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Spotlight: Health and Welfare, Money and Politics

Lawsuit over lost wages moves closer to Wal-Mart’s door

November 30, 2012, 12:05 AM
Wal-Mart advertises low prices, but at what cost? Workers at a Southern California warehouse that supplies the retail giant say they were cheated out of wages. Now they want to sue Wal-Mart for back pay and damages. + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare, Money and Politics

Calif. workers to rally for minimum wage increase

July 24, 2012, 12:05 AM
California workers in Inglewood and Sacramento will join labor advocates across the country at rallies today to support forthcoming legislation by U.S. Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., that would increase the federal minimum wage by $2.55 per hour. Under Miller’s proposal, the minimum... + read more
Daily Report: Higher Ed, Money and Politics

Educator with top pension wants reform

November 12, 2010, 12:05 AM
Jim Enochs of Ceres, Stanislaus County, has the biggest pension in the entire California State Teachers' Retirement System – a hefty $285,460. But he says he’s just as worried as anyone that the soaring cost of public employee pensions is driving the Golden State into a... + read more
Daily Report: Higher Ed

More fines slapped on UC Davis housing subcontractors

August 25, 2010, 12:05 AM
The state labor commissioner has ordered two subcontractors working on the UC Davis Tercero student housing project to pay nearly $1.5 million in back wages and penalties for labor violations – just a few months after two other subcontractors on the same project were accused of similar... + read more
Passengers wait at an AC Transit stop Thursday evening in Berkeley.
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Riders left waiting in AC Transit labor dispute

July 23, 2010, 12:05 AM
AC Transit officials call it a sick-out; the union calls it a push-out. It's a contentious labor dispute where neither party agrees on much. But what's clear is that for some of the 236,000 daily riders of the East Bay bus system, there are longer waits and even no-shows. Albany... + read more
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