Californians Could Opt Out Of AI In Proposed Privacy Rules
From today’s Forbes: The five-member CPPA board will discuss and give feedback on the proposed regulations on December 8, and the CPPA expects to finalize the regulations and start the…
Medieval Times Performers End Strike, Return To Work Without contract
From today’s Orange County Register: Medieval Times performers have ended their nine-month strike and returned to work without a labor agreement, which has many performers fearing their union now will…
California Boosts Minimum Wage for Health Care and Fast-Food Workers
From today’s New York Times: For thousands of Californians, wages are going up. Gov. Gavin Newsom recently approved two major pay bumps: One new law, signed this month, will raise…
75,000 Kaiser Permanente Strike, Largest Health Care Worker Strike in History
From today’s CNN News: On Wednesday, more than 75,000 unionized employees of Kaiser Permanente, one of the nation’s largest not-for-profit health providers, walked off the job, marking the largest health…
California Governor Appoints Laphonza Butler to Interim Senate Seat
From today’s CNBC News: California Gov. Gavin Newsom has chosen Laphonza Butler, the president of EMILY’s List, to fill the seat of the late Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the governor’s…
Writers Reach Tentative Deal With Studios To End Strike After Five Months
From today’s CNBC News: Hollywood’s writers and studios have a preliminary labor agreement. Talks between the Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers resumed…
California Passes Law Allowing Workers On Strike To Qualify For Unemployment
From today’s Sacramento Bee: Striking California workers are one gubernatorial signature away from being able to apply for and receive state-funded aid after a last-minute push by lawmakers. The California…
Kaiser Permanente Strike Authorized By Unions In Several States
From today’s USA Today: Nearly 64,000 Kaiser Permanente health care workers in California, Oregon and Washington who demand better pay and more robust staffing have authorized a strike if no…
California May Transform America’s Fast Food Industry Again By Unionizing Them
From today’s Politico: A decadelong quest to organize fast food workers is culminating in the state that gave America McDonald’s and Taco Bell. A protracted showdown between labor unions and…
Thousands of L.A. City Workers to Strike Tuesday
From today’s Los Angeles Times: Los Angeles’ hot labor summer will get a little more heated Tuesday morning, when thousands of Los Angeles city workers plan to walk off the…