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The fast-food industry claims the California minimum wage law is costing jobs. Its numbers are fake
Los Angeles Times· 5 days agoThe fast-food industry has been wringing its hands over the devastating impact on its business from ...
... Nearly $30 Million Scheme in Kings County - Two Farm Labor Contractors, from Clovis and Lemoore,...
Sierra Sun Times· 5 days agoMireles and Mena operated two Kings County farm labor contracting companies, Vista Pacific Labor...
The year's Legislature was both an embarrassment and a bust
The Arizona Republic· 8 hours agoThe 56th Arizona Legislature has called it a wrap, having completed its labors for the year and...
Latest in UFW v. Wonderful Nurseries now considered in Kern County Superior Court
KGET Bakersfield via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThe back and forth between the two sides has grown messier, but at its core, it's about unionizing...
5 unsung films that dramatize America’s rich labor history
San Francisco Chronicle· 6 hours agoIs a Hollywood drama about angry Starbucks baristas or frustrated Amazon warehouse workers far behind? Hollywood studios and independent producers have long depicted the collective efforts of ...
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Column: She's 80, washing dishes, and fighting for a better deal for younger workers
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 day agoSalud Garcia, 80, walks a picket line to fight for higher wages. She won't benefit much, given her...
$6-$8 an hour for on-call nursing? Lawsuit against Valley Children’s claims wage theft
The Fresno Bee· 3 days agoAn employee is suing Valley Children’s Healthcare for wage theft, accusing the Madera County nonprofit of intentionally paying nurses less than the minimum wage< ...
Costly US sugar tariffs drive candy makers over the border to Canada
San Jose Mercury News· 6 days agoBlommer Chocolate Co., a U.S. rival, is expanding in Ontario while it shutters an 85-year-old...
Fathers at the Heart of Santa Cruz Exhibit Celebrating Early Filipino Farmworkers | KQED
KQED· 3 days agoThe manongs were predominantly men, and Sowing Seeds chronicles how they became fathers, built...