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The pandemic may end soon, but these structural problems will not. We need better protections, a voice for workers, and accountability for employers. - lead researcher Alejandra Domenzain of @laboroccupationalhealthprogram Check out the Few Options, Many Risks: Low-Wage Asian and Latinx Workers in the COVID-19 Pandemic Report - based on survey responses from over 600 primarily low-wage Asian and Latinx workers. REPORT: bit.ly/covid-worker-report

Good morning all! Today, Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Asian Law Caucus and @LaborOccupationalHealthProgram launch a report - Few Options, Many Risks: Low-Wage Asian and Latinx Workers in the COVID-19 Pandemic - based on survey responses from over 600 primarily low-wage Asian and Latinx workers. With in-depth surveys and interviews, the report captures the experience of California workers across several industries, particularly restaurants, home health care, janitori...al, and hospitality. READ: bit.ly/covid-worker-report #KeepWorkersSafe #CovidWorkerSurvey #WorkersRights #COVIDsafety #AAPIworkers #Latinxworkers #LaborJustice

Join California fast-food workers, community partners, union members, and workers from across the region to rally for justice not just during the pandemic, but beyond. Later in the week the Assembly Labor Committee will hold a hearing on the FAST Recovery Act. Find out about the FAST Recovery Act and sign up to stay updated: bitly.com/FastRecoveryAct More details TBA. Any questions? Email [email protected] Oakland, April 20th: https://www.facebook.com/events/29839663...98593933 Sacramento, April 21st: https://www.facebook.com/events/142828271108752 #FASTRecoveryAct See more

Maria Hernandez is one of the 300,000+ domestic workers in California who is currently working during the #pandemic, but is excluded from basic worker safety pr...otections! Please join us on Twitter today to see and share more videos of our members asking the Senate Judiciary Committee to pass #SB321! and end unfair exclusions! Senator Tom Umberg California Governor #MyHealthMyDignity #healthandsafetynow See more

"Both management side attorneys and workplace safety advocates say they’ve seen a sharp rise in the number of such suits brought by workers, under a variety of state statutes ranging from common law retaliatory discharge and state whistleblower acts to fair employment and housing claims." https://news.bloomberglaw.com//employers-under-pressure-as

A central part of a science-based pandemic response is understanding how the virus is transmitted. We urge @CDC to follow the science and fully recognize aerosol transmission of #Covid19 now. #publichealth #ProtectNurses National Nurses United @nationalnurses

CA has a new COVID-19 Supplemental Sick Leave law - providing up to 80 hours of COVID-related leave for workers. It went into effect on March 29 (but is retroactive to Jan 1). Check out the Labor Commissioner's FAQs on this new leave: https://www.dir.ca.gov//COVID19Reso/FAQ-for-SPSL-2021.html

Talleres sobre COVID-19 ofrecidos por LOHP: Para trabajadorxs líderes y organizaciones comunitarias y de trabajadorxs: 4 regiones (cada taller tiene 2 partes) en inglés y español: AREA DE LA BAHIA: 5 y 7 de abril NAPA/SONOMA: 13 y 15 de abril VALLE CENTRAL: 19 y 21 de abril... COSTA CENTRAL: 27 y 29 de abril Para más información, comuníquese con Joel Rubio: [email protected]. El enlace para registrarse está en el volante: https://drive.google.com//1mkshcL1e5WxNFTAd3XGkIqvdAU/view

Upcoming COVID-19 trainings offered by LOHP: For worker leaders and community & worker organizations, by region (each training is 2 parts) - offered in English & Spanish: BAY AREA: April 5 & 7 NAPA/SONOMA: April 13 & 15 CENTRAL VALLEY: April 19 & 21... CENTRAL COAST: April 27 & 29 If you'd like more information, contact Joel Rubio: [email protected]. Registration link in flyer: https://drive.google.com//1t0f4VnqIvW_cDEyNl3xPy8san-/view

Check out the Industry-specific COVID-19 trainings being offered by LOHP - Labor Occupational Health Program! On 3/31 from 9am-12pm PT there will be a free onli...ne training focused on Employers in the Meat Packing and Food Processing Industries on implementing your COVID-19 Prevention Plan. Learn more & register here: https://lohp.berkeley.edu/covid-training-copy/ See more

Check out this new report on the fast-food industry and COVID-19 in Los Angeles! All in partnership with LOHP - Labor Occupational Health Program UC Berkeley Labor Center UCLA Labor Occupational Safety and Health (LOSH) ProgramUCLA Labor Center #WorkerHealth #publichealth #covid19 #LOHP

Join the CA Domestic Workers Coalition to launch the campaign to pass the Health and Safety for All Workers Act, #SB321.

