Heat takes a toll on farmworkers Nearly half of workers in California say their farms are not in compliance with safety codes for extreme weather Salon · Feb 8, 2023
California fines detention center operator $100,000 over immigrants’ working conditions California regulators levied $104,510 in fines against the private prison operator GEO Group last month after detained immigrant workers at the Golden State Annex in Central California complained about unsafe conditions, including a lack of protective equipment and proper training, while cleaning the facility for $1 per day. Los Angeles Times · Jan 30, 2023
Cal/OSHA Staff Shortage Creates Backlog of Cases Huge gaps in Cal/OSHA’s network of field inspectors leave workers with less protection. Capital & Main · Jan 10, 2023
On summer's hottest days, Amazon workers brought their own thermometers As California prepared for what would be a record-setting heat wave this month, so too did workers at an Amazon air freight hub in San Bernardino. Los Angeles Times · Sep 23, 2022
LA County will end mask order on public transit, in airports on Friday LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County on Friday will end its local health order requiring masking while aboard public transit or inside transportation hubs, such as airports. Los Angeles Times · Sep 22, 2022
Strippers have a new tactic in a North Hollywood labor fight. Organizing with an actors union On Saturday nights, the strip clubs fill up. But at Star Garden, a dingy dive bar in North Hollywood advertising topless girls, the real action is outside. Los Angeles Times · Aug 18, 2022
Firefighter killed in Calaveras state park while preparing a prescribed burn A 26-year-old firefighter was killed when a dead tree struck and killed him while he was preparing a patch of land for a prescribed burn in Calaveras Big Trees State Park, east of Sacramento, California, officials said. Los Angeles Times · May 12, 2022