Workers at seven CVS pharmacies in Southern California have gone on strike for better pay and health care and to protest what they say is bad-faith contract bargaining by the company. The walkout, which affected four stores in Los Angeles and three in Orange County,

Wages rise first to $18 for rural facilities and $23 for large hospitals, with all covered workers reaching $25 by 2028.

We want to be with our patients, not on a picket line, but we can’t keep working in a system that treats mental health care like an assembly line job,” said a therapist for the

Abby Leal, a certified nursing assistant in Turlock, will see the biggest wage increase she’s ever gotten from her employer — from $20.60 to $23. She’s not the only one.

While California SB 525 was originally passed over a year ago, after several delays, it is scheduled to finally go into effect on October 16,

Thousands of workers are participating from the United Food and Commercial Workers Union, who are demanding more fair pay and improved working conditions.