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California moves one step closer to five paid sick days, with unions banking on COVID lessons
LA Times via Yahoo News· 8 months agoA bill passed by the California Legislature would require employers to provide five days of paid...
California expands paid sick days and boosts health worker wages
Salon via Yahoo News· 7 months agoGavin Newsom WANG ZHAO/AFP via Getty Images SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California continues to burnish its...
Now a powerhouse, California's Latino lawmakers face pressure to broaden political priorities
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFormed in 1973, the California Latino Legislative Caucus has championed groundbreaking policies such...
California may allow more ill, dying inmates to leave prison
theGrio via AOL· 2 years agoSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California would allow more ill and dying inmates to be released from...
California COVID cases are increasing, again. Here’s the latest on boosters and more
The Desert Sun via Yahoo News· 8 months agoAnother COVID-19 wave is hitting California as the summer ends and kids head back to school. It’s a...
Why can't WA rail workers use state sick leave?
Kitsap Sun via Yahoo News· 1 year agoRail workers across America were barred from going on strike after Congress voted on Dec. 1 to require 12 unions to adopt a new contract despite the unions’ objections. The Congressional intervention ...
News Analysis: Labor unions win big in California Legislature as hot labor summer drags into fall
LA Times via Yahoo News· 8 months agoWriters Guild of America members on strike rally in front of Disney in Burbank. (Irfan Khan/Los...
Paid medical leave: A new entitlement program funded by payroll taxes
Carlsbad Current-Argus via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThere’s a lot of momentum behind Senate Bill 11, the Paid Medical and Family Leave Bill. It’s...
California unions make major push with strikes and legislative action
VC Star | Ventura County Star via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThis has been a year of labor unrest in California, a state in which unions represent a relatively...
RSV, COVID Surge Highlights Need For Paid Sick Leave
Newsy via AOL· 1 year agoLa Dallas Mitchell is working overtime to care for her daughter. The U.S. is the only developed country that does not guarantee any paid sick leave, according to the Center for Economic Policy ...