On Monday the minimum wage for California fast food workers increased to $20 an hour, or 25% above the state’s $16 level. And a first-of-its-kind fast food council will give workers, …
Nearly 300 current and former Apple employees have published an open letter alleging that several retail and corporate employees of the company have been disciplined or “wrongfully terminated” for expressing …
For six years, Inland warehouse workers looked to Sacramento to beat the heat. Relief arrived Thursday, March 21, when a state board approved rules protecting workers in a range of …
I wonder what my Great Aunt Fannie would think of today’s American workplace, with a percolating revival of its labor movement. On March 25, 1911, Fannie Lansner – the 21-year-old …
As global warming raises temperatures, Cal/OSHA has approved standards that would require companies to protect employees from excessive indoor heat, particularly in warehouses. The rules still need to overcome opposition …
Glassdoor has a history of working to keep its users’ identities private, but there are concerns about these identity changes. “Glassdoor has been second to none in defending their user’s …
SALINAS – Problems with systems used at a Fresh Express processing plant that caused more than 80 employees to complain of physical symptoms has resulted in the company agreeing to …
Freed, perhaps, from a daily jaunt to the office, the average American worker now lives almost three times farther from their job than they did before the pandemic, research shows. …
Julie Su’s nomination to become the nation’s secretary of labor once again advanced out of a U.S. Senate committee on Tuesday, Feb. 27, amid a year of congressional gridlock that …
Students at UCLA and UC Riverside are demanding their schools cut ties with Starbucks until the coffee chain ends an alleged union-busting campaign against its baristas. In a show of …