Minimum wage: The future of the hourly worker in LA (#AT30)
Listen to the story on KPCC, by following this link. Larry Mantle and industry experts and workers discussed the impact and implementation of a $15 minimum wage hike in the City of Los Angeles at the El Portal Theatre in North Hollywood on July 7, 2015. KPCC’s AirTalk’s event focused on the impact and implementation […]
Sky-High Bill for Business
Howard Fine, Los Angeles Business Journal Published Monday, June 29, 2015 It’s raining money! Or so Gov. Jerry Brown would have us believe. The new state budget assumes $2.2 billion in new revenue from California’s pioneering cap-and-trade program designed to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But thousands of business and community leaders are concerned about […]
LA County balking at matching city’s $15 minimum wage
The city of Los Angeles’ decision to increase the minimum wage there to $15 an hour is causing turmoil for the surrounding county, where an effort to match the city’s rate has stalled. County Supervisor Hilda Solis, whose support is crucial, stunned advocates by opposing the proposed increase during a board of supervisors meeting Tuesday, […]
Cap-and-Trade Talk is All About the Money
Joel Fox, Fox&Hounds Published Monday, June 8, 2015 When discussing California’s landmark Cap-and-Trade legislation set up to pay for carbon emissions there is more conversation about money than there is about climate change. How much will the program cost? How will the money be spent? How will the overall economy be affected if billions of […]
LA City Council rebuffs unions on exception to $15 wage, for now
The Los Angeles City Council rebuffed organized labor Wednesday by rejecting, for now at least, their request to include an exception for unionized businesses in the city’s new $15-an-hour minimum wage. The wage ordinance may still be amended to include the labor exemption before it takes effect, though. The ordinance’s passage Wednesday, even without the […]
L.A. committee approves final $15 minimum wage ordinance, asks for study of union exemption
Los Angeles is one step closer to a $15 minimum wage, after a key city council committee approved the final ordinance Friday afternoon. The controversial issue of whether union members should be exempt from the new wage dominated the hearing of the Economic Development committee. “This simply isn’t a secret way to incentivize workers to […]
Breaking News: BizFed Annual Poll: Two-thirds of Employers Expect Business to Improve
A new Los Angeles County Business Federation (BizFed) survey shows that two-thirds of employers believe business conditions will improve over the previous year. While 10% more employers expect to hire more people in 2015, 28% more expect to invest in new equipment. The annual survey of 135 BizFed member organizations representing 268,000 employers with 3 […]
April Bizfed Board Actions: Learn More and Act Now!
Many thanks to the Orthopaedic Institute for Children and Southern California Gas Company for hosting the April Board Meeting! This summary of Board actions will arm you and your members on the critical issues we covered. As a special perk for BizFed members, Orthopaedic Institute for Children has graciously extended access to the Corporate Partners Concierge Appointment […]
