L.A. County approves ‘hero pay’ of $5 an hour for grocery store workers
From today’s Los Angeles Times: Hundreds of grocery store workers in unincorporated Los Angeles County will receive $5 an hour in hazard pay on top of their regular wages as…
San Jose passes mandatory $3-an-hour pay raise for grocery workers
From today’s San Jose Mercury News: Thousands of San Jose grocery store workers will soon receive a $3-an-hour boost on their paychecks, as San Jose became the latest city to…
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$15 Minimum Wage Would Reduce Poverty But Cost Jobs, CBO Says
From today’s NPR News Online: Raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2025 would increase wages for at least 17 million people, but also put 1.4 million…
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Grocery chains nationwide ditching in-house delivery drivers in wake of Prop 22
From today’s Business Insider: Albertsons and some of its subsidiaries, including Vons and Pavilions, are discontinuing their in-house delivery services in parts of California and other states starting in February.…
Hundreds of Google Employees Unionize, Culminating Years of Activism
From today’s New York Times: More than 400 Google engineers and other workers have formed a union, the group revealed on Monday, capping years of growing activism at one of…
Google Illegally Fired And Spied On Workers Trying To Organize, NLRB finds
From today’s NPR News Online: Google illegally fired two employees involved in labor organizing last year, the National Labor Relations Board alleged in a complaint on Wednesday. The tech giant…
I got COVID-19 working at Ralphs. We need a voice in workplace safety
From today’s Los Angeles Times: After spending seven weeks isolated in my bedroom sick with COVID-19, I stood in front of the Ralphs grocery store where I work, bracing to…
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It’s Time to Strike! This Could Be the Last Stand for American Workers
From today’s New York Times: Labor Day hit with an extra knife-twist of cruel irony this year, in an America that is barely trying to pretend anymore that the plight…
Labor council to Seattle police union: Address racism or get out
From today’s Crosscut Online: The largest labor coalition in King County is giving the Seattle Police Officers Guild an ultimatum: acknowledge and address racism in law enforcement and in their…
Here’s how to hold police accountable: Don’t let their unions give money to prosecutors
From today’s Los Angeles Times: Amid reports from across the country about escalating clashes between protesters and law enforcement, it’s worth looking underneath the images for the roots of the…