About two dozen union workers formed a picket line Tuesday at UC Merced, the second day of a planned three-day strike protesting stagnating contract negotiations with the University of California. … Click to Continue »
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Where do minimum wage workers get paid the most? How California fits in as it raises its minimum wage to $ 15 per hour. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Foster Farms employee’s protest for better wages, affordable insurance, new contract
Employees at the Foster Farms Livingston chicken plant protested on Thursday, April 27, 2017, for better wages, affordable insurance and a new labor union contract. (Monica Velez/mvelez@mercedsun-star.com) … Click to Continue »
Read More »Foster Farms employees protest for better wages, affordable insurance, new contract
Dozens of Foster Farms employees took to streets outside the Livingston plant early Wednesday, holding signs and chanting to gather support for better wages and an improved labor union contract. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced wages are below state, national averages
The average worker in the Northern San Joaquin Valley earned less in wages in 2015 than the nationwide average – with Merced County posting the lowest in region – and … Click to Continue »
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