Bureau of Labor Statistics – California Globe

$25 Federal Minimum Wage to Cost 5 Million Jobs, New Report Finds

August 20, 2026 11:28 amAugust 20, 2026 12:02 pm

The majority of research over three decades finds minimum wage increases reduce employment. Just look at California’s $20 per hour fast food minimum wage. In addition to the latest news that Kentucky Fried Chicken has permanently closed 44 restaurants across...

US Jobs Report Shows Foreigners in Labor Force Declined Significantly

August 8, 2026 8:34 amAugust 8, 2026 4:39 pm

The alphabet soup of news outlets reveled in reporting Friday that the US economy unexpectedly lost 23,000 jobs last month. ABC repeated this hourly on radio all day, without offering the reason why. The New York Times made even more...

Gov. Newsom Touts Misleading UC Berkeley Study on California’s $20 Fast Food Wage

April 8, 2026 3:10 pmApril 8, 2026 3:20 pm

California has such an absurdly high cost of living that some misguided lawmakers think increasing the minimum wage will offset nearly $1 million median home prices, $7.00-per-gallon gas prices, and $500 – $1,000 monthly electricity bills. The minimum wage was...

California’s Fast Food Minimum Wage Continues to Bite Workers, Consumers and Owners

March 20, 2026 4:40 amMarch 20, 2026 4:41 am

California is reaching a grim two-year anniversary of the ill-advised $20 fast food minimum wage. AB 1228, California’s $20 wage law for fast food workers, cost non-tipped restaurant workers 250 hours of work annually, equating to up to 7 weeks...

Gavin Newsom’s Sunday Circuit on Affordability is Dishonest

February 23, 2026 12:26 pmFebruary 23, 2026 12:26 pm

California Governor Gavin Newsom was cornered by Dana Bash on CNN Sunday about California’s affordability crisis. She said she was out to dinner in Nashville and met a California couple who had moved to Tennessee because they could not afford...

New BLS Data Shows Union Membership Drives Falling Flat

February 19, 2026 12:33 pmFebruary 19, 2026 12:33 pm

New data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that private-sector union membership remains at an all-time low of 5.9 percent. This comes despite recruitment efforts from major unions, like the SEIU and the UAW, who have spent vast amounts...

Senator Ruben Gallego Introduces Bill to Hike Federal Minimum Wage to $20 by 2029

February 5, 2026 1:13 pmFebruary 5, 2026 1:18 pm

Arizona Democratic Sen. Ruben Gallego announced Thursday that he has introduced legislation to raise the federal minimum wage to $20 per hour by 2029, framing it as a necessary step to ensure “no one who works full time in this...