¡Su empleador debe protegerlo a USTED del COVID-19 en el trabajo! LOHP ha creado una hoja informativa de recursos que describe las acciones del trabajador y del empleador para prevenir la propagación del COVID-19. Capacítese a usted mismo y a los trabajadores que lo rodean, siga este enlace para ver el PDF completo: https://bit.ly/38rntUR #COVID19 #Factsheet #PublicHealth #UCBerkeley

"In addition to prompt OSHA enforcement, if dangerous conditions are found, OSHA should engage the local health department or sheriff’s office to launch a concurrent investigation and use its authority to temporarily close the workplace if the employer doesn’t immediately address conditions identified by the OSHA inspector." https://tcf.org//halting-workplace-covid-19-transmission/

"Over and over again. It’s one tool in the toolbox that helps to bring down case numbers. https://www.huffpost.com//paid-sick-leave-significantly-re

"To many, essential workers are no longer pandemic heroes. They've gone back to being cultural givens, employees whose work is taken for granted and who are expected to silently absorb both risk and abuse from consumers." https://www.salon.com//essential-workers-trump-grocery-re/

"The stress of physical labor and the possibility of miscarrying eventually forced some of those women to quit, which in turn left them in dire financial straits. They treat us like nothing, one worker told Vice. Me and other pregnant women want to start a petition because I feel like they count us like bodies instead of people. https://newrepublic.com//amazon-prime-day-warehouse-worker

Marley Castro's story demonstrates that when frontline workers are informed and empowered to combat #COVID19 in public spaces, all Californians benefit! Read he...r inspiring story on the BSP blog: https://bit.ly/3d3Pnr6 Thank you SEIU SEIU United Service Workers West UCLA Labor Occupational Safety and Health (LOSH) Program LOHP - Labor Occupational Health Program for your partnership!

"Amazon revealed that nearly 20,000 of its front-line US employees at Amazon and Whole Foods have tested positive or been presumed positive for the coronavirus." https://www.cnn.com//amazon-warehouse-workers-p/index.html

"We are being shown blatant disregard for our well-being, and it's outlandish, disrespectful, and greedy. They will shove as many people as they can into one building so they can make one more dollar. And no, snacks don't make up for it. No one cares about the snacks." https://www.vice.com//facebook-workers-sign-petition-deman

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"Workers likely became aware of infections happening around them, felt they weren’t protected on the job and tried to blow the whistle. Then, within a couple of weeks, the number of deaths was increasing." https://www.huffpost.com//workers-blew-the-whistle-on-covi

"54% of the complaints were dismissed or closed without investigation...just 2% of the total were investigated and resolved." https://www.washingtonpost.com//osha-retaliation-complain/

¿Esta preparand@ para responder en caso de una emergencia o desastre? ¡Obtenga más información asistiendo a este taller gratuito de preparación para desastres el 6 de octubre de 2020; 6 a 7 pm! tinyurl.com/6octubre2020

"In addition to being one of the worst perpetrators of workplace injuries in the country, slaughter and processing plants often go to great lengths to ensure that workers receive as little medical treatment and compensation for their injuries as possible." "The remedy for high rates of injury, illness and coronavirus infection among our nation’s food chain workers is hardly the establishment of in-plant medical clinics. To the contrary, this plan risks deepening employer control over workers and further imperiling their quest for impartial and qualified medical care." https://www.washingtonpost.com//covid-19-can-afflict-powe/

"...The health department reported that it had been unsuccessfully urging Foster Farms to take precautionary safety measures since late June, a month prior to any COVID-related deaths." https://www.motherjones.com//foster-farms-covid-livingsto/

While the short- and medium-term effects of wildfire smoke on the body are mostly clear, its longer-term impact on the health of residents exposed to the toxic ...air still has to be studied. So far, researchers can only say that people who were exposed to wildfires in 2017 have seen their lung capacities decline, even two years after the smoke had cleared (via Los Angeles Times). See more