Hotel workers are on strike in Los Angeles as thousands of tourists, wedding guests and visitors have arrived in the city over the Fourth of July holiday.
Tag: California
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Los Angeles Hotel Workers Go on Strike
The strike is part of a wave of recent labor actions in the nation’s second-largest metropolis, where high costs of living have made it difficult for workers to stay afloat.
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How Colleges Admissions Might Diversify Without Affirmative Action
To build a diverse class of students, the medical school at U.C. Davis ranks applicants by the disadvantages they have faced. Can it work nationally?
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L.A. Workers Are Feeling Emboldened as Unions Pressure Employers in California
California union members are pressuring employers over wages in one of the nation’s most labor-friendly states.
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Corporate Diversity Policies Face Threats After Supreme Court Ruling
Many businesses have adopted policies to diversify hiring but the Supreme Court’s ruling to end the policy in universities endangers those efforts.