U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Bay Area Jobs Outlook - Winners, Losers, and Boomers

Bay Area Jobs Outlook III - The Highest-/Lowest-Paying Gigs in the Bay

Temps of the World, Unite!

The Wobblies set out to organize temporary workers

Building Racism

Segregation and racism are used to pit black and Latino carpenters against each other at a low-income-housing site

Letters to the Editor

Week of 12-13-06

Off the Waterfront

News media have abandoned the labor beat and missed a story of global financial import: the looming possibility of a longshoremen's strike at West Coast ports

Temporary Solidarity

With a new (powerful) champion in Silicon Valley, a recent court victory, and ranks that continue to swell by the day, long-beleaguered "contract workers" have reason to believe their house may not be so bleak after all.

San Francisco 'America's Leanest City' According to Men's Health

Men's Health says San Fran is toothpicky.​And it's not is not necessarily a compliment.But let's start with the facts. Men's Health magazine looked at some stats in American cities, including the percentage of people overweight; the percentage of people with type 2 diabetes; and the percentage of ... More >>

Let It Bleed

The city is awash in red ink, thanks to billion-dollar benefit giveaways and our politicians' lack of will.

How Many Minimum Wage Workers Are There in S.F.?

Counting workers -- whoops! -- can be hard​Yesterday we reported on the pending augmentation of San Francisco's minimum wage to $9.92 an hour. Yet when we tried to find out how many city workers would be benefiting from the new minimum wage -- well, that's maximum labor. It appears no one in the c ... More >>

The Country's Deadliest Jobs

Counting workers -- whoops! -- can be hard​Yesterday we reported on the pending augmentation of San Francisco's minimum wage to $9.92 an hour. Yet when we tried to find out how many city workers would be benefiting from the new minimum wage -- well, that's maximum labor. It appears no one in the c ... More >>

H1-B Visa Program Creates Caste System for Silicon Valley

Counting workers -- whoops! -- can be hard​Yesterday we reported on the pending augmentation of San Francisco's minimum wage to $9.92 an hour. Yet when we tried to find out how many city workers would be benefiting from the new minimum wage -- well, that's maximum labor. It appears no one in the c ... More >>

SF Weekly Letters

Counting workers -- whoops! -- can be hard​Yesterday we reported on the pending augmentation of San Francisco's minimum wage to $9.92 an hour. Yet when we tried to find out how many city workers would be benefiting from the new minimum wage -- well, that's maximum labor. It appears no one in the c ... More >>

Dinner Costs 5 Percent More Than It Did a Year Ago

Even Botoxed models register shock at how expensive food has gotten.​According to USA Today, the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics just reported that the price of food eaten at home -- as opposed to in restaurants -- increased 4.7 percent from June 2010 to 2011. According to the bureau's national ... More >>

Miracle Faker: Rick Perry's Texas Teaches America the Wrong Lessons

Even Botoxed models register shock at how expensive food has gotten.​According to USA Today, the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics just reported that the price of food eaten at home -- as opposed to in restaurants -- increased 4.7 percent from June 2010 to 2011. According to the bureau's national ... More >>