Category: Labor
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Fast-food workers vow to battle effort to overturn new California law Fast-food workers vow to battle effort to overturn new California law
Labor December 7, 2022

Fast-food workers vow to battle effort to overturn new California law

A coalition of business owners in California announced yesterday they had enough ... more

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California workers can now take leave to care for chosen family California workers can now take leave to care for chosen family
Labor January 3, 2023

California workers can now take leave to care for chosen family

A California law that took effect Jan. 1 expands the type of ... more

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Sturving Families: California Lawmakers Pass Bill to Increase Fines on Street Food Vendors Sturving Families: California Lawmakers Pass Bill to Increase Fines on Street Food Vendors
Labor June 30, 2022

Sturving Families: California Lawmakers Pass Bill to Increase Fines on Street Food Vendors

California’s state Senate has passed a bill this week that further cracks ... more

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Employment rate for Americans with disabilities reached record high  Employment rate for Americans with disabilities reached record high 
Labor February 24, 2023

Employment rate for Americans with disabilities reached record high 

The employment rate for Americans with disabilities hit a new record last ... more

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We Feed America: Recognizing Latino field workers for their impact on food production We Feed America: Recognizing Latino field workers for their impact on food production
Labor September 5, 2022

We Feed America: Recognizing Latino field workers for their impact on food production

They work the agricultural fields, clean the streets, the gardens, prepare food ... more

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U.S. plans to investigate abuses about child abuse in workplaces U.S. plans to investigate abuses about child abuse in workplaces
Labor February 28, 2023

U.S. plans to investigate abuses about child abuse in workplaces

Child labor is often dismissed as a problem of the past, but ... more

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Workers choose not to take paid time off Workers choose not to take paid time off
Labor August 11, 2023

Workers choose not to take paid time off

Some 46% of the U.S. workers who receive paid time off from ... more

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Latinx, Slavery and warehouses: How the industry has impacted this generation? Latinx, Slavery and warehouses: How the industry has impacted this generation?
Labor September 8, 2022

Latinx, Slavery and warehouses: How the industry has impacted this generation?

There is the discussion about the political power of Latinx, their young ... more

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300 companies commit to hiring more Latinos 300 companies commit to hiring more Latinos
Labor March 1, 2023

300 companies commit to hiring more Latinos

Over 300 companies including Nike, IBM, and Airbnb have signed on to ... more

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From ‘school-to-warehouse pipeline,’, the new Amazon strategy to recruit Latinx From ‘school-to-warehouse pipeline,’, the new Amazon strategy to recruit Latinx
Labor September 8, 2022

From ‘school-to-warehouse pipeline,’, the new Amazon strategy to recruit Latinx

Amazon reportedly plans to recruit graduating high school students to staff its ... more

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Lawmakers target child labor laws to ease worker shortage Lawmakers target child labor laws to ease worker shortage
Labor March 14, 2023

Lawmakers target child labor laws to ease worker shortage

Legislators in multiple states are invoking a widespread labor shortage to push ... more

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Uber and Lift drivers may be independent workers Uber and Lift drivers may be independent workers
Labor March 15, 2023

Uber and Lift drivers may be independent workers

App-based ride hailing and delivery companies like Uber and Lyft can continue ... more

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Robots are comming for your jobs: Loss of work to Automation is Real Robots are comming for your jobs: Loss of work to Automation is Real
Labor September 15, 2022

Robots are comming for your jobs: Loss of work to Automation is Real

In a union-funded study, the nonprofit research organization Economic Roundtable calculated how ... more

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Qatar World Cup: Families seek answers over migrant worker deaths Qatar World Cup: Families seek answers over migrant worker deaths
Labor November 18, 2022

Qatar World Cup: Families seek answers over migrant worker deaths

More than 6,500 migrant workers from India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri ... more

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US workers aren’t too worried about their job security US workers aren’t too worried about their job security
Labor November 28, 2022

US workers aren’t too worried about their job security

Despite all the headlines chronicling the wave of layoffs hitting the tech ... more

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Fast-Food industry attacks the AB257 law that increases workers’ salaries Fast-Food industry attacks the AB257 law that increases workers’ salaries
Labor December 6, 2022

Fast-Food industry attacks the AB257 law that increases workers’ salaries

Over One Million Californians Sign Petition To Oppose Fast Act Food Tax, ... more