Despite recent wins, union members still can’t afford to live anywhere near where they work.
Parent companies now shielded from exposure would be held accountable along with individual franchise owners.
Industry opposes a legislative bill to enact protections, but could support less stringent proposed Cal/OSHA safety requirements.
David Weil, whose 2022 Senate confirmation to a Labor Department post was blocked, says fast food companies, ride-sharing services and nonunion builders fear vigorous enforcement of labor laws.
Paid sick leave for COVID dwindles, impacting the most vulnerable employees.
U.S. companies spend an estimated $433 million per year on union avoidance consultants, new report finds.
The Union of Southern Service Workers is organizing food service, retail and health care workers through direct action against low wages and historical racism.
For the first time, they could qualify as employees and enjoy benefits and rights that have been off-limits for years.
A law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Labor Day faces a referendum driven by corporate franchisors.
Long waits for care, understaffing lead 2,000 workers to give walkout notice.
But where they don’t, millions of workers are stuck at the record-low federal floor.
With the health giant again under scrutiny by California regulators for alleged denial of care, many therapists are leaving for private practice.
When it comes to wages, baseball’s billionaires give stadium workers peanuts.
An interview with Roy Bahat, the renegade venture capitalist who believes in labor unions.
Wildland firefighters have been sounding the alarm on a lack of accessible housing. Is anyone listening?
A store in Anaheim, California becomes the latest to organize amid a national wave of dissent against the java giant.
The view from Lemon Hill, a working-class community where stress and anxiety rule the day.
The organic and vegetarian meal maker is facing a litany of complaints from employees over workplace abuses.
After teetering for weeks at the edge of a strike, Kroger and Albertsons employees approve a new union contract.
L.A. County’s labor federation, spurred by the pandemic, will launch a massive mutual aid initiative to address hunger, housing insecurity and other community needs.