State lawmakers consider new health and safety protection for domestic workers
CBS News Bay Area | Law would give domestic workers same protections as workers in other industries. Watch the five minute segment
CBS News Bay Area | Law would give domestic workers same protections as workers in other industries. Watch the five minute segment
SB 686, the Health and Safety for All Workers Act would end discriminatory workplace safety exclusion | Today, the Senate Labor, Public Employment and Retirement Committee voted to advance SB 686, the Health and Safety for All Workers Act, which protects the health and safety of workers and their employers by giving Cal/OSHA authority to…
Los Angeles Times | Fast-food cooks and cashiers. Caretakers. Housekeepers. Hospital staff. School bus drivers. Custodians. State employees. Workers from all kinds of industries are demanding more in wages and benefits in order to keep up with the rising cost of living in California. They are backed by a wave of Democrat-led legislation making its…
OC Register | When Maria Torres arrived at a new job cleaning a house in Irvine, her client had a request: She needed to remove her shoes. Torres was apprehensive about the ask, worried that without the traction of her shoes, she could have an accident. But she complied and her fear was realized. While…