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Proposition 32 would raise California’s minimum wage to $18 — but would it...
A closely fought ballot initiative on the Nov. 5 ballot, bankrolled by a deep-pocketed anti-poverty crusader, would raise California’s state-wide minimum wage to $18 an hour. An extra $2 an hour is...
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Lilly Ledbetter dies at 86; one-time factory manager was pivotal in fight for...
By Alexandra Olson | Associated Press NEW YORK — Lilly Ledbetter, a former Alabama factory manager whose lawsuit against her employer made her an icon of the equal pay movement and led to landmark wage...
View ArticleCalifornia Uber and Lyft drivers could get back pay
By Levi Sumagaysay | CalMatters Tens of thousands of California ride-hailing drivers, and possibly more, could eventually get back paid after a recent US Supreme Court decision that clears the way for...
View ArticleSanta Cruz Beach Boardwalk parent company settles class action wage lawsuit...
SANTA CRUZ — The Santa Cruz Seaside Co., which operates the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, recently settled a lawsuit in Santa Cruz County Superior Court to pay nearly $6 million to a group of current and...
View ArticleBoeing’s machinists strike is over but the troubled aerospace giant still...
By DAVID KOENIG, LINDSEY WASSON, HANNAH SCHOENBAUM and CATHY BUSSEWITZ SEATTLE (AP) — Factory workers at Boeing have voted to accept a contract offer and end their strike after more than seven weeks,...
View ArticleApple illegally threatened workers over their talk about pay and remote work,...
One Apple employee was allegedly threatened with unspecified reprisals if they talked about their performance bonus. Another was purportedly ordered to delete a post on social media about how to...
View ArticleLyft fined for duping would-be drivers over potential pay
When COVID vaccines started becoming widely available in early 2021 and demand for ride-hailing services began to recover, Bay Area company Lyft launched a nationwide campaign to recruit drivers with...
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Undocumented migrants have no safety net for retirement. Many have no choice...
By KATE LINTHICUM, Los Angeles Times (TNS) LOS ANGELES — If Maria del Carmen Díaz, 69, and Jose Carlos Silva, 67, had the retirement of their dreams, they’d own a house somewhere in the California...
View ArticleThese California employees work 32 hours a week and get paid for 40. This is...
By Roxana Popescu, The San Diego Union-Tribune Here is a question for the full-time workers out there. If you added up all the minutes you squander or misallocate in a week, whether because you’re...
View ArticleStanford graduate workers agree on first contract with university
The union representing Stanford graduate workers said that they reached a tentative agreement Tuesday night with administrators on the workers’ first-ever contract with the university, averting a...
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