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California – 6.9 million who lacked insurance in 2012 were in a family with a full-time worker
Almost half of the 6.9 million Californians who lacked insurance in 2012 were in a family with a full-time worker, according to a new report from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. The State of Health Insurance in California report also found that the number of adult workers with job-based health insurance declined between … Continue reading
Sweatshops In California – More than 1,500 garment workers are owed over $3 million in unpaid wage
WORKERS in the California garment industry are enduring poor working conditions and insufficient pay, the US Department of Labour has found. More than 1,500 Southern California garment workers are owed over $3 million in unpaid wages, the government department found following a year-long survey – which also concluded that American companies Nasty Gal, Macy’s, Nordstrom … Continue reading
California / Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to hire 7,000 officers
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials announced this week the intent to hire close to 7,000 correctional officers over the next three years because of increased attrition rates Continue reading
California / Gender gap persists in most occupations
California men and women continue to largely segregate into different professions, the latest census figures show. Of the 100 most common occupations in California, only 20 have roughly an equal number of male and female workers, according to the data, which come via the state Department of Finance. Jobs typically done by men often pay … Continue reading
US / California leads in jobs in science and engineering
California leads U.S. states in science and engineering employment, according to a new report from researchers at the National Science Foundation Continue reading
California’s Teens Summer Jobs / They Face 33% Unemployment Rate
Things could be especially rough here in California, which expects a 33.1% unemployment rate among teens this summer. That ranks #2 in the nation Continue reading
California farm jobs / 73% of held by non-citizens, report says
California agriculture would suffer unless Congress overhauls the immigration system, the Obama administration said Monday in a renewed push to lobby for a Senate-approved measure that has the support of the Golden State’s farm lobby. Seventy-three percent of California’s agricultural workers are non-citizens — the highest in any state — and a majority of them … Continue reading
California / Saving Unemployment Insurance
A rescue effort is underway for the state’s financially troubled unemployment insurance program, an economic lifeline that currently provides weekly monetary support for 525,000 jobless Californians. More than $10 billion in the red, the unemployment insurance fund has been spiraling toward bankruptcy in recent years, even as it continues to provide weekly jobless benefits of … Continue reading
San Joaquin Facility / Hiring has begun for 2,400 jobs
Hiring has begun to fill 2,400 positions at the soon-to-open prison hospital in southern San Joaquin County. Most of those jobs will go to folks with medical training, and current or recently laid-off state employees are expected to snag many of them. Nevertheless, the California Health Care Facility, Stockton, will bolster employment and revenue in … Continue reading
California / Asian replacing Latinos as the primary source of immigrants
The face of new Californians – once predominantly Latino – is increasingly Asian American, census data show. A seismic shift in immigration has occurred in California over the last decade, with Asia replacing Latin America as the primary source of the state’s immigrants. “This is a pretty astounding change over a short period of time,” … Continue reading
US / Nursing: Where’s the shortage?
I graduated from San Jose State University in May and got my registered nurse license in July. I have applied for jobs all over California and also other states such as Texas, Nevada, Oklahoma, and Virginia. I also applied with travel agencies but had no luck. I am currently working as a caregiver for a … Continue reading
California / Kaiser Permanente / Layoffs of 500 – Employees will picket
Employees from three Kaiser Permanente hospitals in California will picket later this week in protest of upcoming layoffs affecting more than 500 medical professionals across the system’s Southern California region, according to a Press-Enterprise report. The pending layoffs could include more than 150 nurses and other workers from Kaiser Permanente’s hospitals in Riverside, Fontana and … Continue reading
California / Prisons / Layoff Warnings to 2,200 Employees
California Correctional Health Care Services has sent layoff warning notices to 2,200 of its employees, the Sacramento Bee’s “The State Worker” reports (Ortiz, “The State Worker,” Sacramento Bee, 12/12). Background About six years ago, U.S. District Judge Thelton Henderson appointed federal receiver J. Clark Kelso to oversee the state’s prison health care system after determining that … Continue reading
California / Fiscal Cliff / 400,000 long-term jobless on the edge
The federal budget crisis in Washington known as the “fiscal cliff” has an estimated 400,000 long-term jobless Californians on the edge. A 41/2 -year-old program of emergency federal jobless assistance, which provides many of the state’s unemployed up to $450 a week in benefits, is scheduled to expire Dec. 29 — unless Congress and President … Continue reading
California / College Grads Taking Low Paying Jobs rose by 60,000 from 2006 to 2011
The number of California college graduates working in low-paying jobs rose by 60,000 from 2006 to 2011 according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Throughout the state, 260,000 recent college grads under the age of 30 are working on the front lines of food service and retail industries where historically those jobs have gone to workers … Continue reading
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