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Let's talk strategy.nothing was done by any administration....no matter who was president or state governor....California has been sinking in quality since at least the 90's maybe in the late 80's....
We are where we are: unions are gutted, most of us are “at-will” employees, pensions are gone, and your job is just a transaction now. You sell your time and lose your benefits the second a spreadsheet says you’re not needed.
That lopsided setup didn’t fall from the sky, it was built over decades of policy choices that shifted power and security from workers to employers.
At this point there are only two realistic ways to rebalance it:
(1) rebuild power and security inside the workplace (unions, just-cause laws, retirement protections), or
(2) rebuild it outside the workplace through tax and social policy (health care, retirement, wage supports, child benefits, etc.).
Democrats are open to either mix of those solutions. Republicans are basically defending the status quo, where workers carry all the risk and employers keep all the flexibility, power, and profit.