La Opinion | La senadora Durazo presenta la medida SB 686, conocida como el Acta Salud y Seguridad para todos los Trabajadores. En California, hay más de dos millones de hogares que emplean trabajadoras domésticas para cuidar a los niños, adultos mayores y personas con discapacidades, en la limpieza y otros servicios esenciales. Sin embargo,…
AP News | SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California households that employ cleaners or nannies could soon be required to comply with safety standards similar to other workplaces under a bill proposed in the state Legislature. Domestic workers in California don’t have the same safety protections required by law for many employees in case they get…
NPR | 3-minute listen – California has issued voluntary safety guidelines for employers of domestic service workers. These employees have been historically excluded from basic workplace protections.
KQED | In 2017, about a week after the massive Tubbs wildfire destroyed parts of Santa Rosa, house cleaner Socorro Diaz got a call from one of her clients. They asked her to work at their home, which was still standing next to incinerated buildings in the Fountaingrove neighborhood. When Diaz arrived, she found the…