Tesla’s massive, companywide layoff round is set to slam California, with 3,332 workers across four cities losing their jobs in June. The Elon Musk-led automaker revealed the timing and scope of the layoffs in WARN filings with California on Monday; such documentation is required by the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act in the event of mass layoffs. Tesla’s cuts are hitting its Fremont locations hardest, with 2,267 layoffs across a dozen job sites. More than 1,400 of them are...
Frontline workers in California have earned millions since 2019. Watchdogs have slammed local government for spending billions. One fire captain earned $169,764 in 2022, but racked up $502,681 in overtime. READ MORE:
Stanford Graduate Workers Union (SGWU) members vote on the union's priorities from April 25 to May 15, with proposals focused on pay raises, affordable housing and healthcare access.
New data show the corporate pay gap is widening — now lawmakers are proposing a crackdown.
Shareholder payouts grew 14 times faster than wages over past three years, says Oxfam reportShareholders have proved to be more successful at securing bumper payouts than workers have at winning higher pay, according to two studies that show dividends outstripping wages by a considerable margin in recent years.Oxfam said analysis of global data showed that dividend payments to shareholders over the last three years grew an average of 14 times faster than worker pay across 31 major economies....
Tesla is reportedly cutting additional jobs and two more top executives are gone after the electric vehicle giant slashed its workforce by 10% earlier this month. The Information reported that Tesla CEO Elon Musk sent an email to executives on Monday evening informing them that senior director of EV charging, Rebecca Tinucci, would be leaving the company on Tuesday, along with nearly all of her 500-person-strong Supercharger team. Tesla's director of vehicle programs and new product...
Tesla will lay off 693 workers from its Gigafactory in Sparks, according to a notice filed last week with the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation.
Months after Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed the proposal, lawmakers in Sacramento are trying again to extend unemployment benefits to California workers who are on strike. Under Senate Bill 1116, introduced by State Sen. Anthony Portantino (D-Burbank) and State Sen. María Elena Durazo (D-Los Angeles), California workers would be eligible to receive unemployment benefits after being on strike for 14 days. "No one goes on strike because they want to go on strike," Portantino said at a news conference...
The Nigeria Police on Thursday arraigned a 47-year-old man, Tokunbo Daramola, before the Ebute-Metta Chief Magistrate’s Court, in Lagos, over alleged N27.5m fraud. Daramola was arraigned on a count of obtaining by false pretence, preferred against him by the police. The prosecutor, Assistant Superintendent of Police Ben Ekundayo, told the court that the defendant committed Read More
Eighteen California children who allege the United States' climate policies intentionally discriminate against minors appeared in federal court this week with their landmark lawsuit in jeopardy. The children, ages 8 through 17, sued the U.S. government and the federal Environmental Protection Agency for violating their constitutional rights. Their attorneys claim the nation's environmental policies have allowed dangerous levels of greenhouse gases to be released and accumulate in the atmosphere,...
California’s extensive electric vehicle charging network got a large boost this weekend as Tesla will allow non-Tesla cars to charge at their stations. Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) made the announcement by driving a Ford Mustang Mach-E SUV into a Tesla charging port. “This is all in an effort to build out the infrastructure in the […]
Tesla’s network of charging stations in California is now open to non-Tesla electric vehicles, Gov. Gavin Newsom highlighted in a Saturday post on social media.