This post was updated Feb. 4 at 11:42 p.m. Student workers and faculty expressed support for the newly implemented California Senate Bill 616, which increased paid sick days for California workers from three to five. Read more...
Photo: Bruin Plaza is pictured. Student workers said an increase in sick days, provided by Senate Bill 616, is beneficial for both workers and the general public. (Brandon Morquecho/Assistant Photo editor)
UCLA faculty and union leaders discussed the recent California State University faculty strike, which ended Jan. 22 with a new contract. The California Faculty Association – a labor union representing 29,000 lecturers, professors, counselors, librarians, coaches and other faculty in the CSU – planned a weeklong strike after over half a year of failed negotiations with the CSU to amend previous contracts and raise faculty wages. Read more...
Photo: California State University, Northridge is pictured. Faculty members across all 23 CSU campuses suspended instruction Jan. 22 to call for a 12% raise for all university faculty, as well as increased parental leave and improved working conditions. (Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)
This post was updated Jan. 30 at 10:04 p.m. The 2023 U-Haul Growth Index indicated that California is facing the greatest out-migration of any state for the fourth consecutive year. Read more...
Photo: (Kaylen Ho/Daily Bruin)
Gov. Gavin Newsom announced plans to revise scheduled health care wage increases in his 2024-2025 state budget proposal, which was released Jan. 10. Senate Bill 525, passed in October, established incremental wage increases to gradually phase in a new statewide $25 minimum wage for all health care facilities by June 1, 2028. Read more...
Photo: Pictured is the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. Gov. Gavin Newsom announced plans to adjust health care wage increases in his 2024-2025 state budget proposal. (Joseph Jimenez/Photo editor)
Candidates made their case to Californians on Monday during the first debate for a United States Senate seat. The University of Southern California Dornsife Center for the Political Future co-hosted the debate with POLITICO and FOX 11 Los Angeles at the university’s Bovard Auditorium. Read more...
Photo: Pictured are U.S. Senate candidates Rep. Barbara Lee, Rep. Adam Schiff and Rep. Katie Porter. The Democratic congressional representatives were three of four candidates in the Senate debate Monday, alongside Republican Steve Garvey, who is not pictured. (Myka Fromm/Assistant Photo editor)
This post was updated Nov. 17 at 7:21 p.m. Gov. Gavin Newsom recently approved two bills raising the hourly minimum wages for fast food and health care workers in California. Read more...
Photo: In-N-Out Burger on Gayley Avenue is pictured. Gov. Gavin Newsom approved Assembly Bill 1228 and Senate Bill 525, which will raise the hourly minimum wages for fast-food and health care workers respectively in California. (Jeremy Chen/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Dozens of students demonstrated in support of Palestine and called for divestment from companies involved with weapons manufacturing outside of the Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center and Murphy Hall on Thursday. The assembly began at 8:15 a.m. Read more...
Photo: Students with the UC Divest Coalition and UCLA chapter of Law Students for a Free Palestine are shown gathered at the steps of Murphy Hall to call for support of Palestine and UC divestment from BlackRock. (Joseph Jimenez/Photo editor)
