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Fast-food workers and other SEIU members marched to the Capitol to deliver postcards and petitions in support of AB257 to the Governor's Office on May 31, 2022. Photo by Fred Greaves for CalMatters

California Divide: Workplace

Newsom signs bill to regulate wages for fast food workers

by Jeanne Kuang August 30, 2022September 16, 2022

The governor announced his decision on Labor Day. Supporters swayed moderate Democrats by removing a provision that would have put fast food corporations on the hook for labor violations at franchise locations.

Managing partners, Sarah-Kabat Marcy and Michael Marcy with and Chef Michelle Estigoy, center, pose outside their restaurant Cultura Comida y Bebida in Carmel-By-The-Sea, on August 6, 2021. Photo by Carlos Rene Castro for CalMatters

Yoga classes, therapy and 401(k)s: California businesses beefing up benefits to attract workers

by Grace Gedye August 11, 2021August 12, 2021

Pedestrians with suitcases walk through union square in San Francisco on June 14, 2021. The intersection of Geary and Powell Streets would have been busy with traffic, street cars and throngs of foot traffic before the pandemic. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters

Will travel and tourism return with California reopening?

by Miranda Green June 15, 2021June 15, 2021

Rodolfo Reyes, receives the first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine during the first distribution clinic intended for farmworkers in Monterey County on Feb. 25, 2021. Photo by David Rodriguez, The Salinas Californian

How growers had to sidestep county and state programs to vaccinate farmworkers

by Caitlin Antonios May 5, 2021September 28, 2021

Dee Dee Myers speaks during a women's forum at the Wynn hotel and casino in Las Vegas on May 14, 2018. Myers, a former press secretary to President Bill Clinton, became a senior adviser to Gov. Gavin Newsom in December and director of the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development. Photo by John Locher, AP Photo

Economy czar Dee Dee Myers on vaccines, reopening and California’s ‘overblown’ exodus

by Lauren Hepler February 11, 2021February 11, 2021

Denise Russell, owner of Special FX Salon & Day Spa in San Jose, photographed in the waiting area of her salon on Jan. 15, 2020. Russell, who has been in business for more than 30 years, says she misses her clients and stylists. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters

‘Too little, too late’: California small businesses chase COVID-19 relief

by Lauren Hepler January 25, 2021January 25, 2021

Bank of America is being sued for failing to provide sufficient protections for unemployment payment debit cards after thousands across California have fallen victim to fraud this year. Image via iStock

Bank of America sued over EDD unemployment debit card fraud

by Lauren Hepler January 15, 2021February 8, 2021

Who will pay for all of California’s unemployment fraud?

by Lauren Hepler and Stephen Council December 22, 2020December 22, 2020

Clinica de la Raza staff members administer Covid-19 tests at a testing site in a parking lot along 35th Avenue near the Fruitvale BART station in Oakland on July 7, 2020. Today, Alameda and 40 other counties across California moved back into the purple tier. Photo by Jane Tyska, Bay Area News Group

California mayors share how the pandemic shapes their cities

by Elizabeth Castillo November 16, 2020September 28, 2021

Rideshare vehicles at Long Beach Airport, Sept. 19, 2017. Photo by Ringo Chiu, ZUMA Wire/Alamy Live News

After gig companies’ Prop. 22 win, labor groups vow challenges

by Lauren Hepler November 4, 2020November 5, 2020