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The nation’s railroad workers say while they have a new contract, they’re still fighting for quality-of-life issues. That was demonstrated at informational gatherings held in Minnesota and other states this week. The regional solidarity rallies in Minneapolis and Duluth surfaced after Congress approved a labor deal for the rail...
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Wage theft is common in low-wage industries in California. Tens of thousands of workers — in restaurants, nail salons, warehouses, farms, car washes and other industries – lose out on millions of dollars in stolen wages each year. Wage theft happens when employers deliberately pay workers below the minimum...
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California likes to see itself as a leader in climate policy. But transitioning from fossil fuels to renewable energy also will mean a major reshuffling for workers. What happens to workers in the oil and gas industry whose jobs may disappear? Will California have people with the right skills...
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On Labor Day, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced he’s signing a first-in-the-nation bill creating a council to regulate wages and working conditions in fast food restaurants. The new law will give labor advocates a long-elusive bargaining foothold in a low-wage industry that employs more than half a million non-unionized workers statewide. “California is...
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El estado dijo que el caso contra Playa Vista sería el mayor pago de robo de salarios por parte de un lavado de autos de California. Años después, Antonio Domínguez y docenas de otros lavadores de autos aún no han visto ninguno de sus salarios impagos. Antonio Domínguez nunca...
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Antonio Dominguez had never seen a car wash before moving to Los Angeles from Mexico in 1997. As a 24-year-old day laborer, he’d walk home each day, stop along a palm-lined boulevard and watch a team of mostly Mexican workers sponge, rinse, dry and polish a line of cars....
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Un sindicato que representa a 2000 trabajadores de salud mental de Kaiser Northern California anunció esta mañana planes para una huelga indefinida a partir del 15 de agosto. Entre las razones que señalaron los representantes sindicales: la alta carga de trabajo de los médicos y los pacientes que esperan...
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A union representing 2,000 Kaiser Northern California mental health workers this morning announced plans for an open-ended strike beginning Aug. 15. Among the reasons union representatives outlined: high clinician workloads and patients waiting weeks or even months for mental health care. Even as demand for care has surged, frustrated therapists are...
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Aunque los trabajadores agrícolas y de producción de alimentos fueron considerados trabajadores esenciales durante la pandemia, muchos de los empleadores de alimentos de California pusieron en peligro a esos trabajadores, violando las pautas COVID-19 de Cal/OSHA con más frecuencia que la mayoría de las industrias, según un nuevo informe....
The nation’s railroad workers say while they have a new contract, they’re still fighting for quality-of-life issues. That was demonstrated at informational gatherings held in Minnesota and other states this week. The regional solidarity rallies in Minneapolis and Duluth surfaced after Congress approved a labor deal for the rail...
Wage theft is common in low-wage industries in California. Tens of thousands of workers — in restaurants, nail salons, warehouses, farms, car washes and other industries – lose out on millions of dollars in stolen wages each year. Wage theft happens when employers deliberately pay workers below the minimum...
California likes to see itself as a leader in climate policy. But transitioning from fossil fuels to renewable energy also will mean a major reshuffling for workers. What happens to workers in the oil and gas industry whose jobs may disappear? Will California have people with the right skills...
On Labor Day, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced he’s signing a first-in-the-nation bill creating a council to regulate wages and working conditions in fast food restaurants. The new law will give labor advocates a long-elusive bargaining foothold in a low-wage industry that employs more than half a million non-unionized workers statewide. “California is...
El estado dijo que el caso contra Playa Vista sería el mayor pago de robo de salarios por parte de un lavado de autos de California. Años después, Antonio Domínguez y docenas de otros lavadores de autos aún no han visto ninguno de sus salarios impagos. Antonio Domínguez nunca...
Antonio Dominguez had never seen a car wash before moving to Los Angeles from Mexico in 1997. As a 24-year-old day laborer, he’d walk home each day, stop along a palm-lined boulevard and watch a team of mostly Mexican workers sponge, rinse, dry and polish a line of cars....
Un sindicato que representa a 2000 trabajadores de salud mental de Kaiser Northern California anunció esta mañana planes para una huelga indefinida a partir del 15 de agosto. Entre las razones que señalaron los representantes sindicales: la alta carga de trabajo de los médicos y los pacientes que esperan...
A union representing 2,000 Kaiser Northern California mental health workers this morning announced plans for an open-ended strike beginning Aug. 15. Among the reasons union representatives outlined: high clinician workloads and patients waiting weeks or even months for mental health care. Even as demand for care has surged, frustrated therapists are...
Aunque los trabajadores agrícolas y de producción de alimentos fueron considerados trabajadores esenciales durante la pandemia, muchos de los empleadores de alimentos de California pusieron en peligro a esos trabajadores, violando las pautas COVID-19 de Cal/OSHA con más frecuencia que la mayoría de las industrias, según un nuevo informe....
