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| Apr 4, 2026 | South 8 Technologies: $9.2 Million Grant To Expand Advanced Battery Manufacturing In San Diego | South 8 Technologies, an advanced battery company based in San Diego, announced it has executed a $9.2 million funding agreement under the PowerForward Battery Manufacturing Grant Program, aimed at expanding its domestic battery production ... |
| Oct 3, 2025 | Health care’s employment growth clouded by immigration crackdown, Medicaid cuts | By Phillip Reese, KFF Health News
The health care sector is a bright spot in the economy this year, driving nearly half of the nation’s employment gains, but economists and experts say immigration crackdowns and looming Medicaid cuts pose a... |
| Sep 29, 2025 | Health care cuts threaten homegrown solutions to rural doctor shortages | By Bernard J. Wolfson, KFF Health News
CHICO, Calif. — Olivia Owlett chose to do her primary care residency in this Northern California college town largely because it faces many of the same health care challenges she grew up with.
Owlett i... |
| Sep 27, 2025 | Trump takes aim at minimum wage (Opinion) | By Aurelia Glass
For months, the Trump administration has been waging a multi-front war on the working class: ending collective bargaining rights for more than 1 million federal workers, ripping up signed union contracts, muzzling the agenc... |
| Jul 1, 2025 | Medicaid cuts in Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ will leave millions uninsured, threaten rural hospitals | President Donald Trump’s “big beautiful bill” would make sweeping changes to U.S. health care, leaving millions without health insurance and threatening hospitals.
The Senate passed the spending measure after a marathon voting session on am... |
| Apr 21, 2025 | Attorney General Platkin, Labor Commissioner Asaro-Angelo Sue General Contractor, Subcontractors for Numerous Labor Violations | View Complaint
TRENTON Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL) Commissioner Robert Asaro-Angelo today jointly announced a lawsuit against a general contractor and five subcont... |
| Mar 14, 2025 | Health | Thought inflation was bad? Health insurance premiums are rising even faster | Small-business groups warn that, for workers whose employers don’t provide coverage, the problem could get worse if Congress does not extend enhanced federal subsidies that make health insurance more affordable on individual markets such as... |
| May 23, 2024 | NEW REPORT ON GIG WORKER PAY SUPPORTS TEAMSTERS PUSH FOR MISCLASSIFICATION REFORMS | Local 25 Leads Fight in Massachusetts to Strengthen Protections for Gig Workers
BOSTON, May 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Amid a fight led by Teamsters Local 25 to protect workers from abusive employers like Uber and Lyft, a new report from the ... |
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Support for labor unions grew in 2023, with workers voting to unionize 83% of the time, according to the National Labor Relations Board.
Why it matters: The success is... |
| Mar 10, 2024 | Dartmouth men's basketball is the first college team to vote to unionize. But the fight over the future of college sports could just be beginning. | Economy Dartmouth men's basketball is the first college team to vote to unionize. But the fight over the future of college sports could just be beginning.
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| Mar 5, 2024 | Here's what might happen after California raises fast-food wages to $20, from higher burger and pizza prices to better wages for retail workers | Retail Here's what might happen after California raises fast-food wages to $20, from higher burger and pizza prices to better wages for retail workers
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| Sep 25, 2023 | Kaiser Permanente workers announce an official strike date | You’re reading the web edition of Health Care Inc., STAT’s weekly newsletter following the flow of money through the health care system. Sign up here to get it in your inbox. Health care’s big labor fight to watch
The UAW strike isn’t the o... |
| Jul 13, 2023 | California lawmakers consider minimum wage for health workers | Legislation that would establish the nation's first minimum wage for health care workers advanced in the California State Assembly this week over the objections of an unusual alliance of providers, hospitals and a big nurses union.
