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Wide Open Walls Brings Attention to the Struggle for Workplace Rights
Supporting our community is very important to the Center for Workers’ Rights. This weekend we stopped by a local k-8 school during a very special event in which parents and volunteers came together to beautify the...
Our Wage Claim Clinic Helps Trounce Barriers in Pursuing Claims for Unpaid Wages
Wage Theft Is A Crime! And the Center for Workers’ Rights strives to communicate this message to workers throughout California. When a worker reports an incident of wage theft to us, but faces barriers in filing a...
Another CWR Victory Preserving Pandemic Unemployment Benefits
In our 4th victory of its kind this year, a California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board (CUIAB) judge determined that our client Mark’s submitted documents were sufficient to establish his eligibility for Pandemic...
Individual Language Access Demonstrates the Importance of AB 401
When Cheng, a Mien speaker, reached out to the Center for Workers’ Rights in March of this year, she had been trying to access unemployment insurance benefits for more than four months without success. Through our...
CWR Rallies for Paid Family Leave Expansion and Governor Responds
On the last day for the Governor to sign bills into law, the Center for Workers’ Rights joined the California Work & Family Coalition in front of the capitol to urge the Governor to sign SB 951. The bill would...
The Center for Workers’ Rights Holds its 8th Annual Awards Celebration
The Center for Workers’ Rights would like to thank all that were able to attend and support our 8th Annual Awards Celebration. We were grateful to be able to safely celebrate together again after a two-year hiatus...
We Secured Unemployment Benefits for 13,000 Californians
The Center for Workers’ Rights scored an important victory for 13,000 workers in California who were improperly disqualified from obtaining unemployment benefits from the Employment Development Department (EDD) during...
Coronavirus – FAQs
The Center for Workers' Rights is committed to making sure workers in Sacramento have information about how the Coronavirus outbreak might affect their jobs and income. To help workers understand their...
CWR’s Sponsored Legislation on Late Paycheck Penalties Goes into Effect
AB 673, which was signed into law in October goes into effect on January 1, 2020. The Center for Workers’ Rights sponsored this bill which provides for an enforceable penalty when workers are not paid on time. CWR...
Married Janitorial Team Awarded $154,000 in Wages and Penalties
On September 19 and 20, 2019 the Labor Commissioner’s office served decisions awarding a combined total of $154,790.72 to Center for Workers’ Rights clients Manuel and Nancy Estay, former janitors at an event space in...
Language Discrimination Case at Davis Restaurant Reported by Sacramento Bee
"[Francisca] Perez worked at Osteria Fasulo for 11 years, making dishes such as braised rabbit stew with polenta for some of Davis’ wealthiest diners until May 31, 2018. During the dinner rush that night, Fasulo...
New Year, New Location for the Workers’ Rights Clinic
On September 20, 2018 the Center for Workers’ Rights and Legal Aid at Work launched the 5th year of the Workers’ Rights Clinic with UC Davis Law School (King Hall) at its new location at the Department of Health...
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