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Say Their Names: Transgender Day of Remembrance 2020
On Transgender Day of Remembrance, we mourn the transgender and gender non-conforming people who have been killed in 2020. As we remember these remarkable individuals, we also condemn the sweeping discrimination and violence facing the transgender community and Black and Latinx transgender women in particular. With the memories of those we have lost in mind, … Continue reading “Say Their Names: Transgender Day of Remembrance 2020”
Read MoreAlexx Campbell and Daniela Urban Discuss Delays in Unemployment Benefits Appeals Process with the SF Chronicle
LAAW’s George Warner Discusses How Many Workers’ Status as Employees Was not Affected by Prop 22 in the San Francisco Chronicle
Temple University features Elizabeth Kristen’s work helping Black WWII veteran upgrade his discriminatory “blue discharge”

Today is Latina Equal Pay Day!
Today, October 29, 2020, is Latina Equal Pay Day. This date marks the day when Latinas will have finally earned the same amount of money that a white man would have earned last year. Because a Latina woman earns just 54.5 cents on every dollar a white man earns, it takes a Latina woman 671 … Continue reading “Today is Latina Equal Pay Day!”
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Honoring Intersex Awareness Day
Today, October 26, is Intersex Awareness Day. People who are intersex are born with variations in their sex traits or reproductive anatomy or develop variations at some point in their lives. The day commemorates a demonstration in Boston at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Pediatrics on October 26, 1996, the first known … Continue reading “Honoring Intersex Awareness Day”
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Press Release: California Class Action Alleges that Uber is Illegally Coercing Drivers to Support Prop 22
Over 200,000 Drivers Unlawfully Pressured to Support Ballot Measure
San Francisco – A class action lawsuit filed in San Francisco today accuses Uber of illegally exploiting its economic power over its California-based drivers by pressuring them to support the Yes on Prop 22 campaign in violation of the drivers’ century-old right to be free from political coercion in the workplace. A copy of the … Continue reading “Press Release: California Class Action Alleges that Uber is Illegally Coercing Drivers to Support Prop 22”
Read MoreElizabeth Kristen talks to Ms. Magazine about California’s Prohibition of “No Rehire” Clauses

California’s Expansion of Job-Protected Family and Medical Leave under SB 1383: 5 Things Workers Should Know
In a major victory for California’s working families, Governor Newsom recently signed SB 1383, which expands the California Family Rights Act to cover smaller employers and will ensure that millions of Californians can now access Paid Family Leave and State Disability Insurance benefits without risking their jobs. Below are five key things that every worker … Continue reading “California’s Expansion of Job-Protected Family and Medical Leave under SB 1383: 5 Things Workers Should Know”
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