Driving ... |
| Jul 7, 2023 | California should become the first state to offer a special minimum wage to health care workers | Lawmakers in California may finally offer a raise to the state’s woefully underpaid health care workforce. The legislature is debating a bill introduced by state Sen. María Elena Durazo that would raise the minimum wage for a wide range of ... |
| May 11, 2023 | Why Raising Healthcare Workers Wages Pays Off | Why Raising Healthcare Workers Wages Pays Offgetty |
| Apr 25, 2023 | California state workers should not be struggling to pay for the basics | In summary
A recent report found that more than two-thirds of state employees in California are given sub-living wages and can’t afford to raise a family. Despite their important work keeping the state functioning, some rely on a second job... |
| Apr 25, 2023 | California’s lowest paid health workers want a pay boost. Why industry leaders are pushing back | In summary
As hospitals and other health care facilities struggle with staffing shortages, health workers could get a wage increase under a legislative proposal. But some smaller facilities already struggling financially say they can’t affo... |
| Sep 30, 2021 | A new Massachusetts proposition pushed by Uber and Lyft could mean some drivers only make $4.82 an hour, study says | Rideshare driver Teresa Mercado raises her fist in support as app based gig workers held a driving demonstration with 60-70 vehicles blocking Spring Street in front of Los Angeles City Hall urging voters to vote no on Proposition 22 on Oct.... |
| Sep 30, 2021 | A new Massachusetts proposition pushed by Uber and Lyft could mean some drivers only make $4.82 an hour, study says | Uber and Lyft are backing a proposition that would classify drivers as contractors in Massachusetts.
A USC-Berkeley study says loopholes could result in drivers making as little as $4.82 per hour.
The group behind the proposal says it would... |
| Sep 29, 2021 | UC Berkeley finds gig workers could earn $4.82 per hour if MA ballot proposal passes | A coalition of app-based delivery and ride-hail companies like Uber, Lyft and DoorDash recently filed a ballot proposition in Massachusetts to continue classifying gig economy workers as independent contractors, rather than employees. If th... |
| Sep 2, 2021 | The 6-month federal health insurance subsidy for jobless Americans is ending. Here’s what to do next | The government’s subsidized health insurance coverage through COBRA will end this month.
Here’s what you need to know if you were relying on it. |
| Jul 24, 2021 | It’s been 12 years since Congress last raised the minimum wage. As a McDonald’s worker who makes just $10 an hour, I’m getting sick of Congress delaying another much-needed raise. | Workers on strike at a McDonald’s location in Detroit, demanding a raise in pay. Jarmier Owens
It’s been 12 years since the federal minimum wage was increased to $US7.25 ($AU10) per hour.
I’m a McDonald’s worker who makes just $US10 ($AU14)... |
| Jul 2, 2021 | Robots were supposed to take our jobs. Instead, they’re making them worse. | The robot revolution is always allegedly just around the corner. In the utopian vision, technology emancipates human labor from repetitive, mundane tasks, freeing us to be more productive and take on more fulfilling work. In the dystopian v... |
| Jun 18, 2021 | Uber and Lyft have long said they pay drivers fairly, but they haven't shared all the data that could prove it | Uber and Lyft are trying to lure drivers back on the road with the promise of high earnings.
But both have struggled to back up past claims about earnings, leaving many drivers skeptical.
Experts told Insider Uber and Lyft's refusal to shar... |
| Jun 18, 2021 | Uber and Lyft have long said they pay drivers fairly, but they haven’t shared all the data that could prove it | Uber and Lyft have been charging customers more in recent months amid a driver shortage, but questions remain about whether drivers are benefiting from the price surges. Getty Images
Uber and Lyft are trying to lure drivers back on the road... |
| May 17, 2021 | Retail businesses turn to wage increases and bonuses amid worker shortage | Like Chipotle, fast food giant McDonald’s has also seen worker unrest. Some McDonald’s workers have threatened a strike on May 19, a day before the company’s planned shareholder meeting, if the company won’t raise minimum wage to $15 dollar... |
| Apr 16, 2021 | Bezos’s call for automated staffing schedules to reduce injuries fails to address employee concerns | Jeff Bezos wants Amazon to use “sophisticated algorithms” to track the muscle groups used by warehouse workers and ultimately reduce workplace injuries. The proposal, made in a recent lengthy shareholder letter, came on the heels of a faile... |
| Mar 17, 2021 | Uber will pay its 70,000 UK-based drivers minimum wage and benefits following a major Supreme Court defeat | Uber is reclassifying its UK-based drivers as "workers," it said in a regulatory filing Tuesday.
