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Some of the most powerful groups in the state are at an impasse regarding key housing legislation. Politicians will likely have to choose between alienating a powerful union and streamlining affordable housing development.

A new bill aimed at increasing affordable housing construction has an important backer: California’s carpenters’ unions. The state’s formidable Construction and Building Trades Council, which represents most other construction unions, is opposed. The battle comes down to how stringent labor requirements under the new bill would be.

A Starbucks store in Eugene has become the first in the state to unionize after a unanimous vote on Wednesday.

Tighter mask rules and increased vaccination rates could have made a difference, but omicron was going to be a problem no matter what. In response to worker shortages, the Newsom administration has made it easier for schools to hire subs, requested $8 million to address health care staffing issues and more.

Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders agree to restore California paid sick leave for COVID-19. Here’s what you need to know.

Commercial growers celebrated the Supreme Court’s decision in Cedar Point Nursery v Hassid, but farmworker unions say this will make it harder for them to access workers and advocate for their rights.

The PRO Act would provide protections to workers trying to organize, limiting what companies can do to disrupt union membership campaigns. The bill is unlikely to advance in the Senate.

The polarization of the United States has less to do with color than with money, says University of Texas professor Michael Lind. Bigotry is mixed in, but…

Contract negotiations continue between the union representing thousands of university employees and management at Oregon’s seven public universities as…