A bill passed by the Legislature on its last day is a top priority for California labor unions, who say “captive audience” sessions intimidate workers. Business groups say the bill violates employe…
Members of Teamsters, CSUEU, UAW 4123, and CFA Faculty gathered to ask for fair wages outside the CSU Chancellor’s office in Long Beach on May 23, 2023. On the final day of their session, California lawmakers sent Gov. Gavin Newsom a bill banning employers from forcing workers to sit through, California would join nine other states that have recently passed laws prohibiting an employer from requiring workers to attend so-called captive audience meetings about their political or religious views.
The California Chamber of Commerce made SB 399 one of their most fiercely contested bills this year. In a legislative alert on Tuesday, theIn an August letter to lawmakers opposing the bill, business groups argued they already can’t coerce workers to vote for certain candidates or to vote against unionizing. They also said that because the bill could fine bosses for talking to employees about political views but not other matters, it’s a violation of the First Amendment.
“If an employer wants to share beliefs at the worksite, that’s fine, but no one should be coerced to listen,” AssemblymemberFast food workers cheer “¡Si Se Pudo!” or “Yes, We Could!,” before Gov. Gavin Newsom signs legislation supporting the rights of fast food workers and boosting wages to $20 an hour, starting in April of 2024, during a press conference at SEIU Local 721 in Los Angeles on Sept. 28, 2023.
The chamber is urging Newsom to veto the bill. The governor has not taken a position, and has until the end of September to decide. Instead, the bill that passed this year puts the onus on house cleaning and home care agencies to ensure their employees are safe.Asking Eric: I'm shaken by my husband's reckoning of all my years of workDon’t know what to do with your old clothes? California may require the fashion industry to take them back from you — for free
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