The move requires Uber to follow minimum wage, paid vacation, and other labor laws.
Uber strongly opposes efforts to reclassify its d... |
| Mar 17, 2021 | Uber will pay its 70,000 UK drivers minimum wage and benefits following major court defeat | Rideshare driver Teresa Mercado raises her fist in support as app based gig workers held a driving demonstration with 60-70 vehicles blocking Spring Street in front of Los Angeles City Hall urging voters to vote no on Proposition 22 on Oct.... |
| Mar 16, 2021 | Uber will pay its 70,000 UK-based drivers minimum wage and benefits following a major Supreme Court defeat | Rideshare driver Teresa Mercado raises her fist in support as app based gig workers held a driving demonstration with 60-70 vehicles blocking Spring Street in front of Los Angeles City Hall urging voters to vote no on Proposition 22 on Oct.... |
| Feb 23, 2021 | A $15 minimum wage still won’t be a living wage for many families, MIT and CNBC analysis says | A protestor holds a sign in Upper Senate Park during a rally on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 22, 2015, to push for a raise to the minimum wage to $US15 an hour. Al Drago/CQ Roll Call
A CNBC analysis of cost-of-living data loo... |
| Feb 22, 2021 | A $15 minimum wage still won’t be a living wage for many families, MIT and CNBC analysis says | A protestor holds a sign in Upper Senate Park during a rally on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 22, 2015, to push for a raise to the minimum wage to $US15 ($19) an hour. Al Drago/CQ Roll Call
A CNBC analysis of cost-of-living da... |
| Feb 17, 2021 | A year into the pandemic, Uber and Lyft drivers say gig companies are still failing them. They blame Prop 22. | Uber and Lyft rideshare and food delivery drivers plan to protest Wednesday at Uber's headquarters.
They say the companies won't provide PPE or pay them for the time it takes to clean their vehicles.
San Francisco supervisor Matt Haney plan... |
| Feb 17, 2021 | A year into the pandemic, Uber and Lyft drivers say gig companies are still failing them. They blame Prop. 22. | Rideshare and food delivery drivers working for companies like DoorDash, Uber, and Instacart have complained the companies aren't providing PPE or pay for the time it takes them to properly clean their vehicles. Spencer Platt/Getty Images
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| Feb 17, 2021 | A year into the pandemic, Uber and Lyft drivers say gig companies are still failing them. They blame Prop 22. | Rideshare and food delivery drivers working for companies like DoorDash, Uber, and Instacart have complained the companies aren’t providing PPE or pay for the time it takes them to properly clean their vehicles. Spencer Platt/Getty Images
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| Jan 31, 2021 | One map shows how much a $15 minimum wage would be worth in every state | Workers protest outside a McDonald’s restaurant on November 10, 2015 in Miami, Florida. The protesters are demanding action from state legislators and presidential candidates to raise the minimum wage to $US15 an hour. Joe Raedle/Getty Imag... |
| Jan 21, 2021 | New Study Finds Chicago Uber and Lyft Drivers Are Paid Below Minimum Wage | On Tuesday, a new study published by the nonprofit Illinois Economic Policy Institute found that Uber and Lyft drivers in Chicago were paid below the minimum wage in 2019.
