The California Senate voted on Thursday to grant unemployment benefits to workers who are on strike. The bill passed with a 27-12 vote. The Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA have each expresse…
This is how good government works well, for the people.
I’m half expecting some type of “except for these 90% of workers” exemption, but until we hear about something like that, this is great. It hopefully will give employers a second thought when trying the “starve them out” strategy.
exactly
Check it out.
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB799
This is a bill to amend the existing laws. The amendment is really just about removing hurdles, period. There really aren’t added stipulations about who it applies to. They also took the opportunity to make the wording more inclusive of everyone, dropping him/her, etc.
Proud of my state today.
I’m proud of California, almost all the time, and far more than any other state
Thank you for this. That is nice to hear. I miss living in California so much. It was nice being in a state that at least pretends to care about its workers.
Filing this away for my next “Democrats are just as bad as Republicans” debate.
