Cal OSHA Passes Indoor Heat Protections For Workers
From today’s ABC7 News: Summer heat is on the rise and for many workers in Southern California it can be a miserable time of year. Especially for warehouse workers. “Now…
Uber Loses Challenge to California’s Gig Worker Law AB5
From today’s CalMatters: Uber today lost its long-running attempt to overturn a California law that would require it to provide employment rights to its drivers and delivery workers. The ruling…
Union Plans Strike Vote Over Crackdown On UCLA Gaza Protests
From today’s The Guardian: The largest union of academic workers, which represents more than 48,000 graduate student workers throughout the University of California system, will hold a strike authorization vote…
Disneyland’s Costumed Character Workers are Unionizing
From today’s Los Angeles Times: Adam Hefner had recently graduated high school and was looking for a job when their sister, who was working in Disneyland Resort’s food and beverage…
Rideshare Companies Ask SCOTUS To Reexamine California Worker-Protection Law
From today’s SCOTUSblog: he Supreme Court’s 2022 decision in Viking River Cruises v. Moriana was a victory for employers seeking to enforce mandatory arbitration clauses in the face of a…
Ninth Circuit says California Supreme Court, not SCOTUS, gets last word on state labor law
From today’s San Francisco Chronicle: In a victory for workers in California, a federal appeals court ruled Monday that employees can use a unique state law, known as PAGA, to…
SoCal Hotel Workers Still Fighting For Basic Benefits Long After ‘Hot Labor Summer’
From today’s The Guardian: ast year was a big year for the US labor movement with historic wins and gains for workers at UPS, automakers, and for writers and actors…
Cal State Faculty Begin Largest U.S. Strike of University Professors
From today’s New York Times: In the largest university faculty strike in U.S. history, thousands of professors and lecturers throughout the California State University system walked off the job on…
CSU Faculty and Teamsters Will Go On Strike On Jan. 22
From today’s Long Beach Post News: Cal State University faculty and skilled trades workers have called for a systemwide strike across all 23 campuses from Monday, Jan. 22 to Friday,…
Thousands of Cal State Faculty Walk Out in Rolling Strike, Demanding Better Pay
From today’s Los Angeles Times: California State University faculty walked out of classrooms Monday during the crucial end-of-term time, demanding higher pay and marking a high-profile escalation in contract negotiations…