The researchers write that "the treatment of [Transportation Ne... |
| Jan 19, 2021 | The Challenge Facing Biden’s Green Jobs Agenda? Green Jobs | A solar farm in Florida called Babcock Ranch has electrical output capacity of 149 megawatts. Jeff Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images |
| Jan 16, 2021 | Joe Biden’s plan to increase the minimum wage to $15 won’t just help workers: A new study finds that lower wages cost taxpayers over $100 billion a year | President-elect Joe Biden speaks at The Queen theatre in Wilmington, Del., Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020. Susan Walsh/AP
President-elect Joe Biden has called for a $US15 per hour federal minimum wage as part of his new $US1.9 trillion stimulus pa... |
| Jan 5, 2021 | A major grocery store called its workers ‘first responders’ early in the pandemic. Now, it’s making the ‘strategic decision’ to ditch in-house delivery in favour of contractors. | Albertsons made a “strategic decision” to abandon its in-house delivery fleet, and will start the transition on February 27, a spokesperson told Business Insider on Monday, which was first reported by local news outlet KNOCK.
Last year, Alb... |
| Jan 5, 2021 | A major grocery store called its workers 'first responders' early in the pandemic. Now, it's making the 'strategic decision' to ditch in-house delivery in favor of contractors. | AP Photo/Paul Sakuma
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Albertsons made a "strategic decision" to abandon its in-house delivery fleet, and will start the transition on February 27, a spokesperson told Business Insider on Monday, which was first reported ... |
| Dec 15, 2020 | Uber and DoorDash are hiking food delivery and rideshare prices for Californians to pay for new driver benefits | Uber and DoorDash are raising prices on customers in California in order to pay for new driver benefits guaranteed under Proposition 22.
Uber will introduce a flat fee between $0.30 and $2, while DoorDash will slightly increase its service ... |
| Dec 15, 2020 | Uber and DoorDash are hiking food delivery and rideshare prices for Californians to pay for new driver benefits | DoorDash Biker DoorDash
Uber and DoorDash are raising prices on customers in California in order to pay for new driver benefits guaranteed under Proposition 22.
Uber will introduce a flat fee between $US0.30 and $US2, while DoorDash will sl... |
| Dec 10, 2020 | California lawmakers to Gov, Newsom: Give all immigrants health coverage | Rather than working independently, a fiercely liberal state senator from Los Angeles and a moderate Assembly member from the Central Valley are joining forces to pressure Newsom to make California the first state in the nation to cover ever... |
| Nov 2, 2020 | Future of gig workers could hinge on California ballot vote | Gig companies have long argued that people who drive for Uber or deliver food for DoorDash aren't employees but rather are self-employed — a vital legal distinction that allows many internet "platforms" to withhold benefits and ta... |
| Sep 30, 2020 | Why Electric Vehicles Will Likely Emerge As California’s Top Manufacturing Export In 2020 | In the last five years, California’s electric vehicle (EV) industry has emerged as a driver of good jobs and manufacturing exports, and the industry’s value is only gaining speed. Increasingly favorable economics, rising global demand, and ... |
| Sep 1, 2020 | As Uber and Lyft Battle California Law, Texas Ride-Hailing Startups See Opportunity in LA | Over the last three years, L.A. Lyft driver Nicole Moore has watched her paychecks shrink as her hours have grown. Frustrated, she's ready to leave her part-time gig, but until now there have been few options. That's about to change.
This y... |
| Jul 18, 2020 | Work-at-home AI surveillance is a move in the wrong direction | While we have all been focused on facial recognition as the poster child for AI ethics, another concerning form of AI has quietly emerged and rapidly advanced during COVID-19: AI-enabled employee surveillance at home. Though we are justifia... |
| Jul 18, 2020 | Work-at-home AI surveillance is a move in the wrong direction | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
While we have all been focused on facial recognit... |
| Mar 23, 2020 | Protecting Grocery Store Workers And Shoppers From COVID-19 | Customers wear face masks as a preventive measure against coronavirus, COVID-19, while shopping in ... [+] a supermarket in Washington, DC on March 22, 2020. - Across the globe an estimated 900 million people are confined to their homes, ac... |
| Dec 31, 2019 | San Diego’s biggest minimum wage hike in years goes into effect New Year’s Day | San Diego’s minimum wage is going up $1 per hour — from $12 to $13 — on Jan. 1, making it the biggest annual bump the city has seen in three years.
