AltWeeklies Wire
Silicon Valley's Wage Theft Epidemicnew
A series of egregious wage theft cases show how Silicon Valley’s disruptive industries can open the door for employee abuse.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Jennifer Wadsworth |
03-10-2016 |
Business & Labor
Homeless Techie Launches Janitorial Startupnew
British ex-pat Simon Brooks stumbled into the cleaning business after a failed tech venture left him broke and homeless in Silicon Valley.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Jennifer Wadsworth |
02-25-2016 |
Business & Labor
California Nudist Resort Exploits Workersnew
A lawsuit claims that the owners of Los Gatos nudist resort Lupin Lodge effectively reduced dozens of live-in workers to indentured servitude.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Jennifer Wadsworth |
10-22-2015 |
Business & Labor
Iconic Bakery Dogged by Racism, Retaliation Allegationsnew
Peters’ Bakery has done business in East San Jose for nearly 80 years, but a legal dispute between the owner and a worker has turned ugly.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Jennifer Wadsworth |
08-14-2015 |
Business & Labor
Silicon Valley's Nascent Auto Industry is on a Rollnew
In the past 12 months, green technology, in general, and automotive tech, in particular, have become the fastest-growing sectors of the American economy. The prospect of a new, sustainable automotive industry has already sparked a gold rush in the private sector.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Eric Johnson |
10-22-2009 |
Business & Labor
Proposed Federal Laws Could Sweep Away Low-Wage Workersnew
The Shuler-Tancredo SAVE Act would require all employers to use E-Verify to check the legal status of their employees. Presently E-Verify is a free system that employers voluntarily use to check new hires. Critics point out that it has been shown to have serious shortcomings, the most problematic being the tendency to deliver "false positive" matches, declaring citizens in good standing to be illegal.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Diane Solomon |
05-29-2008 |
Business & Labor
