Tag: labor and jobs
Grant helps agricultural workers succeed at Hartnell
SALINAS VALLEY — Hartnell College announced it has received a multi-year grant of $260,000 from Bank of America that will strengthen its ability to...
All California public high school students will soon have to take...
The hundreds of new laws that Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed over the past several weeks include plenty of “firsts.”
California has become the first...
Monterey County job centers expand hours as pandemic unemployment benefits expire
MONTEREY COUNTY — On Sept. 4, the federal unemployment insurance program, known as the Pandemic Unemployment Insurance benefit, created under the CARES Act, will...
California orders all teachers to be vaccinated or face regular testing
California became the first state to issue a vaccine mandate for all educators in public and private schools when Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday...
New York City and California to require vaccines or tests for...
The push to mandate coronavirus vaccinations amid sharply rising caseloads nationwide accelerated Monday, as the country’s most populous state and its largest city both...
Supreme Court rules against union recruiting on California farms
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that a California regulation allowing union organizers to recruit agricultural workers at their workplaces violated the...
Finally, California is about to reopen
We’ve been waiting for this week for a long time.
After more than a year of complex, evolving rules governing where Californians can go and...
Salinas Valley News Briefs | June 11, 2021
JOB SEEKERS
MONTEREY COUNTY — Several local employers are hiring and utilizing the Monterey County Workforce Development Board’s new Premier Virtual online platform to meet...
Inmates graduate with job certifications at Soledad prison facilities
SOLEDAD — More than a dozen participants in a state-wide job training program offered by the California Prison Industry Authority (CALPIA) graduated in May...
Why California is planning to ban fracking
A little more than a week ago, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that not only would California effectively ban hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, by 2024,...
