A SPECIAL REPORT: WORKPLACE
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SLIM PICKINS: For blue-collar workers, Orange County isn’t exactly the California dream. . . . Factory pay here averages $12 an hour, or just a couple pennies more than the statewide average, according to federal figures. Nationally, it’s $11.26 an hour. . . . The big bucks in California factory wages are in places like Oakland, $14.02 an hour, and San Jose, $14.36. The reason, experts say: Northern California is more heavily unionized.
Discrimination Complaints Up
The number of complaints of job and housing discrimination in Orange County.*
‘91: 933
* For fiscal year ending June 30.
Source: California Department of Fair Employment and Housing
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