A rare mix of big strike wins, broad public support and a labor-friendly economy could drive union membership growth.
California Faculty Association members seeking a pay raise walked out at four of the 23 campuses this week.
With no cap on price increases for California’s utilities, Pacific Gas & Electric will hike rates 13%, which it says is needed for upgrades.
The laws that helped pull unionization down to near 10% remain on the books — but six out of 10 U.S. adults now say declining unionization...
More than 7 out of 10 think children will be worse off than their parents and favor spending on tax credits, child care and job training.
Despite the long delay to raise resort workers’ wages close to $20 an hour, their 2018 victory inspired labor collaboration driving current strikes.
The lowest income Californians are more likely to have lingering symptoms, and more likely to lose jobs.
All sides must bargain in “good faith,” but U.S. labor laws do not say what that means, and penalties are weak.
The end of pandemic relief programs is returning millions of children to poverty.
A California settlement compels the state’s largest health care provider to spend $150 million on behavioral health services.
Cuts and turnover, even more than pay, make their jobs impossible, they say.
Once known for strong employee-management relations, its workers now say staffing and pay need to rise to attract and retain the staff Kaiser needs.
The bill passed by the California Legislature would have limited benefits to keep state payments manageable.
California requires a minimum of three sick days, the least among 15 states. A bill to raise it to five days is opposed by the business...
Governor could leap past politics and sign unemployment bill just to keep striking workers in an uneven game.
Likely all Los Angeles workers, says a new study of pay and expenses. But the political will is not yet there.
As insurers reject coverage amid soaring anxiety and depression, a bill to help children and teens is quietly killed.
When one conference declined to cancel, a union walkout helped drive other concessions.
Weak labor laws allow the coffee giant to avoid contract talks.
Unionizing is not against the law; but the law is against unionizing.