Suhauna Hussain is a business reporter covering California labor and workplace issues for the Los Angeles Times. She joined the paper as a reporting fellow in December 2018. She has previously written for the Tampa Bay Times, the Center for Public Integrity, the East Bay Express and the Chronicle of Higher Education and got her start in journalism at Berkeley’s independent student-run newspaper, the Daily Californian. Hussain was raised in L.A. and graduated from UC Berkeley with a degree in political economy.
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Amid news of visa cancellations and deportations, state and local tourism officials are increasingly worried about the potential adverse effects on travel to Los Angeles and California.
The Transportation Network Company Drivers Labor Relations Act, set to be introduced Tuesday, is backed by SEIU California and would seek to allow drivers to collectively bargain.
App-based drivers plan to demonstrate in L.A., San Francisco and San Diego on Wednesday as the state continues negotiations with gig economy companies.