Workers deserve more rights

We live in a culture where corporations simply have too much power. Currently, they can:

• Ask us to sign away our rights
• Push us out of our jobs for any reason or no reason
• Work while grieving a loved one
• Check our credit in the hiring process
• Fail to conduct investigations for reports of sexual harassment
• Discriminate against those suffering from domestic violence
• Retaliate against injured workers
• Make it difficult for us to leave toxic workplaces when our healthcare is tied to our jobs
• Silence us when we've been abused
• Pay some workers below minimum wage
• Not grant sufficient sick leave amid COVID-19
• Conduct abusive scheduling practices
• Avoid accountability for discrimination through wages and promotions
• Steal wages
• Block public employees from striking
• Ask about our desired salary ranges, which has a discriminatory impact
• Verbally abuse and sabotage workers with zero accountability

We can change this toxic culture for workers through by passing these bills into law:

Criminal history, SF155
This bill will prohibit employers and employment agencies from seeking the criminal record or criminal history from applicants for employment under certain circumstances and provide penalties.

Paid family and medical leave, SF109
This bill will require paid, job-protected family and medical leave.

Pay disclosure and wage transparency, SF187
Bans salary history inquiries and requires employers to post salary ranges in job postings.

Pregnancy accommodations, SF134/HF676
These bills will require employers to provide reasonable accommodations for pregnant workers.

Wage theft, SF147
This bill provides penalties for employers who withhold wages.