California union members chant “288” before a press conference urging senators to pass the bill Wednesday, June 18, 2025, on the west steps of the Capitol in Sacramento. MOLLY GIBBS mgibbs@sacbee.com ...

California unions maintained 16-18% worker density in 2024 amid national decline. California private sector lost 4.9% of jobs from May to July 2025 amid federal deportation surge. Latino, noncitizen ...

While California officials boast about the state’s ranking as the world’s fourth-largest economy, the statewide job market continues to be one of the nation’s weakest. With $4.1 trillion in economic ...

Gains in public-sector and other jobs largely supported by public money have cloaked a dismal California labor market, which has seen a big decline of private-industry jobs since their post-pandemic ...

Labor market conditions are similar in regions that are near each other. This is called positive spatial correlation. Analyzing county-level data from 1990 to 2024 shows that commuting flows may ...

State-level unemployment claims can provide a real-time measure of national labor market conditions and the overall state of the economy. A rapid and widespread buildup of stress in state labor ...

U.S. job openings fell to the lowest level in more than five years, another sign that the American labor market remains ...