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Sep 7th, 2015
Unionized labor represents an ever-smaller share of the American workforce, having fallen to 11.1% in 2014, down from 20.1% in 1983, according the U.S. Labor Department. But as...
Sep 6th, 2015
UCSB’s purchase of the Tropicana Gardens Apartment Complexes for $156 million resulted in an immediate loss to the County of Santa Barbara of over $1.1 million in property taxes...
Sep 4th, 2015
A study released on Friday, noting the gains made by black union workers in New York City, said that raising the rate of unionization among black workers across the country would...
The University of California Regents endowment yielded a return of 7.2 percent for the fiscal year ending June 30, according to data released by the Chief Investment Officer of...
Sep 3rd, 2015
In the 51-year rise of UC San Diego to super-elite status among the nation’s research universities, probably nothing has been as significant an embarrassment as its loss over...
The ranks of UC freshmen from other states and nations will rise substantially this fall at the Irvine, Davis and San Diego campuses, even as the controversially high numbers of...
Aug 31st, 2015
Several dozen students, workers and community members marched to various locations on campus and in the city Monday, delivering petitions calling for the insourcing of all...
Aug 24th, 2015
At the heart of America's recurring problems with poverty, income inequality and race lies a major shift in how our economy is structured. Since 2009, so called "temporary" jobs...
Aug 21st, 2015
Forging ahead with plans to take minimum wages to new highs, California’s San Francisco Bay Area has touched off tit-for-tat increases, deepening fears that the region’s high...