Wages
Even before new $15/hour minimum wage signed, California workers celebrated
April 6, 2016The celebrations began early, even as California's new minimum wage law was still racing through the state legislature last week.
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California poised to have highest state minimum wage
March 30, 2016California's $10/hour minimum - already the highest of any state - would rise gradually to $15 in 2022 for businesses with 26 or more workers.
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What’s the value of this man’s work?
March 16, 2016His name is Kwaku Agyeman, and he has a job pushing wheelchairs for airport passengers who otherwise would have a hard time getting around.
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Immokalee Farmworkers: Boycott Wendy’s for human rights abuses
March 14, 2016The coalition wrote Wendy's a decade ago, saying the chain should pay decent wages and stop human rights abuses in the fields, following guidelines of the coalition's Fair Food Program.
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Layoffs continue as newspaper workers continue fight for fair wages, job security
March 9, 2016"They've been treating the workforce like something they can just ignore."
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