Unions and Labor

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (700+ words) Southern California bosses grew their staffs to record levels this summer, even though job creation is running at almost half the pace we’ve seen in the past. My trusty spreadsheet looked at state job counts released Friday, Sept. 18, and found…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (404+ words) Browse our guide on the best concerts, plays, galleries, and more to see this fall. The story of Nancy Pelosi’s rise in American politics. Thousands of security guards across California walked off the job Friday, demanding a pathway to a…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago   (462+ words) California’s new jobs numbers came out on Friday, and they paint a mixed picture. On the one hand, California led the nation in the number of jobs created in August, at 39,400. On the other hand, California has the highest unemployment…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (686+ words) San Diego County unemployment ticked up a bit from the previous month, with job growth in private education, healthcare, retail and leisure blunted by losses in higher education and the construction industry. But the overall economic outlook for the region…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (494+ words) Policy Analyst for the Center for Food, Power, and Life, John Locke Foundation Agriculture depends heavily on immigrant labor, particularly for seasonal crops that cannot be easily mechanized. As I documented in my 2025 John Locke Foundation report, “Harvest on Hold,…...

6+ day, 11+ hour ago   (273+ words) Over 60 California Waste Solutions drivers and mechanics in San José, Calif., represented by Teamsters Local 350, have overwhelmingly ratified a new five-year contract, locking in substantial raises, protections for relief employees, improved work rules, and additional vacation time. Oops, something went…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (150+ words) An expanded crop lien law that strengthens existing farmworker protections and gives the California’s Labor Commissioner’s Office the ability to recover unpaid wages quickly was recently put in action. The LCO, which launched an investigation into wage-and-hour violations in May,…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (896+ words) California’s largest teachers union sued state officials Tuesday over nearly $6 billion in withheld school funding, alleging that budget actions approved by Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Legislature violated the state’s constitutional education funding guarantee. The lawsuit filed by the California…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (821+ words) The Senate has voted down a cost-of-living legislative amendment that opponents claimed would allow the Government to set price controls on certain items. The Bill aimed at expanding the powers of the Cost of Living Commission was defeated when it…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (510+ words) PUBLISHED ON September 14, 2026 ITHACA, N.Y. – Farm owners and managers can prepare for workplace performance and conduct challenges through a new free, interactive webinar series, “Protecting Your Farm with Progressive Employee Discipline,” offered Mondays throughout November. The series is open to all…...