Hundreds of California’s incarcerated firefighters will see an increase in pay, a new death benefit and a faster path to expungement of their criminal records under laws Gov. Gavin Newsom signed.

Foreign seasonal workers that come to work at Pacific Northwest farms will soon earn less in hourly wages.

Experts doubt the effectiveness of ‘no tax on tips,’ especially for California workers who are facing cuts in other benefits.

Some farmworkers say they’re making less money, not more. And growers say they can’t afford to pay the overtime.

The new reforms come at a time when Oregon’s annual minimum wage increase clocked in as the smallest rise in the past ten years.

Nearly a third of Cal/OSHA positions were vacant last year. A new state audit found that caused the agency to skip in-person inspections, even when workers were injured.

The surprising setback came after one of SB 916’s sponsors flipped his position.

One of this year’s most contentious construction bills, Senate Bill 426 has passed through the Oregon Senate. It’s on its way to the floor of the state House.

The pioneering bill squeaked through one chamber of the Legislature in Salem, but there were some Democratic dissenters.

Senate Bill 916 has been one of the most hotly debated bills of this year’s legislative session.

The strike, which is one of the largest health care worker labor actions in state history, included thousands of nurses at all eight Providence hospitals in the state.

This is the second attempt to bring the strike to an end. An earlier proposed deal was rejected by nurses at all eight Providence hospitals in the state.