Outdated 1935 federal labor act makes violations hard to prove, penalties easy to pay.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.
From Cocaine Bear to Panda Express, the fight for a living wage is the same.
How to help health care workers live where they are employed.
While it ponders ambitious new laws to improve mental health, California could strengthen what’s already on the books.
Millions in the Golden State are failing to keep on the right side of the growing wealth divide.
The district’s massive cash reserve could cover the demands of striking workers. There is a way, but is there the will?
With parents forced to quit work to replace workers they can’t afford, the child care system is in full disarray.
On the day Flying Food Group employees in L.A. had planned to picket, they found exit doors wouldn't open.
The economic future of millions of Californians hangs in the balance.