Oakland Laborers Allege Over $300,000 in Wage Theft at Public Housing Redevelopment ^33.9%

KQED - By Farida Jhabvala Romero - 4/28/2026, 12:39 AM

Appeal to Emotion 26.5% - Negativity Bias 13.6% - Framing Effect 9.3%

In East Oakland, several construction workers allege that they are owed more than $300,000 in total wages for their roofing labor on a large, publicly funded affordable housing development. Partially funded by the Oakland Housing Authority, the renovation project took place last year at Lion Creek Crossings, which has hundreds of... more

UC Patient Care and Service Workers Plan Open-Ended Strike Starting Next Month ^0%

KQED - By Farida Jhabvala Romero - 4/15/2026, 11:53 PM

Framing Effect 35.2% - Appeal to Emotion 15.9% - Negativity Bias 10.9%

Tens of thousands of University of California patient care and service workers plan to walk off the job May 14 with no return date in sight, union officials announced Wednesday, after long contract negotiations have failed to yield an agreement. The strike would disrupt operations at UC campuses and medical facilities statewide in a... more

César Chavez Was a Hero to Farmworkers. Now They Confront the Pain of Alleged Abuse ^0%

KQED - By Farida Jhabvala Romero - 3/20/2026, 4:50 PM

As word of the damning sexual abuse accusations against César Chavez spread this week, California’s farmworking communities struggled to process and reconcile the disturbing details with the image of a labor icon and civil rights fighter many considered a hero. Reached by phone, people described feeling stunned and disjointed after... more

California Proposes Ending Prison Heat Rule Exemption as Temperatures Rise ^0%

KQED - By Farida Jhabvala Romero - 3/17/2026, 4:50 PM

The potentially record-shattering heat wave roasting California this week reminds Lawrence Cox of the people locked in suffocating state prison cells with no windows. Temperatures inside aging prison buildings can climb much higher than outdoors, with little to no relief, said Cox, who was formerly incarcerated at correctional facilities... more

California Delays Plan to Reissue Commercial Licenses, Drivers Mired in Uncertainty ^0%

KQED - By Farida Jhabvala Romero - 12/20/2025, 12:04 AM

California has paused its plan to resume issuing contested commercial driver’s licenses under pressure from the Trump administration, according to state transportation officials, leaving thousands of immigrant truck and bus drivers uncertain if they can keep their jobs. The delay is the latest twist in a monthslong dispute between... more