California minority construction workers recover $8.5 million settlement
Masco Contractor Services company settles $8.5 million worker wage suit. San Francisco, CA (JusticeNewsFlash.com)–California’s U.S. District Judge Dale Fischer approved an $8.5 million insulation worker class action lawsuit settlement on Monday. As reported by the Los Angeles Times, thousands of mainly Latino non-union construction laborers, who worked installing insulation, rain gutters, and fireplaces, have recovered […]
California’s unemployment rate over 10 percent!
California workers without jobs at alarming rate with 10.1 percent jobless rate. San Francisco, CA (JusticeNewsFlash.com)–California state officials released record unemployment statistics for January 2009, as reported by Reuters late Friday. The 10.1 percent California unemployment rate marks the highest in 25 years. Financial analysts claim a plummeting housing market and a weakening consumer sector […]