California’s 5.3% unemployment in February was the highest rate in the nation. My trusty spreadsheet, looking at labor stats dating to 1976, could find only 11 other months the state …
I wonder what my Great Aunt Fannie would think of today’s American workplace, with a percolating revival of its labor movement. On March 25, 1911, Fannie Lansner – the 21-year-old …
U.S. commuters. Caroline Purser | The Image Bank | Getty Images The recent influx of immigration into the U.S. is helping to bolster the economy despite a raft of global …
BY JEANNE KUANG | CalMatters It has been 13 years since Nick C. sat in an Alameda County jail at the age of 24, facing decades in prison and the …
Some readers thought I was a tad harsh on California when I noted that the state had the nation’s slowest job growth in 2023. Yes, adding any number of jobs …
The Google office in New York on February 2, 2023. Ed Jones | Afp | Getty Images Allison Croisant, a data scientist with about a decade of experience in technology, …
The last time California ranked 51st for job growth before 2023 was the year Bill Clinton was sworn in as president, Beanie Babies were introduced, the first “Jurassic Park” hit …
Freed, perhaps, from a daily jaunt to the office, the average American worker now lives almost three times farther from their job than they did before the pandemic, research shows. …
Margot Robbie will star as Barbie in an upcoming movie from Mattel and Warner Bros. Mattel | Warner Bros. In the “Barbie” movie, the narrator says, “Barbie has a great …
By ADAM BEAM | Associated Press SACRAMENTO — As California prepares to enforce a new $20-per-hour minimum wage for fast food workers next month, an unusual exemption for eateries that …