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.
Low-income working families and people of color continue to be hit hardest.
Outdated 1935 federal labor act makes violations hard to prove, penalties easy to pay.
With employers stalling, unions seek to build public pressure by spotlighting CEO pay and corporate excess.
Health insurance CEOs pocket millions while citizens can’t pay the out-of-pocket.
With consolidation and industry diversification, corporate studio and hotel owners have more money to wait out strikes.
The legislation would overhaul the process to appeal denials of coverage by private health insurance companies.
Despite recent wins, union members still can’t afford to live anywhere near where they work.
The renters’ caucus is pushing to win both protections and political clout for the state’s 17 million renters.
Even the safest hospitals still display wide gaps in health outcomes based on patients’ skin color.
Puzzling denials and delays still plague some who seemed to qualify for help.
Reaching across diverse backgrounds and kinds of work, thousands of union members are sharing strategy and stories of the struggle to live and work in Los...
Two California cases probe who is pocketing those extra fees tacked onto your restaurant tab.
Safe staffing laws have worked in California — and can’t pass anywhere else.