Minimum wage workers in these Bay Area cities will see pay boosts Jan. 1
When 2019 draws to a close, low-wage workers in cities across the Bay Area will ring in the decade with higher salaries as a new round of minimum wage increases takes effect on January 1. The increases...
View ArticleCalifornia’s minimum wage just went up and will continue to rise to become...
California’s minimum wage is gradually going to become the highest in the nation and could affect nearly 5 million workers. A 2018 study by the UC Berkeley Labor Center defines low-wage workers as...
View ArticlePittsburgh is better for tech workers than Silicon Valley?
Despite being home to some of the biggest, most well-known technology companies in the world, the Bay Area is somehow worse for tech workers than Seattle, Austin and… Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania? A new...
View ArticleLetter: Low wages translate to a struggling existence
Low wages translate to a struggling existence It’s no secret that minimum wage in California doesn’t support the state’s high cost of living. What has been done to help this issue is only deceit...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Alameda on track to boost minimum wage
ALAMEDA — The coronavirus may have closed businesses and left owners and workers feeling uneasy about their future, but those working in this city on minimum wage are still on track to get a raise. The...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Fremont considers delaying minimum wage increases amid pandemic
FREMONT — In an effort to protect businesses during the coronavirus pandemic, Fremont’s city council is considering delaying minimum wage increases it approved last year, frustrating some who say the...
View ArticleCoronavirus: East Bay city workers accept furloughs
HAYWARD — Some city union workers have agreed to take up to 55 hours of unpaid furloughs in the latest move by Hayward to cut spending. Hayward is facing a possible $9.6 million drop in revenue over...
View ArticleOakland, S.F. neighborhoods fastest gentrifying in U.S.
Nearly one-third of poor neighborhoods in Oakland and San Francisco experienced gentrification between 2013 and 2017, the highest rate in the country according to a new national study. San Jose was...
View ArticleH-1B: Government issues first-ever official estimate of visa population in U.S.
The federal government on Friday issued a first-ever official estimate of the number of people in the U.S. who hold the controversial H-1B work visa, intended for jobs requiring specialized skills but...
View ArticleCoronavirus economy: Bay Area boasts nation’s highest wages
Bay Area workers went into the early stages of the coronavirus outbreak with some of the highest wages in the nation — and in the case of the South Bay, the highest wages — a new federal report shows....
View ArticleH-1B visa: Trump administration proposes to scrap lottery in favor of...
The Trump administration on Wednesday announced plans to scrap the H-1B visa lottery and replace it with wage-based selection. But a prominent critic of the government’s immigration policies said the...
View ArticleWomen workers in this Bay Area county might not be faring as well as you’d...
Women in Santa Clara County are the most likely in California to work a low-wage job. They also face California’s third highest gender income gap, according to a new analysis by the California Budget...
View Article10 cities in San Mateo County hike minimum wage for 2021
By Astrid Casimire | Bay City News Foundation In 2021, several cities in San Mateo County will increase local minimum wage beyond California’s 2021 rate of $14 per hour for employers with more than 25...
View ArticleMilpitas approves new construction anti-wage theft rules
MILPITAS — In an effort to help prevent wage theft and other labor law violations on construction projects in the city, the Milpitas City Council is taking novel steps to hold developers more...
View ArticleGoogle union claims workers muzzled on pay
Google and a Google contractor broke federal law by forbidding workers from discussing their wages with each other, a newly formed union claimed in its first complaint to the National Labor Relations...
View ArticleCostco raises its minimum wage in US to $16 an hour
By Nathaniel Meyersohn | CNN Business Costco will raise its starting rate for hourly store workers in the United States to $16 an hour, putting its starting wage above rivals such as Amazon, Target and...
View ArticleSenate official: Minimum wage increase can’t be in COVID bill
By Susan Cornwell and Eric Beech | Reuters WASHINGTON – In a blow to Democrats, the Senate parliamentarian ruled the chamber cannot include President Joe Biden’s proposed $15-an-hour minimum wage in a...
View ArticleGrocers sue San Jose and Daly City over forced hazard pay mandates
The California Grocers Association is suing the cities of San Jose and Daly City over new regulations requiring large grocers to boost the hourly wages of employees who are risking their health to...
View ArticleCOVID: Concord grocery store workers will make $5-per-hour hazard pay
CONCORD — Concord will follow several other California cities in requiring large grocery stores to give workers a “hazard pay” raise of $5 an hour for putting themselves at risk of exposure to COVID-19...
View ArticleBad news: California wages jump 12%, by this math
California wages were rising at a 12% annual clip last year, according to one measurement — and that spike was essentially bad news. One of my favorite economic indicators is employment data derived...
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