One year into the pandemic, California Domestic Workers continue to work on the frontlines of this crisis, ensuring that vulnerable seniors and other people susceptible to the illness stay safe, home, and out of a strained medical system. However, domestic workers themselves remain excluded from even the most basic health and safety protections, which means…
On October 1, domestic workers gathered in San Francisco and Los Angeles to protest Governor Gavin Newsom’s decision to veto SB 1257 (Durazo), the Health and Safety for All Workers Act, which would have ended the 47-year exclusion of domestic workers from CAL/OSHA, the Occupational Safety Health Act. Domestic workers (nannies, housecleaners and homecare workers)…
On September 29, 2020, Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed SB 1257 (Durazo), thereby denying California’s 300,000 domestic workers the right to workplace health and safety protections, which are critical to keeping workers healthy and safe at work, especially with the increased hazards of wildfires and the COVID-19 pandemic. The bill, which is co-sponsored by the California…
On August 27th, the California State Assembly voted in favor of SB 1257, the Health and Safety for All Workers Act, with 58 votes in favor and 12 votes against. The bill, which is co-sponsored by the California Domestic Workers Coalition, Worksafe, Equal Rights Advocates, California Employment Lawyers Association, and AFSCME-UDW and authored by Senator…