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CounterPunch | 12/12/2024

The High Price of Pretty Feet: Addressing the Plight of Nail Salon Workers

Nail salons are often hailed by labor economists as an immigrant success story. Well over half of the 200,000 salons nationwide – up from just 50,000 in 2010 — are owned and operated by Vietnamese women. But there’s a huge downside: the industry is rife with health and safety violations. Not only are American consumers – mostly women, eager for low-cost manicures and pedicures – increasingly at risk for bacterial and fungal infections, but the salon workers themselves – many of them undocumented, and over 80% women – face workplace exploitation in addition to threats of toxic contamination.

Sacramento Bee | 12/12/2024

California employees should receive mandatory AI training, report recommends. Here’s why

Artificial intelligence training should be mandatory for state employees to better prepare California for the anticipated growth of the new technology, a new report from the Little Hoover Commission recommended.

Marketplace | 12/13/2024

Why the union push at a San Bernardino, California Amazon hub is an especially big deal

More than 1,000 Amazon workers in San Bernardino, California unionized this week with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. They aren’t the first employees at the e-commerce giant to unionize.

ABC 7 | 12/18/2024

San Francisco Amazon workers to strike Thursday morning, possibly impacting holiday shipping

The Teamsters union is launching a strike against Amazon that starts Thursday morning, and it includes a facility in San Francisco. The union says thousands of Amazon workers will walk off the job at 6 a.m., right in the middle of the busy holiday shipping season.

KPFA Radio | 01/02/2025

2025 California Labor Laws

Kent Wong, Project Director for Labor and Community Partnerships, discusses a few of the new labor laws on the books in California this year.

Patch | 12/06/2024

City of LA Calls for Discussions Around the Future Dockwork

A report found negative impacts of automation at the Port of L.A with little proof of positive return, raising concerns among city leaders.

AFT | 12/10/2024

Information helps address fear among undocumented students

Are there going to be ICE officers on campus looking for people to deport? What if I’m stopped on the street and a police officer demands to see my ID? Will Mom and Dad be taken by ICE before I get home from school?

Dollars and Sense | 11/01/2024

Domestic Workers: A New Face of Solidarity

U.S. and Mexican organizations of domestic workers met in Los Angeles in February, earlier this year, in a conference organized by the UCLA Labor Center. According to Gaspar Rivera Salgado, director of the UCLA Center for Mexican Studies, “Our goal has been to create a space in which workers can exchange experiences and develop strategic planning for workers rights campaigns across borders.” A Canadian representative tried to come, but was denied a visa by U.S. immigration authorities. I conducted the following interviews during the meeting

Daily Bruin | 11/04/2024

Inflation, immigration, heath care: Presidential race revolves around key issues

Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump will battle for the White House on Tuesday.

USA Today | 10/27/2024

What role will unions play in the 2024 presidential election? A visual guide

In September, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters shocked the political world when it decided not to endorse either Vice President Kamala Harris or former President Donald Trump. Having the support of a union can make a significant difference in close elections.

AL.com | 10/25/2024

The brutal reality of fast food work behind Trump’s McDonald’s moment

On Oct. 20, Republican candidate and former President Donald Trump staged a photo op at a McDonald’s in Pennsylvania– a key battleground state where both he and his opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, are attempting to win over voters in the final weeks before the Nov. 5 Election Day. Trump appeared to make fries and serve customers coming through the drive-thru window.

NerdWallet | 10/17/2024

Labor expert: Trump’s Immigration Plan Would ‘Wreak Havoc’ on Workforce, Economy – NerdWallet

Mass deportation would hit immigrant-dominated job sectors like construction, agriculture, hospitality and retail.

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