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California Just Moved to Protect Workers Who Speak Out Against Harassment and Discrimination
Moving to strengthen protections for workers who speak out about harassment and discrimination, even in cases where they’ve signed a non-disclosure agreement, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed the Silenced No More Act into law on Thursday night.
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California Advances Historic Bill Targeting Amazon’s Punishing Warehouse Quotas
On Wednesday, California lawmakers advanced a groundbreaking legislation that could finally give Amazon warehouse workers the power to push back against some of the draconian conditions imposed on them. Assembly Bill 701 (AB 701), which passed the Senate this week and is the first of its kind in the U.S., specifically states that a worker’s…
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Heat Isn’t the Only Thing That Could Kill ‘Nearly All’ Young Salmon in the Sacramento River
On Tuesday, CNN reported that “extreme heat” from California’s searing temperatures could kill “nearly all juvenile chinook salmon” in the Sacramento River. But the potential grim fate of the salmon isn’t just due to climate change — human meddling in California’s rivers is also to blame.
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Citizen App Set Off Hunt for Person Falsely Accused of Starting California Brush Fire
California’s wildfire season is already underway (well, it may never have actually stopped), and state investigators are looking into what ignited a 540 hectare brush fire that’s currently burning through Los Angeles’ Pacific Palisades and Topanga Canyon neighbourhoods.