minimum wage

The Fast Food Accountability and Standards Recovery Act, signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom on Monday, aims to improve conditions for employees in the fast-food industry.

California and numerous cities in the Bay Area saw their minimum wages increase as of Jan. 1, providing low-income workers with a boost to their earnings. 

Our country’s preoccupation with capitalism has left the responsibility for supplying people with housing in the hands of businesspeople and corporations.

A new study authored by UC Berkeley researchers has linked increases in minimum wage and earned income tax credit with a reduction in suicide mortalities.

From raising the minimum wage to divesting from banks with ties to apartheid in South Africa, Berkeley has been ahead of the curve on certain issues.

As of Sunday, Berkeley has increased the city’s minimum wage from $12.53 an hour to $13.75 an hour. This increase is part of the city’s goal to have the minimum wage reach $15 an hour by 2018.

Seattle’s rising minimum wage has not affected employment rates, according to a UC Berkeley study released Tuesday by the Institute for Research on Labor and Employment.

Berkeley City Council unanimously passed a new law raising the minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2018 at a special meeting Friday, as well as an ordinance to increase paid sick leave to 72 hours.

Speaking with his fists clenched, his finger pointing and his face flushed, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders expounded on his progressive platforms — including raising the federal minimum wage and making public colleges tuition-free — at a UC Berkeley press conference Friday afternoon.

Jordan Zimmerman was once a sales associate at a local retail store, putting in 20 hours a week to help make extra money on the side as she studied at UC Berkeley.