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TikTok star Tiptoe the Tortoise escapes wildfires in California

A 175-pound tortoise - who is known to millions on TikTok as Tiptoe - has managed to flee from the California wildfires.

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California lawsuit says Ralphs broke the law by asking job-seekers about their criminal histories

California has sued the Ralphs supermarket chain, alleging it violated state law by asking job-seekers whether they had criminal records and illegally rejecting hundreds of applicants

The Independent UK

As Workplaces Become More Violent, California Calls for Stricter Protections

Industry opposes a legislative bill to enact protections, but could support less stringent proposed Cal/OSHA safety requirements.

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Grocery workers oppose Kroger/Albertsons ‘mega-merger’

LAKEWOOD, Calif. — Southern California grocery workers and community supporters held a rally Thursday at a Ralphs grocery in Lakewood to oppose the planned $24.6 billion merger of supermarket giants Kroger and Albertsons.

The Orange County Register

$7 a dozen? Why California eggs are so expensive — and increasingly hard to find

LOS ANGELES — Golden State shoppers are shelling out extreme prices for eggs, amid an outbreak of bird flu that has killed millions of hens and left local grocers struggling to stock cartons that comply with California law.

Los Angeles Times

California attorney general demands Albertsons delay $4 billion dividend ahead of possible Kroger merger

California Attorney General Rob Bonta and his peers in several other states demanded Wednesday that Albertsons Cos. delay paying a $4-billion dividend to investors until after the company's merger with rival supermarket chain Kroger Co. is reviewed by the Federal Trade Commission.

Los Angeles Times

Gustavo Arellano: Karen Bass' Latino-Black family is everything the ugly audiotape is not

LOS ANGELES — Last month, after the first L.A. mayoral debate between Karen Bass and Rick Caruso, I approached their campaigns with the same request.

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‘Unified and militant’: Grocery workers get double-digit pay raises in new contract

LOS ANGELES — Whipsawed by the pandemic, spurred by fury over wage stagnation and alarmed by inflation, Southern California’s unionized grocery workers gained their biggest pay raises in decades Thursday as they ratified a new contract with the region’s largest food chains.

Los Angeles Times

'Unified and militant': Grocery workers get double-digit pay raises in new contract

LOS ANGELES — Whipsawed by the pandemic, spurred by fury over wage stagnation and alarmed by inflation, Southern California's unionized grocery workers gained their biggest pay raises in decades Thursday as they ratified a new contract with the region's largest food chains.

Los Angeles Times

Thousands of California grocery workers ratify new contract

Thousands of California grocery store workers have approved a new contract with major supermarket chains, avoiding a potential strike

The Independent UK

'A big win': New contract gives grocery workers their biggest pay raises in decades

Los Angeles Times

Southern California grocery workers union signs tentative wage hike agreement, averting strike

LOS ANGELES — Unions representing 47,000 Southern California grocery workers tentatively signed a new three-year contract with Ralphs, Albertsons, Vons and Pavilions, averting a strike they had authorized last week.

Los Angeles Times

A new front opens in Southern California's grocery store labor dispute: TikTok

Labor disputes are as old as capitalism itself, but the battlefields they play out on are continually evolving.

Los Angeles Times

50,000 grocery workers authorize strike

Albertsons, Pavilions, Ralphs and Vons employees are requesting $5 per hour wage increases

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Southern California grocery workers authorize a strike amid contract negotiations

LOS ANGELES — Battered by two years of pandemic stress, tens of thousands of Southern California grocery workers voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike if supermarkets don't meet their wage demands as negotiations on a new contract resume in the coming weeks.

The Independent UK

California grocery workers vote to authorize strike

Thousands of central and Southern California grocery workers have voted to authorize their union to call a strike against several major supermarket chains

Los Angeles Times

Southern California grocery workers prepare for a strike: 'We've walked through hell'

Grocery workers across Southern California began voting Monday to authorize a strike against Ralphs, Albertsons, Vons and Pavilions in an effort to pressure the companies to raise wages.

The Independent UK

California grocery workers vote on strike authorization

Thousands of southern and central California grocery workers have started voting on whether to authorize their union to call a strike against several major supermarket chains

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