KQED | Hundreds of protesters in Los Angeles and San Francisco rallied against Governor Gavin Newsom’s veto of a bill that would have extended workplace safety protections to domestic workers. LISTEN below
KQED | Domestic service workers and employers rallied in San Francisco and Los Angeles Thursday lambasting Gov. Gavin Newsom’s rejection of legislation aimed at preventing injuries and illnesses on the job over concerns that it would be too intrusive for households. Some in the crowd of more than 100 near San Francisco City Hall held…
Bay City News | The California Domestic Workers Coalition has called on domestic workers and allies to protest in San Francisco to express their outrage at Gov. Gavin Newsom’s veto of a health and safety bill. Senate Bill 686, otherwise known as the Health and Safety for All Workers Act, proposed by Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San…
Los Angeles Times | SACRAMENTO — Roxana Sanchez has slipped and fallen on freshly mopped floors on the job. She’s gone home with bruises. She’s scrubbed away feces and blood. She has two bulging disks in her back, arthritis in her wrist and chronic neck pain, problems she attributes to working long days cleaning houses for more…