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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...
Labor Rights Community Presentation for Parents and Guardians at Hiram Johnson High School
The Center for Workers’ Rights partnered with Sacramento Central Labor Council for a presentation on labor rights for parents and guardians at Hiram Johnson High School. The presentation focused on hourly...
CWR Connects with Over 300 Workers During Weekend Outreach Events
On March 25th, the entire Center for Workers’ Rights team did community outreach at 3 different events in Sacramento. The first event, Youth, Parks & Community Enrichment annual Youth Employment and Resource...
Temp Worker’s Voluminous Employment History Unjustly Causes Delays in UI Benefits
The Center for Workers’ is often introduced to the workers we assist during community events where we do outreach. While tabling at a community job fair, CWR met Audrey Eaton, who was a temp worker, contracting out to...
Yolo Youth and Young Adult Job & Community Resource Fair
As young adults transition into the workforce, many enter not knowing their rights as workers. On March 3rd, the Center for Workers' Rights was able to attend the Yolo Youth and Young Adult Job & Community Resource...
Continuing the Fight – CWR Protects Workers in Overpayment Settlement with the EDD
On February 17th 2023 the Center for Workers’ Rights announced our successful settlement with the EDD to protect thousands of workers from having to pay back benefits they received during the height of the pandemic. ...
Worker Victory Over Abusive Employer
CWR recently helped obtain a judgment against a local Teriyaki restaurant for failure to pay wages for all hours worked. In 2019, the Center for Workers’ Rights was contacted by an employee of a Sacramento restaurant,...
Wage Claim Victory for Local Construction Worker
Gabriel Maldonado contacted the Center for Workers’ Rights in June of 2020. He reached out to us because for four years prior he had worked for a local construction company and had expressed concern about unpaid wages,...
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...
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