Smart & Final workers strike amid accusations of retaliation

Hundreds of employees at two Smart & Final warehouses went on strike last week amid accusations…

Gene Seroka has helped lead the global supply chain rebound

Gene Seroka has been executive director of the Port of Los Angeles since 2014. The seaport…

A nurses union in Riverside fined millions for pandemic strike

The union representing nurses at Riverside Community Hospital has been ordered to pay more than $6…

Hiltzik: How the fast-food industry uses deceptive employment numbers

The fast-food industry has been wringing its hands over the devastating impact on its business from…

Tesla cutting 601 jobs in Bay Area, a sign of more problems

In the fourth straight week of layoff announcements, Tesla said it is now concentrating on reducing…

Wonderful Co.’s plans for mega-warehouse would reshape Kern County

SHAFTER, Calif.  —  California’s wealthiest farming family is proposing an expansion of industrial warehousing in Kern…

Disneyland turned my hometown into a tourist trap. What’s next?

Somewhere in my personal papers is a folded up, tattered poster of Mickey Mouse commemorating his…