Year: 2022

• Press Coverage | January 24, 2022

  The Fight for $20 and a Union: Another California Minimum Wage Earthquake?

  CA is Leader in Higher Wage Movement California is the epicenter for a nationwide grassroots movement to raise the wage floor for American workers. On January 1st, the state set $15 an hour as the floor for large employers and $14 an...

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• Press Coverage | January 18, 2022

  Black Work Talk, Episode 2: April Verrett

  

  You can link directly to this episode using this URL: https://player.captivate.fm/episode/a8072a28-0278-49f8-a0ed-6e970d3c3ec9

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• Issues | January 18, 2022

  $500 IHSS Hazard Pay!

  

  Who qualifies for the $500 hazard pay?Eligible recipients must have worked for a minimum of two months (total, not necessarily consecutive) between March 2020 and March 2021. When can we expect these payments?These payments are expected to be paid out...

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• Press Release | January 13, 2022

  Essential Workers Urge CA Legislature to Provide COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave

  Recording of the press conference is available here.Passcode: &8SzwY%4 Sacramento, CA - On Thursday, a coalition of essential workers, worker advocates and labor unions came together to urge the California Legislature to provide two weeks of COVID-19 supplemental paid sick...

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• Press Coverage | January 10, 2022

  In 2021, almost twice as many women joined the workforce than men

  

  Last year saw women return from some of the employment depths caused by the pandemic, with the largest gains going to Latinas and Black women. But there are still more than a million jobs to recover before returning to pre-pandemic...

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• Press Release | January 10, 2022

  Whiplash for Workers: In Out of Control Pandemic Surge, Healthcare Workers and Nursing Home Workers Push Back On Dangerous New Guidance from CDPH & Welcome Progress on Supplemental Paid Sick Leave

  (SACRAMENTO) – In the midst of an unprecedented and out-of-control surge that has highlighted our continued lack of preparation nearly two years after the pandemic started, SEIU members reacted strongly to two pieces of news, one alarming and one encouraging....

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• Press Coverage | January 10, 2022

  Healthcare Workers Push Back On Dangerous New Guidance From CDPH

  

  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — The California Department of Public Health’s decision to allow employers to force COVID-positive healthcare workers and caregivers to work, exposing sick patients, vulnerable elderly people, and the general public to COVID, outraged SEIU California leaders, who represent...

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