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Jobs and Labor

From unionization to the green transition, California workers are demanding a say in the future of labor. Learn about the history of labor organizing, the challenges of informal work and the effort to build a new, equitable economy.

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Filipinos Sparked Farm Workers Movement
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Discover the role that Filipino labor organizers played in the farm workers movement.
A mixed group of workers standing closely together in a crowd with arms raised, holding protest posters that read "UAW STAND UP COLA AND FAIR PAY NOW" and "RECORD PROFITS RECORD CONTRACTS"
The United Auto Workers Union continues to strike — first against the "Big Three" (Ford, General Motors and Stellantis), and now expanding to other companies, like Mack Trucks. Workers worry, in part, that billions of dollars in electric vehicle investments aren't translating into good-paying, union jobs — as non-union workforces take the lead in the growing EV market.
Job growth defies expectations but economic questions remain
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Job growth defies expectations but questions remain about overall health of economy
Women strikers wear purple and hold black and yellow signs that read in large block print "PATIENT CARE IS IN CRISIS" and "PATIENT NEEDS NOT CORPORATE GREED"
More than 75,000 Kaiser Permanente employees initiating the largest healthcare worker strike in U.S. history when they walked off the job the morning of October 4, 2023. Contract talks continue, but some health services will be delayed in the meantime.
Advocates concerned about wages of workers with disabilities
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Advocates concerned about workers with disabilities earning below minimum wage
ONLargest healthcare worker strike in U.S. history underway
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Largest healthcare strike in U.S. history underway as workers protest wages and staffing
Biden Adm. to Train 20,000 in Skills to Fight Climate Change
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White House national climate advisor Ali Zaidi discusses the fight against climate change.
UAW president on Biden joining picket line, union's demands
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UAW president discusses Biden joining picket line and union's demands from automakers
What's next after writers reach tentative deal to end strike
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What's next for Hollywood after writers and studios reach tentative deal to end strike
Auto workers expand strike nationwide
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Auto workers expand strike nationwide: ‘We’ll take as long as we have to’
A group gathers around a document for a Climate Action Pathways for Schools class.
An increasing number of high schools are offering class credit for climate action.
The interior of a home shows damage from a flood, which ripped out drywall several feet above the floor. Buckets, mops, brooms and cords are strewn about in the cleanup process.
Cascading climate disasters and unjust labor and immigration policies leave undocumented Indigenous farmworkers from Mexico without a safety net.
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