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California Senate Approves Unemployment Pay for Striking Workers (variety.com)

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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…

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[–] End0fLine@startrek.website 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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.

[–] downpunxx@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

exactly

[–] Itty53@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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.

[–] downpunxx@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

I'm proud of California, almost all the time, and far more than any other state

[–] End0fLine@startrek.website 1 points 1 year ago

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.