Labor

Unionized STIIIZY Workers in California Approve Groundbreaking Three-Year Contract With Industry’s Highest Starting Wages

This historic contract saw the workers winning higher starting wages, expanded paid sick leave, guaranteed health insurance for part-time employees…

6 months ago

LAUSD Fails to Address Critical Needs in Fifth Bargaining Session

UTLA presented its full package of demands in Sessions 1 and 2; now, five sessions in, LAUSD still has not…

6 months ago

Public Health Responds to Workforce Needs with New Office for Worker Safety & Wellness”

Los Angeles County experiences some of the highest rates of occupational injuries and illnesses, wage theft, and retaliation in the…

6 months ago

Carson Celebrates Olympic & Paralympic Milestone with Venue Updates, Finalized Labor Agreements”

At the March 26 ad hoc committee on the 2028 games, updates were approved that include the relocation of several…

6 months ago

LAX Protests by Flight Attendants, Government Employees and Allies

On another front, Victor Payes, secretary-treasurer of American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) Local 1260 told Random Lengths that the…

6 months ago

Letters to the Editor: Perspectives on Automation, Mercury Concerns Near Mt. Wilson, Honoring Harriet Tubman and It’s the Economy

  Automation I write to you out of great concern about the job losses and Tax revenue losses in the…

6 months ago

Shipping Industry Nixes Trump’s China Port Fee Proposals

With few exceptions, industry leaders have nixed the ideas proposed by the U.S. Trade Representative, Jamieson Greer.

6 months ago

Wage Theft Amidst Ongoing Strike, Long Beach Convention Center Faces Backlash

Reportedly, 1Fifty1 paid its employees in envelopes, potentially skirting various income tax laws, and not providing pay stubs to its…

6 months ago

California Plan Will Create High-Paying, Fulfilling Careers for More Californians, College Degree or Not

... two central themes emerged to guide the creation of the master plan: enhance coordination and address structural barriers that…

6 months ago

Farmworkers and Unions Stand Together in Delano to Honor Cesar Chavez and Fight Deportations

Five thousand unionists representing 50 unions and organizations marched three miles under the slogan of “Con Estas Manos/With These Hands”…

6 months ago