "Federal Funds Drive One-Third of California’s State Budget" Click here to read more

2025

• "How Republican-Led Budget Cuts Could Impact Californians in Every Congressional District" Click here to read the report.
• "Republicans Are Pushing Medicaid Cuts — Here’s How They’d Affect California" Click here for the fact sheet.
• "Republican-Proposed CalFresh Cuts Put Millions of Californians at Risk of Hunger" Read the issue brief.
• "Paperwork Over People: Why Republican “Work Requirements” Fail Families" Click for the report.
• "Two California Families, Two Futures: The Real Cost of Federal Budget Cuts" Read the issue brief.
• "​​Q&A: What’s Behind California’s Rising Medi-Cal Spending?" See the answers here.
• "10 Years of the CalEITC" Read the update.
• "First Look: Understanding the Governor’s 2025-26 May Revision" Click for the report.

Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division News

• "$5.6M for 1,398 Misclassified Workers" Click here for the full story.
• "$1.65M for 83 Workers" Click here for the full story.
• "$1.5M for 194 Workers" Click here for the full story.
• "$500K for 48 Workers" Click here for the full story.

KQED The Bay

• How We Got Here Part 1: The 'Great Risk Shift' from Companies to Workers." Click here to listen.
• "How We Got Here Part 2: The Attack on Worker Power." Click here to listen. 

AFL-CIO

• "Building Power for Working People. Benefits from Forming or Joining a Union." Click here to read more.

NPR

• "The flight attendants of CHAOS." Click here to read the article.