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:

Injured workers, SF3168
This bill will give injured employees permission for a civil remedy if an employer willfully or repeatedly violated safety laws.

Minimum wage, SF2031, SF1439 (phased-in)
This bill will increase the minimum wage to $15 or $17 per hour depending on the size of the business.

Pregnancy accommodations, SF1180
This bill will expand pregnancy accommodations.

Subminimum wage elimination (One Fair Wage), SF658
This bill will get rid of the subminimum wage for tipped workers.

Systemic racism funding, SF800
This bill will appropriate money directed at ending systemic racism and adopt provisions that address racial injustice and systemic racism.

Whistleblower protections, SF1230
This bill will expand protections against retaliation for public employees.