Labor Day
- This Labor Day Unions Remain a Beacon of Hope for Millions by Art Pulaski in Capital & Main
- Changing nature of work requires adjustments in social policies: Rusty Hicks, Daily News
- Sal Ventura: Labor movement is adapting to new realities, San Jose Mercury
- Op-ed: Vigilance is needed to sustain labor’s gains, San Francisco Chronicle
- Union coalition marches in Wilmington for Labor Day, Long Beach Press Telegram
- 1,600 Union Members Expected at Labor Day Rally, Union Tribune San Diego
- Labor rally held outside Petco Park, CBS San Diego
- Labor Day in L.A.: Wilmington rally, Exposition Park music festival, LA Times
- Final rush of legislating follows Labor Day events, Sacramento Bee
- Annual Labor Day Picnic draws Santa Cruz, Monterey counties’ workers, Santa Cruz Sentinel
- Anderson River Park hosts Labor Day picnic, Redding.com
- Huerta talks unions at local labor union breakfast in Benicia, Vallejo Times Herald
- South Bay Labor Council members enjoy annual Labor Day picnic, ABC7
- At long last, a Labor Day that labor can celebrate, Washington Post Wonkblog
- How Labor Day Was Celebrated When Unions Were on the Rise, Time
- Take a Labor Day Tour of Blue-Collar Art, NY Times
California
- Unions file new Wal-Mart labor complaint related to store closure, Reuters
- In California, Uber Loses Another Round in Driver Debate, Wired
- The Latest on Legislature: Wage theft bill heads to governor, AP
- Understanding the economic impact of prevailing wage, San Diego Source
- The grape strike that transformed a nation, 50 years later, Sacramento Bee
- This is the city with the highest minimum wage in America, CNN Money
- Few wage theft victims ever get their back pay, Los Angeles Times
- 8 Bay Area Cities Push for Minimum Wage Raise, Next City
- Wage showdown between dancers, strip clubs, San Diego Union Tribune
- Can a Business-Labor Alliance Save California’s Infrastructure?, Capital &Main
- San Francisco Professors and Students Face Staggering Rents, Capital &Main
- Invisible no more, David Bacon
National
- Bargaining for the American Dream, American Progress
- Bath & Body Works to End On-Call Scheduling, Wall Street Journal
- Larry Summers: Stronger unions must be part of the national agenda, Washington Post
- Black Women Are Driving the Rebirth of the Labor Movement, Jezebel
- Robert Reich: America’s economy is immoral, Salon
- Unionization Important to Closing Racial Wage Gap, Study Says, New York Times
- How an Area’s Union Membership Can Predict Children’s Advancement, New York Times
- Low-wage workers are about to get some of the biggest raises they’ve ever seen, Washington Post Wonkblog
- Al Jazeera America Digital Journalists Move To Unionize, Huffington Post
- Understanding the Historic Divergence Between Productivity and a Typical Worker’s Pay. Economic Policy Institute
- N.F.L. Cheerleaders’ Wage Fight Gains Momentum, New York Times
- Unemployment rate falls to 5.1 percent, but Americans are not finding pay increases, Washington Post Wonkblog
- This company shows paid parental leave doesn’t have to just be for white-collar workers, Washington Posy Wonkblog
- [on the ever evolving freelance economy] Help for the Way We Work Now, NY Times OpEd
- The Truth of ‘Black Lives Matter’, New York Times Editorial Board
- The Employment Situation in August, White House
- Wages Have Been Stagnant For 40 Years But It’s Not The Fault Of American Workers, ThinkProgress
- Report explores why unions have few female leaders, Workday Minnesota
- Your Cheap Uber Rides May Be Going Away. And That's a Good Thing., Mother Jones