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The movement has involved strikes by child care, home healthcare, airport, gas station, convenience store, and fast food workers for increased wages and the right to form a labor union. The "Fight for $15" movement started in 2012, in response to workers' inability to cover their costs on such a low salary, as well as the stressful work ...
(The Center Square) - California lawmakers have proposed a bill restricting self-defense, ... AB 1333, introduced by Assemblymember Rick Zbur, D-Los Angeles, eliminates protections for using ...
Karen Bass, Mayor of Los Angeles (2022–present) and former U.S. Representative from CA-37 (2011-2022) [4] Notable individuals. Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the United Farm Workers [5] Organizations. ACLU California Action [4] Anti-Recidivism Coalition [4] California Teachers Association [4] California Legislative Black Caucus [4]
Two other wildfires were raging in Los Angeles County — one in Eaton and another in Hurst. Over 10,000 acres in Eaton have been burned and five people have died, according to local officials.
California implemented its $20 minimum wage law for fast-food workers on Monday, bumping pay up to 25% from the state’s $16 minimum. Impacting over 500,000 workers in the state, the mandate was ...
William T. "Bill" Fujioka [2] is a former chief executive officer (CEO) of Los Angeles County, having been appointed on July 23, 2007 by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors at a starting annual salary of US$310,000. [3] As of September 2, 2013, he earned an annual salary of US$338,458. [4]
In August 2020, the California court ordered Uber and Lyft to comply with the law within a 10-day deadline. [13] [14]: 1 The companies said they would shut down their operation in California if drivers had to become employees. [2] [15] [16] On August 20, the deadline day, the companies asked for an extension. The court granted an extension ...
The bill also maintains rigorous application requirements for licensing authorities, mainly county sheriffs, to determine whether someone is a "disqualified person" from obtaining a permit, a term ...