Angel Cortez was ready for a change. Cortez, 43, is a Mexican immigrant who has worked in agriculture, landscaping and restaurants since he arrived in California more than 25 years ago. But he said a workplace injury nearly a decade ago has made physical labor — jobs requiring him to stand or walk for long … Read more
Dozens of employees at a CVS specialty pharmacy in Redlands filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board seeking to hold a union election. The decision last week to organize by 135 workers at the pharmacy that provides medications to patients with complex and chronic conditions is the largest such move in a broader … Read more
Donald Trump’s claim at his debate with Kamala Harris that he has “concepts of a plan” to reform healthcare in America has generated raised eyebrows and ridicule, as though he were merely fooling voters into thinking that he actually had been thinking about the issue despite having paid it zero attention. It fell to Trump’s … Read more
Rajpal Singh sweltered on his routes, delivering hundreds of packages every day for Amazon to homes on twisty dirt roads in the hills and valleys surrounding Lancaster and Palmdale. Temperatures in his van commonly climbed above 100 degrees. The $19.75 hourly wage Singh said he was paid by Battle-Tested Strategies, a delivery company that counted … Read more
Paramount Global is starting Phase 2 of its planned layoffs, according to a memo sent early Tuesday morning by the media company’s co-chief executives. The total number of layoffs in this phase was not disclosed. The company previously signaled that there would be three phases of layoffs, the first of which occurred in August. After … Read more
SAG-AFTRA has added “League of Legends” to its list of struck video games in an effort to punish audio company Formosa Interactive for allegedly violating terms of the ongoing strike by video game actors. The performers union officially un-exempted “League of Legends” from the walkout Tuesday after filing unfair labor practice charges with the National … Read more
Music on demand. Television programs. Mobile phone service. Professional sports telecasts. Audiobooks. News. Videogames. Computer software. A growing number of products and services are being sold by online subscription, offering more convenience and customization but also a new set of problems for consumers. Companies have been accused of signing people up for subscriptions without their … Read more
A Southern California developer must halt construction of a controversial industrial park in San Bernardino County that has displaced scores of homes, after a judge found flaws in the project’s environmental impact report. County supervisors in late 2022 green-lighted an industrial real estate firm’s proposal to remove 117 homes and ranches in rural Bloomington to … Read more
PA and Reuters Ireland’s finance minister Jack Chambers and the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves As Ireland’s finance minister delivered his budget on Tuesday afternoon Dublin was bathed in golden autumn sunlight. The minister, Jack Chambers, said his budget provided the “ways and means for continuing to deliver many more, bright and hopeful … Read more
The U.S. Postal Service keeps promising that things are getting better — more efficient operations, more reliable mail delivery, improved finances, a more climate-friendly truck fleet and so on. To outside observers, things are certainly changing, for the worse. Among the service’s critics are state election officials coast to coast, who expressed concerns earlier this … Read more