Coalition gathers signatures to stall California’s fast-food labor law
Opponents of a law aimed at boosting wages and strengthening protections for California’s 550,000 fast-food workers say they’ve gathered enough signatures for a referendum that will put AB 257 on hold...
View ArticleNew year, new minimum wage in Sunnyvale
Minimum wage up Effective Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023, the new minimum wage rate in Sunnyvale will be $17.95 per hour. The city’s ordinance adjusts the rate each year based on inflation. Any potential...
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As UC strike enters second month, grad workers risk arrest pushing for raises
By Mikhail Zinshteyn | CalMatters As a labor standoff drags into its second month at the University of California, the graduate student workers on strike are bringing their fury — and hopes for higher...
View ArticleCalifornia to end mandatory pay for workers who caught COVID at work
By ADAM BEAM | The Associated Press SACRAMENTO — California will stop making companies pay employees who can’t work because they caught the coronavirus while on the job. For the past two years,...
View ArticleStarbucks staff begin three-day strike as contract talks sour
By Josh Eidelson | Bloomberg Starbucks Corp. baristas at 60 locations throughout the US started a three-day strike on Friday, saying the company isn’t bargaining fairly with recently unionized stores....
View ArticleAre you underpaid? This new California law could help you find out
A new law that goes into effect next year could shake up salary structures at companies across California, empowering workers and calling out businesses that unfairly pay lower salaries to women or...
View ArticleMinimum wage to increase throughout the Bay Area in 2023
Starting in January, workers throughout the Bay Area will receive a higher minimum wage than they did last year. For instance, come Jan. 1, workers in Santa Clara will earn $17.20 per hour, an increase...
View ArticleNew California laws on abortion, jaywalking, rap lyrics take effect in 2023
By ADAM BEAM | Associated Press SACRAMENTO — Cheaper abortions, raises for some workers and grace for jaywalkers and loiterers are some of the hundreds of new laws that take effect in California next...
View ArticleCalifornia workers get new protections in 2023. Here’s what you need to know
Far-reaching new laws seek to better working conditions for a broad swath of Californians in 2023 from white-collar employees to blue-collar farm laborers, fast-food servers and construction workers....
View ArticleCourt order puts temporary hold on California’s fast food bill
A Sacramento Superior Court judge has placed a temporary hold on a bill aimed at boosting wages and protections for California’s fast-food workers, which had been set to go into effect Jan. 1. The Dec....
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How working from home affects household gender roles, based on a new study
By Tara De Boer | CTVNews.ca writer TORONTO (CTV Network) — While many may have adjusted to working from home since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, gender appears to play a role in who picks up...
View ArticleNetflix, Tesla post wide salary ranges under new California pay law
By Jeff Green and Matthew Boyle | Bloomberg A Tesla Inc. software engineer could earn anywhere from $83,200 to $417,600. Netflix Inc. has one job posting advertising a pay range of $90,000 to $900,000...
View ArticleEast Bay security company accused of stealing $800,000 in workers’ wages
OAKLAND — Prosecutors in Alameda County have charged the owners of a Union City-based security company with stealing more than $800,000 in wages from their employees, authorities said Friday. The...
View ArticleCalifornia’s fast-food workers’ rights bill on hold until 2024 ballot
A bill that would boost wages and promises to improve working conditions for California’s fast-food workers has been put on hold until the November 2024 election when voters will decide its outcome....
View ArticleJoe & the Juice pays $715,000 to settle discrimination charge
Joe & the Juice, a Danish coffee, juice and sandwich chain, has agreed to pay $715,000 and hire an employment monitor to settle a federal discrimination charge alleging the company has failed to...
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Google excludes thousands of workers from benefits: report
Google’s minimum wage and benefits for contractors are withheld from thousands of its U.S. contract workers, a new report from a union alleges. Google’s parent firm Alphabet in 2019 announced that,...
View ArticleCEO Howard Schultz will testify about Starbucks labor fight
By Danielle Wiener-Bronner | CNN Starbucks interim CEO Howard Schultz will testify before a Senate committee about the company’s labor practices on March 29, a reversal of Schultz’s previous refusal....
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No classes, no signs of bargaining as LAUSD strike enters Day 2
Striking Los Angeles Unified School District employees and their supporters, including teachers, rally outside LAUSD headquarters in Los Angeles on Tuesday, March 21, 2023 during the first day of a...
View ArticleLetters: Bad choice | Health care | Don’t blame Trump | Wage gap
Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor. Orinda forced into bad choice on housing A front-page story (“Cities struggle to balance state’s housing orders with...
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LAUSD strike: Mayor Bass leaps into fray, but still no deal as Day 3 begins
SEIU Local 99 and UTLA rally outside LAUSD Local District Office East Wednesday, Mar 22, 2023. The rally was held on day two of a three day strike by the Service Employees International Union Local 99...
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