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Amazon and delivery contractor fined $6.4 million by California regulators for stealing wages from drivers
California's labor commissioner said Amazon and a contract delivery company underpaid more than 700…
Tyler Sonnemaker
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An embattled Southern California luxury resort was fined $3.3 million by the state for not hiring back 53 employees laid off during the pandemic
California's labor commissioner fined Terranea Resort $3.3 million for not hiring back workers laid…
Gabrielle Bienasz
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Amazon Labor Union president Chris Smalls caught on camera fighting Amazon worker last year amid union rift
Chris Smalls rose to fame by taking on Amazon. But some critics within the Amazon Labor Union fear …
Katherine Long,Jack Newsham
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A lumber CEO who raised his minimum wage to $15 an hour and embraced 'overstaffing' explains why companies need to be 'pro-employee' to solve the labor shortage
Stinson Dean told Bloomberg that if employers don't realize the economy is on workers' side and pay…
Juliana Kaplan
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Uber and Lyft drivers are now employees under California law, according to a new ruling from regulators
The ruling is a significant development in the battle between California and companies like Uber an…
Tyler Sonnemaker
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500,000 people have signed a petition supporting nurses' demands for safer working conditions. Meet the nurses leading the charge.
Change.org said the nurses' petition was the fourth-most-signed in the last 12 months, and in the t…
Allana Akhtar
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Meet a mom of 2 who became homeless while working for the biggest grocery chain in the US: 'Kroger doesn't care about us.'
A Kroger worker was briefly homeless because she couldn't afford rent. She says the conditions at K…
Jason Lalljee
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California labor commission rules Uber drivers are employees
Right now, Uber has hardly any costs other than its 1,000+ employees in its San Francisco headquart…
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School districts across the country are dealing with severe substitute teacher shortages, despite efforts to recruit and pay them more
In an effort to keep and recruit qualified substitutes, several school districts in California and …
Francis Agustin
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Amazon is reportedly facing a new antitrust investigation into its online marketplace led by the FTC and attorneys general in New York and California
The FTC and attorneys general from both states are teaming up on the probe and plan to interview wi…
Tyler Sonnemaker
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A former Sea World staffer, who says she was fired after 45 years, is suing the company for alleged age discrimination and decades of unpaid overtime
An ex-Sea World employee said she was replaced with a younger employee after more than four decades…
Kevin Shalvey
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Goldman Sachs made employees tell them their vaccination status, and your employer could too. Labor lawyers explain what rights employees have.
Goldman Sachs is one of the few companies so far requiring workers to disclose if they are vaccinat…
Mary Meisenzahl,Yoonji Han,Ja…
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A government agency just warned this week's West Coast wildfires could spark a financial crisis. A top economist thinks the effects could linger for years.
The CFTC considers climate change a 'major risk to the stability of the US financial system,' while…
Marguerite Ward
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Lyft's president threatened to shut down its California operations over a court ruling requiring it to reclassify drivers as employees
Lyft and Uber, which made a similar claim Wednesday, have a long history of threatening to pull out…
Tyler Sonnemaker
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Uber and Lyft just got hit with another lawsuit in California over claims the companies are skirting the state's gig worker law
California's labor commissioner is the latest regulator to take the companies to court over their r…
Tyler Sonnemaker
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Uber and Lyft faced tough questions from California judges as they seek to keep classifying drivers as contractors
Lawyers for Uber, Lyft, and California squared off over a recent court ruling that would force the …
Tyler Sonnemaker
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'Kombucha Girl' Brittany Broski said her former power-manager to the stars withheld over $20,000 from her in a state labor complaint
The New York Times reported that Broski had filed a complaint that claimed that former manager Aria…
Palmer Haasch
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RESULTS: Republican Darrell Issa and Democrat Ammar Campa Najjar battle for the open seat in California's 50th Congressional District
Campa-Najjar narrowly lost to Rep. Duncan Hunter in this district in 2018, who has since resigned f…
Madison Hall,Grace Panetta
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Why Uber drivers in California should unionize immediately
According to the Teamsters last August, "After Uber management flatly refused to sit with members o…
Shane Ferro
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The Minimum Wage Is Like A Proxy Labor Union
America’s academics still do not agree on the employment effects. But both sides have honed their m…