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As heat rises, California reduces farmworker oversite

Robert J. LopezAugust 15, 2024August 15, 2024

by Robert J. LopezAugust 15, 2024August 15, 202402

https://clc.ucmerced.edu/sites/clc.ucmerced.edu/files/page/documents/essential_fairness.pdfCalifornia has sharply cut its enforcement of heat-protection laws for outdoor laborers while extreme heat has intensified in recent years — endangering farmworkers, construction workers...

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Hiltzik: Whose tips policy is better for workers, Trump’s or Harris’?

Michael HiltzikAugust 13, 2024August 13, 2024

by Michael HiltzikAugust 13, 2024August 13, 202407

Every four years, the just-toss-an-idea-out-there phase of the presidential race precedes the serious campaigning that starts after Labor Day. The flavor of the moment is...

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Long Beach — not Venice — stars in Olympics closing ceremony

Jack DolanAugust 12, 2024August 12, 2024

by Jack DolanAugust 12, 2024August 12, 202406

When the film trucks started rolling into Long Beach’s Belmont Shore last week, nobody thought much about it. The residential oceanfront neighborhood is such a...

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Hotel Figueroa to hire back workers under deal with union

Suhauna Hussain, Cindy CarcamoAugust 8, 2024August 8, 2024

by Suhauna Hussain, Cindy CarcamoAugust 8, 2024August 8, 2024018

For months Hotel Figueroa in downtown Los Angeles has been locked in a labor dispute over restaurant staff who were let go after they attempted...

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Jury finds stone companies at fault in suit by countertop cutter

Emily Alpert ReyesAugust 8, 2024August 8, 2024

by Emily Alpert ReyesAugust 8, 2024August 8, 202401

A Los Angeles County jury found businesses that make or distribute engineered stone at fault Wednesday for the suffering of a 34-year-old stonecutter afflicted with...

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He lost his lungs and had to fight for workers’ comp

Emily Alpert Reyes, Angie Orellana HernandezAugust 7, 2024August 7, 2024

by Emily Alpert Reyes, Angie Orellana HernandezAugust 7, 2024August 7, 202404

By the time that Dennys Rene Rivas Williams had fallen so ill that he needed new lungs, physicians at Olive View-UCLA Medical Center expressed little...

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Long-awaited indoor heat standard goes into effect in California

Suhauna HussainAugust 1, 2024August 1, 2024

by Suhauna HussainAugust 1, 2024August 1, 202403

More than a million workers laboring in warehouses, kitchens, laundry rooms and other hot indoor settings across California are now protected by new safety measures...

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Lawsuit faults countertop companies for a worker’s incurable silicosis

Emily Alpert ReyesJuly 29, 2024July 29, 2024

by Emily Alpert ReyesJuly 29, 2024July 29, 202404

From morning to evening, six days a week, Gustavo Reyes Gonzalez spent his days cutting engineered stone, a man-made product that has become a popular...

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As heat rises, California reduces farmworker oversite

Hiltzik: Whose tips policy is better for workers, Trump’s or Harris’?

Long Beach — not Venice — stars in Olympics closing ceremony

Hotel Figueroa to hire back workers under deal with union

Jury finds stone companies at fault in suit by countertop cutter

He lost his lungs and had to fight for workers’ comp

Long-awaited indoor heat standard goes into effect in California

Lawsuit faults countertop companies for a worker’s incurable silicosis

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