LA Labor Takes the Fight to the State Legislature: 2025 Joint Legislative Conference

This month, the LA Labor movement brought the priorities of working people straight to our legislators’ doorsteps in Sacramento as part of the 2025 Joint Legislative Conference sponsored by the California Federation of Labor Unions and the State Building and Construction Trades Council.  

This legislative cycle contains a number of priority bills for the LA Labor movement, such as AB 288 (McKinnor), the CA Right to Organize Act. This bill would expand PERB’s jurisdiction. It would authorize PERB to, among other things, decide unfair labor practice cases, as specified, and order all appropriate relief for a violation, including civil penalties.

SB 7 (McNerney)—No Robo-Bosses. Would bar California employers from relying primarily on AI systems, known as automated decision-making systems (ADS), to make hiring, promotion, discipline, or termination decisions without human oversight. The legislation would also prohibit the use of ADS systems that use workers’ personal information to “predict” what they’ll do in the future. 

Other priority bills attendees of the Joint Legislative Conference advocated for include AB 770 (Gonzalez), the LA Convention Center Modernization Act, AB 1138 (Bryan), and SB 630 (Allen), which seek to expand CA film tax credits. 

A special thanks to all of our affiliates who made the trip to Sacramento, including: IATSE, SEIU 1000, Teamsters, CFT, AFT 1521, AFSCME, ATU, and IAM.