Strong state-wide and federal clean energy policies have positioned California as the nation’s solar energy leader in terms of generating new, well-paying construction and permanent jobs while working to curb climate change, according to a new report by the University of California, Berkeley.
A new report released by researchers from the University of California, Berkeley’s Institute for Research on Labor and Employment finds that an upcoming San Francisco ballot measure to raise the minimum wage would significantly benefit workers in the city and strengthen the local economy.
A new report released by researchers from the University of California, Berkeley’s Institute for Research on Labor and Employment finds that the minimum wage policy proposed by Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti would provide significant gains in income to Los Angeles’ low-wage workers and their families.
A boost in Oakland’s minimum wage to $12.25 an hour that voters will decide on in November would mean a pay raise for 25 to 30 percent of workers in the city and would boost their yearly earnings by about $2,700, according to a new study by UC Berkeley’s Institute for Research on Labor and Employment.