The latest increase in the city follows a series of 50-cent raises that began rolling out in... |
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| Oct 7, 2019 | Extent of health coverage gains from California gig worker law uncertain | That’s in part because the law, which takes effect Jan. 1, could cut two ways. While inducing many employers to extend health insurance to newly reclassified employees, it might prompt others to shift some workers from full-time to part-tim... |
| Oct 4, 2019 | California’s contract worker law could add health coverage for some but put others at risk | A new California law that reclassifies some independent contractors as employees, requiring they be offered a range of benefits and worker protections, will probably expand health insurance coverage in the state, health policy experts say.
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| Jul 1, 2019 | Worried about retiring? California will help you save money | Are you a worker worried you won’t have enough money to retire?
Are you an employer who doesn’t offer either a pension or a 401(k) to your workers?
If so, CalSavers is aimed at you.
On July 1, California launches an ambitious state-sponsore... |
| Jun 1, 2019 | Editorial: Boulder got the minimum-wage authority it asked for. Now it should consider using it. | A law Gov. Jared Polis signed last week grants city of Boulder officials a form of authority they have been asking for: local control of the minimum wage.
Boulder’s cost of living is notoriously high, and the current state minimum wage of $... |
| Mar 26, 2019 | California bill curbing use of contractors would not exempt Uber, Lyft, other tech firms | California is moving to codify a sweeping court decision curbing employers’ use of independent contractors, and the new law is unlikely to exempt Uber, Lyft and other app-based technology companies.
The two ride-hailing giants are on the ve... |
| Dec 3, 2018 | Without an Obamacare penalty, many are planning to drop health plans. The consequences could be dire | Dana Farrell’s car insurance is due. So is her homeowner’s insurance — plus her property taxes. It’s also time to re-up her health coverage. But that’s where Farrell, a 54-year-old former social worker, is drawing the line.
“I’ve been retir... |
| Sep 6, 2018 | It’s Time to Get Billionaires Off of Welfare | Year after year, decade after decade, Republicans in Washington have lectured the American people about the need for “welfare reform.” In the 1980s, Ronald Reagan railed against a fictitious “welfare queen” driving a Cadillac. Just a few ye... |
| Dec 21, 2017 | Minimum wage will rise in 18 states in 2018 - but no one can agree on the impact it will have | Advertisement
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Workers have demanded a higher minimum wage and many will be getting one soon.
Eighteen states, including California and New York, will have higher minimum wages beginning in January.
Supporters of the incr... |
| Mar 7, 2017 | Meet Flippy, a burger-grilling robot from Miso Robotics and CaliBurger | Flipping burgers is a hot and greasy job. Slips, trips, burns and cuts are common hazards associated with the work. But global demand for burgers is tremendous. Top burger chains racked up more than $75.5 billion in annual sales in 2016. To... |
| Jan 24, 2017 | Column:: How Andy Puzder’s fast-food industry sticks taxpayers with the cost of supporting its workers | The Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s restaurant franchises headed by Andrew Puzder, President Trump’s Labor secretary nominee, are among the nation’s major employers of low-wage workers. As Puzder faces a confirmation hearing scheduled for Feb. 2, i... |
| May 25, 2016 | McDonald’s ex-CEO: $15/hr minimum wage will unleash the robot rebellion | An artist's approximation of ex-McDonald's CEO Ed Rensi in his Fox Business appearance on Tuesday.
