Alejandro Lazo

reporter, CalMatters

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California’s labor commissioner fined Playa Vista Car Wash $2.3 million for underpaying its workers. That was in 2019. Workers still haven’t received any of that back pay.

LA car wash workers are still waiting years for their back pay

California’s labor commissioner fined Playa Vista Car Wash $2.3 million for underpaying its workers. That was in 2019. Workers still haven’t received any of that back pay.

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On Saturday, Mayor Garcetti plans to sign a measure the City Council passed almost unanimously.  It will make Los Angeles America’s biggest city to raise the minimum wage.

The Challenges of Making LA's Minimum Wage a Reality

On Saturday, Mayor Garcetti plans to sign a measure the City Council passed almost unanimously.  It will make Los Angeles America’s biggest city to raise the minimum wage.

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