Sibs, we had our first Napa Solano CLC Zoom Delegates meeting Wednesday Evening and had a decent turnout considering it was our first attempt at what will soon become the “new normal” as we deal with the extraordinary impacts of the COVID -19. The Governor issued stay at home orders Statewide to attempt to isolate the virus and we will attempt to keep you all up to date on the ever changing news by forwarding information from the Labor Federation, AFL-CIO and other credible sources to allow you to gather as much information as you can as it comes in.
We will also be keeping you all up to date on the critical work being done around the census 2020. This is very important to ensure we protect our voice in governance.
At our Delegates meeting it was decided that we will postpone our 10th Annual Spring Salute Awards Reception until late May or early June. The awards have been ordered and we appreciate the Sponsorship’s and ticket sales so far. We will hold this event to honor those Siblings that have gone above and beyond for working families! If our new dates presents a conflict with those that have already bought tickets we will gladly return you donation.
Our Siblings across the bridge forwarded this helpful information on where to go to get questions answered and I have added the articles from Solano and Napa Counties addressing their shelter in place mandates.
| Jon,At last night delegates meeting, our legal counsel Bill Sokol presented on all the resources available to workers when their jobs/pay have been affected during during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Labor Council has placed these resources on our website at https://www.cclabor.net/covid19. This resource identifies the many sources of relief available to workers during this time, as well as, explaining the qualifications, timelines, and how to file for assistance. EXPLORE THE SOURCES OF WORKER RELIEF BY CLICKING HERE. Here is a list of resources that will be beneficial to workers affected by COVID-19: California Department of Public Health COVID-19 Resources AFL-CIO’s COVID-19 ResourcesCalifornia Labor Federation’s COVID-19 ResourcesContra Costa Labor Council COVID-19 ResourcesPlease keep an eye on these sources. Each resource will be updated as the situation changes. Central Labor Council of Contra Costa County, AFL-CIO 1333 Pine Street, Suite E Martinez, CAwww.cclabor.net xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Other information you may find helpful moving forward: Links to the resources Peggy referenced are as follows:· Landscape: State & Local Policy Actions in Response to COVID-19· Summary: Changes to State Legislative Sessions & Capitol Rules· Dedicated resource folder on COVID-19 materials in the State & Local Leg book (googledrive for SF/CLCs)· State & Local Policy Recommendations Outline of Workers’ Bill of Rights During COVID-19 Crisis 1) Putting Safety First – Protecting Union Members and All Workers on the Front Lines of this CrisisFrom first responders to grocery clerks to health care workers to gig drivers to public servants, working people are risking their health to provide the basic necessities we all need to get through this crisis. Workers need proper safety equipment, free COVID-19 testing, affordable, accessible health care and treatment. 2) Government relief directly to workersAny economic stimulus must provide relief directly to working people. While government checks to workers help, we need much more. Wage replacement, unemployment insurance, expanded safety net programs, job protections and health care, among other remedies, must be directly extended to workers, and workers who are unbanked must be able to access government aid without being charged steep interest rates by unscrupulous companies. 3) Holding corporations accountableNo-strings-attached bailouts to big corporations are unacceptable. No bailouts should be given to big corporations – many of which used massive tax breaks to enrich shareholders instead of increasing worker wages – that exploit or cheat workers and/or don’t pay their fair share of taxes. 4) Standing up for Gig Workers and Other Vulnerable Workers Hundreds of thousands of gig workers are living on the edge, working through the crisis, because they’ve been deemed “essential.” Yet these workers have virtually no protections. No paid sick days. No job protection. No minimum wage. No health care. Gig companies must immediately follow the law by making these workers employees so that they are eligible for all the basic protections they deserve under the law. These companies must also immediately stop shirking their responsibility to all workers and begin paying into the social safety net, including unemployment insurance, Social Security and Medicare. All companies must immediately comply with the law under AB 5 to provide basic protections to misclassified workers on the job without a safety net. 5) Expand Paid Sick Leave for All WorkersWhile California is one of just 11 states with a paid sick leave law, many workers are still being left behind. In addition to following temporary federal guidelines for emergency paid leave of 14 days for some employees, California should expand paid sick leave to include ALL workers at least a guaranteed seven days for all employees – permanently — and provide paid leave to all misclassified workers, including gig workers, under AB 5. 6) Protect Immigrant Workers – Stop ICE RaidsWe demand an immediate moratorium on ICE raids, deportations and other attacks against our immigrant communities. Immigrants who are sheltering-in-place or going to work to provide the services we all need shouldn’t be living in fear of ICE. 7) Moratorium and Evictions, Foreclosures and Rent GougingState and Federal leaders must immediately place a moratorium on evictions and price gouging of renters, and bank foreclosures of homes. In a time of public health and economic crises, it’s immoral to take away the most basic of necessities – shelter – from families. Further, we demand more support for the already unsheltered including safe, secure temporary housing. 8) Protect and Expand the Right to Form and Join UnionNow more than ever, working people need the ability to stand together and speak in a collective voice to ensure they are treated fairly as this crisis evolves. A union on the job gives workers the ability to negotiate with bosses to make sure that they get a fair shake as companies react to the crisis. It’s absolutely critical that more workers have the right to join unions to provide a counterbalance to an economy that was already rigged to the benefit of the wealthy and powerful, well before this crisis. |
