According to the latest estimates from the UC Berkeley Labor Center, about 426,000 workers are expected to benefit from the law. That includes medical assistants, front office staff, medical billing personnel, patient techs, janitors, and food service workers, among others.
As California moves to renewable energy, a new study from the UC Berkeley Labor Center shows the difficult impact it’s having on fossil fuel workers.
“I think this strike really follows the pattern that we’ve been seeing with teachers really for a decade now starting with the Chicago Teachers Union,” said Jacobs.
Rhee says workers are much more likely to save for retirement if there is a payroll deduction program at work.
“Folks who are under age 26 who are low-income and undocumented can get full scope medical coverage through the state and this expands that to be 50 and above,” Dietz explained. “But, as you can imagine that still leaves a significant number of Californians ages 26 to 49 who are low-income and documented who are without insurance coverage.”
“Even with the additional subsidies that are available through the rescue plan for coverage through Covered California, there’s a lot of folks who just can’t find the space in their budget to pay for those premiums or are worried about the deductible out-of-pocket costs,” Miranda Dietz said.
“Yes, they have to raise the wages because they were paying too low before but they also have to provide the kind of jobs that workers want. Stable scheduling, paid leave for sick or vacation leave be able to meet basic living expenses with their work,” said Lopezlira.
A study by the UC Berkeley Labor Center said that Uber and Lyft should owe the state $413 million in unpaid unemployment insurance taxes.
