Critical Audit of California’s Efforts to Reduce Homelessness Has Silver Linings
Despite transparency concerns, the state auditor’s report says two programs focusing on housing and preventing homelessness are cost-effective.
Despite transparency concerns, the state auditor’s report says two programs focusing on housing and preventing homelessness are cost-effective.
Contrary to common beliefs, many Californians in low-wage jobs are in the later stages of their work lives. They also play a crucial role in taking care of the state’s aging population.
Studies have repeatedly shown wage increases bring few job cuts and boost local economies.
New contracts will expire six months before the Games, giving workers an opening to pit public attention against employers.
The California Department of Public Health says the agency is enforcing state requirements, despite deep budget cuts.
A ballot measure to raise pay to $23 an hour could help workers in labor negotiations and boost the local economy.
It is one of the state’s greatest health needs, companies fail to live up to their policies, and the state does not invest what is needed for enforcement.
Rejecting years of unequal treatment, 20,000 low-paid California State University student assistants and workers vote to organize.
Weak laws embolden combative employers, so even with big wins and all-time high support, union membership is not keeping up with workforce growth.
Thousands of low-income patients cannot survive without MLK Hospital. The South L.A. hospital cannot survive on what it is paid by public insurance.
For many, premiums and deductibles now take three times more out of one’s budget than 20 years ago, UC Berkeley study shows.
A pay system that does not guarantee raise agreements is a key reason.
Despite a 10% raise, professors, lecturers, coaches, counselors and others will return to contract negotiations within months.
Nine Lynwood St. Francis Medical Center staffers say they were fired as retaliation for leading union protests against staff cuts.
In coverage for key areas including immunizations, mental health and well-child visits, insurers fail to deliver for those 26 and younger.
A $33 a month average rate hike took effect Jan. 1. Now PG&E wants up to $20 a month more. Reformers say it is time to cap annual increases.
In the face of weak labor laws, hospitality workers brought their fight for better wages and working conditions to the court of public opinion.
Minimum wages to rise statewide, with larger gains for fast food and health workers. More paid sick leave, workplace violence prevention rules and other worker protections are also to begin Jan. 1.
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 is bad for the country.
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.
Cuts and turnover, even more than pay, make their jobs impossible, they say.
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 lobby as it awaits Gov. Newsom’s signature.
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.
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.
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 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.
Two California cases probe who is pocketing those extra fees tacked onto your restaurant tab.
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.
The economic future of millions of Californians hangs in the balance.