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| Mar 17, 2014 | Thousands of young California immigrants eligible for Obamacare, but most don’t even know it | A few months later, his arm still hurt and wouldn’t straighten. He went to a place he knew he wouldn’t be turned away – the emergency room at Los Angeles County-run Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. But by then, Velazquez’s bone, which had been b... |
| Thousands of young California immigrants eligible for Obamacare, but most don’t even know it | COMPTON, Calif. − Carlos Velazquez’s skateboard slipped out from beneath his feet and he spiraled onto the ground, landing hard on his left arm.
He decided not to go to the doctor after the 2012 accident, resorting to over-the-counter pain ... |
| This LA Startup is Using NFTs to Create The Season Ticket Holder Experience for Restaurant Patrons | People are back to dining out after a steep drop-off in reservations during the pandemic. According to data from OpenTable, the number of reservations made on the app in August and September was higher than the same period of time in 2019.
... |
| The next big steps to take after quitting your job | Millions of Americans have quit their job as part of the so-called Great Resignation.
Before they can wash their hands of their old job, however, those who've recently left their work will need to figure out how to maintain health insurance... |
| Extent of health coverage gains from California gig worker law uncertain | A new California law that reclassifies some independent contractors as employees, requiring they be offered a range of benefits and worker protections, will likely expand health insurance coverage in the state, health policy experts say.
Bu... |
| Spanish-Speaking Latinos Are Less Likely to Access Health Care. This Startup Aims to Change That | Just 6% of doctors and surgeons in In L.A. County identifies as Hispanic. Considering the county has the largest Latino community in the U.S., comprising roughly 49% of the population, the shortage of Spanish-speaking physicians has long be... |
| The Dead-Eyed Serenity of a VR Meeting Platform | I’m standing in the center of my home office, feeling the full weight of the Oculus Quest 2 headset slouching on my forehead as I prepare for my first-ever virtual reality meeting. While I wait for the meeting to come online, the home scree... |
| What’s Going On With the Rest of Elon Musk’s Companies? | Even as Elon Musk’s attention seems to be drawn more towards his latest pet project, Twitter, his various other companies continue to charge full steam ahead, and some – like Hawthorne-based hyperloop tunnel startup Boring Co. – have had ma... |
| Instagram Is Pushing Videos. Many of Its Creators Have Yet To Crack the Algorithm | Since 2014, Emily Wang has used photos of her dogs to amass over 230,000 followers on Instagram.
But where a photo of her corgi once went viral, now Wang’s dog has to participate in elaborate videos to get the same traction.
“There's not re... |
| Behind Her Empire: Sprinkles Cupcake Co-Founder Candace Nelson On Finding Your Market Niche | With multiple TLC shows devoted to them, and high-end bakeries popping up all over the country, it’s hard to imagine there was ever a time when cupcake brands weren’t a thing.
But when Candace Nelson introduced Sprinkles Cupcakes in 2005, t... |
| California opens Medicaid to older unauthorized immigrants | On May 1, California opened Medi-Cal to older immigrants residing in the state without legal permission.
Unauthorized immigrants over age 49 who fall below certain income thresholds are now eligible for full coverage by Medi-Cal, California... |
| Next Covid stimulus package may slash COBRA premiums for fired workers | The government would pay for laid-off workers to maintain their employer-sponsored health insurance through September.
Here’s how it would work. |
| California lawmakers to Gov, Newsom: Give all immigrants health coverage | California Democratic lawmakers so far have failed to convince Gov. Gavin Newsom that the state can afford to spend an estimated $2.6 billion a year to expand its Medicaid program to all unauthorized immigrants.
Now, they’re trying a new st... |
| Xeal Raises $40 Million In Series B To Expand Its Charging Empire | Xeal Energy, a high tech charging infrastructure company focused on apartment buildings and commercial real estate properties, secured $40 million dollars in Series B funding this week. Keyframe Capital led the round and ArcTern Ventures, M... |
