Workers at big hotels in Los Angeles have won one of the highest minimum wages in the United States after a campaign by unions and civil rights groups. The city council voted on Wednesday night to establish a minimum hourly
California Gov. Jerry Brown on Sunday signed a bill that gives California some of the country’s farthest-reaching protections for temporary workers. Above, Brown speaks during a portrait unveiling ceremony at the State Capitol on Sept. 8. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) California
The nation’s economy is slowly recovering from the Great Recession. Economic activity is growing modestly and the labor numbers — both job creation and unemployment — are gradually moving in the right direction. However, Americans who have been out of
A report released Monday says Los Angeles County now has more high-tech sector jobs than other well-known tech centers, including Santa Clara County (the heart of Silicon Valley), the Boston-Cambridge area, and the five boroughs of New York City. The Los Angeles
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Trickle Of Jobs Returning To U.S. Shores Could Soon Become A Torrent There are few issues that our two political parties can agree on, but one that has been at the forefront during the last two decades and the subject
PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) — Welding isn’t just for aircraft carriers anymore. The U.S. Navy could be turning to ultrasonic welding to make its uniforms lighter, stronger and cheaper. And if the project by a Rhode Island company and the Navy Clothing and
“Companies,” says web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee, “are increasingly going to be run by computers. And computers are getting smarter and we are not.” The only solution, he argues, is for people to embrace new technology, and accept that some
Xiaole Wu, Fuqiang Zhang As the global economic downturn grinds on, more companies are acknowledging that labour costs aren’t always the most important factor when deciding where to build their next factory. This column argues that, in times of recession,
In interviews with both Businessweek and NBC, Apple CEO Tim Cook revealed that, starting in 2013, Apple will begin manufacturing some Macs in the U.S. Cook notes that Apple will invest more than $100 million to bring some of its manufacturing back to
