L.A. council backs $30 minimum wage for hotel and LAX workers

The Los Angeles City Council voted Wednesday to hike the minimum wage for more than 23,000…

L.A. County seeks aid for workers hit by Phillips 66 refinery closure

With a major oil refinery in Wilmington and Carson scheduled to close next year, Los Angeles…

Biden looks to abolish law allowing low pay for disabled people

The Biden administration’s Department of Labor is moving to phase out a controversial program that allows…

Glendale’s ServiceTitan seeks to raise $500 million in IPO

ServiceTitan, a Glendale tech firm that makes business management software for plumbers, painters and other contractors,…

Workers at a Las Vegas casino are on strike. Here’s what to know

Hundreds of hospitality workers at a Las Vegas casino walked off the job Nov. 15, launching…

Glendale’s blue-collar tech unicorn ServiceTitan files for IPO

Ara Mahdessian and Vahe Kuzoyan had a simple plan after graduating from college: Write some software…

California farmers were big Trump backers. They may be on collision course over immigrant deportation

SAN JACINTO, Calif.  —  A paradox has settled across California’s velvet green fields and orchards. California…

With Trump vowing deportations, Los Angeles workers look for help

A line of immigrant workers formed outside an office building in Koreatown on a recent Friday…

NLRB says Grindr squashed union with return-to-office ultimatum

When the LGBTQ+ dating app Grindr told its staff last year that the days of fully…

Robots can make your French fries. Is this the future of fast food?

Miso Robotics’ lab in downtown Pasadena is filled with robots of the past and present. There’s…