The smaller the business, the bigger the raise?
”Survey says” looks at various rankings and scorecards judging geographic locations while noting these grades are best seen as a mix of art and data. Buzz: States with smaller businesses — including...
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Target boosts its starting pay for some jobs to $24 an hour
By Parija Kavilanz | CNN Business Target announced Monday that it is raising its starting wage for workers in some positions to up to $24. The Minneapolis-based retailer said the increase will apply to...
View ArticleDozens protest alleged wage theft at Saratoga McDonald’s
Dozens gathered outside a McDonald’s in Saratoga Tuesday afternoon after two employees walked off the job to protest disrespectful treatment and lost wages. Seberiana Reymundo and Maria Garcia,...
View ArticleCommission raises pay of Oakland City Council members above $100,000
Oakland City Council members will get a raise that boosts their salaries above the $100,000 mark. The 6.3% pay increase was unanimously approved Wednesday by the city’s Public Ethics Commission. It is...
View ArticleAirlines fight California law that expands breaks for employees
By DAVID KOENIG | The Associated Press DALLAS — The airline industry is escalating its campaign against a California law that gives pilots and flight attendants who are based there more rest and meal...
View ArticleJudge: Minor leaguers work year-round, MLB violated wage law
By RONALD BLUM | The Associated Press NEW YORK — A federal judge ruled that minor leaguers are year-round employees who work during training time and found Major League Baseball violated Arizona state...
View ArticleNYC Amazon workers vote to form union in first for company
By Haleluya Hadero and Anne D’Innocenzio | Associated Press NEW YORK — Amazon workers in Staten Island, New York, voted to unionize on Friday, marking the first successful U.S. organizing effort in the...
View ArticleAmazon’s Bay Area expansion faces pushback
Amazon has changed its plans for at least five new warehouses across the Bay Area in recent months amid pushback from labor unions and environmental groups. Since 2020, the company and its affiliates...
View ArticleApple to boost pay for US workers as inflation bites
By Mark Gurman and Josh Eidelson | Bloomberg Apple Inc. is raising salaries for workers in the US by 10% or more as it faces a tight labor market and the spread of unionization efforts across its...
View ArticleUnion effort fails at Marin County Starbucks
An effort to unionize a Starbucks in Mill Valley fell short by a single vote. Ella Clark, 17, a barista who led the campaign at the Strawberry store, said six workers voted yes and seven no. She said...
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Walmart hikes pay for more than 1,600 California pharmacy techs
Walmart has boosted hourly wages for its more than 36,000 Walmart and Sam’s Club pharmacy technicians, including more than 1,600 in California. The mega-retailer said it also plans to hire 5,000...
View ArticlePresident Biden says he’s ‘proud’ of Apple workers voting to unionize
By Jenny Leonard and Josh Wingrove | Bloomberg President Joe Biden applauded Apple Inc. store workers near Baltimore after they voted for a union Saturday, becoming the first organized outlet in the...
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Opinion: California restaurant board plan would increase prices
Over the past two years, COVID’s effects on small businesses have been profound. I am one of the lucky ones — a restaurant owner that made it through the pandemic. Romy Uppal owns Saffron Indian...
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Los Angeles enacts $25 minimum wage for healthcare workers
Healthcare workers in Los Angeles just got a raise. Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti signed an ordinance Friday, July 8 that sets a $25-an-hour minimum wage for healthcare workers in the city. The law...
View ArticleMinimum wage increase to $18 could be before California voters in 2024
California voters could, in 2024, decide if the state’s minimum wage should increase to $18 per hour. California’s minimum wage is already set to increase to $15.50 for all workers in 2023 (50 cents...
View ArticleLetters: Do your homework | Ban CCUS | Solar waste | Promoting overpopulation...
Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor. Do homework before heading to Texas Re. “Californians are fleeing state income tax,” Page 6, July 21: I keep reading...
View ArticleFremont employees get raises, while city still leaning on $22 million in...
FREMONT — Raises are in store for almost every city employee in Fremont, even though the city is still leaning on more than $20 million in federal pandemic recovery funds to patch holes in its budget...
View ArticleOpinion: California workers urgently need an $18 an hour minimum wage
Californians may have gotten temporary relief recently when gas prices finally fell to about $6 a gallon this month, down from as high as $8 per gallon in June in Los Angeles County. Inflation has...
View ArticleRenting in the Bay Area on a minimum wage salary? You’ll need at least 3 jobs
Trying to rent a two-bedroom, Bay Area apartment on a minimum-wage salary? You’ll need to hold down at least three full-time jobs to make it happen. That’s the alarming conclusion from a new nationwide...
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California fast-food worker pay falls ‘far below a living wage,’ report says
California’s fast-food workers are paid nearly $3 an hour less — or nearly $6,000 less a year — than workers in comparable service-sector jobs across the state, according to a new report from UC San...
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