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Stories related to: labor

CALmatters / Byrhonda Lyons

As School Year Begins, California Ends Practice That Uprooted Migrant Students

September 9, 2018

As the new school year begins, migrant farmworker families can take advantage of a new state exemption from the 50-mile rule, which had required them to uproot their children and move as a condition of migrant housing eligibility.

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Sacramento-Area Wages Higher Than National Average

May 16, 2018 | Steve Milne

Sacramento-area workers earn 9 percent more than the national average according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, which released its annual employment and wage data Wednesday.

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State Government

Gov. Brown Comments On Union Contract Deal

December 5, 2016

Details are emerging about the tentative contract between Governor Jerry Brown's administration and SEIU Local 1000, a union that represents 95,000 state employees.

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Are Rigid Employment Licensing Requirements Hurting California's Economy?

October 4, 2016 | Daniel Potter

To get a job in California, you often need a license. A report from a nonpartisan state oversight agency says such rules can make it tough for qualified people to get hired.

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Report: Sacramento Workers Earn 10% More Than U.S. Average

July 20, 2016 | Steve Milne

New federal data show Sacramento area workers earn 10 percent more than the national average. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics office in San Francisco released the numbers today.

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Audit: Sacramento City Employees Do Not Match Diversity Of Residents

July 19, 2016 | Bob Moffitt

A new report shows the races of people employed by the City of Sacramento do not match the levels of diversity found in the community.

Food and Sustainability

California Receives USDA Loans For Affordable Farmworker Housing

July 15, 2016 | Julia Mitric

California will receive $18 million in US Department of Agriculture Loans for affordable farm worker housing.

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San Joaquin County Workers Strike

July 7, 2016 | Rich Ibarra

It's back to the picket lines again today for some San Joaquin County employees. About a thousand workers walked off the job Tuesday in a three day strike.

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Farm Board Backs Ruling That Grower Interfered With Election

April 16, 2016

(AP) — The California farm labor board has upheld a court ruling that one of the nation's largest fruit growers interfered as employees were deciding whether to reject union representation.

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State Government

Independent Contractors Could Unionize Under California Bill

March 9, 2016

(AP) — A state lawmaker wants to make California the first state to allow Uber drivers and other independent contractors to unionize.

 

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