All employees have the right to Paid Sick Leave in California and on January 1, 2024 the amount of time an employee can take will increase. Since 2015, California full-time and part-time workers at employers of any...
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CWR Partnered with Project Optimism for Back to School Family Resource Fair
As the school year begins, many students are getting ready to go back to school, and many parents are thinking how they will continue to balance their jobs and family care. The Center for Workers’ Rights attended the...
Construction Worker Remedies Paid Sick Leave Violations
California’s Paid Sick Day law is essential to workers with ongoing health conditions. Julio Santos Guzman, a construction worker in Sacramento, called the Center for Workers’ Rights because his employer would not pay...
Center for Workers’ Rights Celebrates our 9th Annual Awards Ceremony
On Thursday, June 27th, the Center for Workers’ Rights celebrated our 9th Annual Awards Ceremony. Each Summer, CWR gathers community members, supporters, volunteers, coalition members, and other community based...
CWR Joins Organizations from California for Annual CLIWA Retreat
On June 8th and 9th the Center for Workers’ Rights joined other community based organizations for the Coalition of Low-Wage Immigrant Workers Advocates (CLIWA) retreat at UCLA’s Law School campus. This year’s retreat...
Picnic at the Capitol in Solidarity with Immigrant Rights.
Organizations from Sacramento including, Lideres Campesinas, NorCal Resist, and Center for Workers’ Rights, hosted a picnic at the State Capitol in Sacramento on June 1st to show solidarity with the immigrant community...
CWR Joins Dolores Huerta on the Nueva Epoca Panel for Farmworker Rights
On May 10th, CWR’s Laura Leon-Navarro, and Kimberli Bautista were invited to speak on a panel for Nueva Epoca. Nueva Epoca is a program designed for members of the Latinx community in Sacramento as part of the Youth...
The Campaign for Safety Net 4 All Continues in 2023
On Thursday, April 13th, local organizations, workers, and a broad coalition of community members gathered at the State Capitol in Sacramento to urge state legislators and Governor Newsom to support the “Safety Net 4...
CWR Supports SB 686 – Protect Domestic Workers!
Because of our country's racist foundation, domestic workers have historically been excluded from workplace protections. Senate Bill 686 would remove the exclusion of household domestic services from the California...
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