L.A. could pay thousands of city workers up to $80,000 to retire
Los Angeles Times
Bob Schoonover, president of Service Employees International Union Local 721, praised city leaders for moving ahead with the initiative.
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California Attorney General, SF City Attorney Seek Court Order On Lyft, Uber Driver Classification
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Here’s what people are saying about California’s budget deal
The Sacramento Bee
“This agreement rightfully staves off the worst cuts but only in the short-term. We need our leaders to have the courage to keep fighting.” – Bob Schoonover, President of SEIU Local 721 and SEIU California
L.A.’s homeless agency faces calls to dissolve ties with police
Los Angeles Times
Some want police to play “a very distant role when homeless encampments are being cleaned up so that police presence doesn’t result in elevated tensions with the unhoused population,” SEIU 721 president Bob Schoonover, whose union represents LAHSA workers, said in a written statement, “while other LAHSA members have expressed the need to have police nearby to help them deal with those specific situations where weapons may pose a danger.”
Joe Biden backs new California labor law as Uber, Lyft and DoorDash try to undo it
The Sacramento Bee
“Vice President Biden sent a clear message that no corporation is above the law — not even Uber, Lyft or DoorDash,” said Bob Schoonover, president of the Service Employees International Union in California.
Despite a budget crisis, L.A. officials give new bonuses to officers with college degrees
Los Angeles Times
“Our members strongly believe there are other alternatives and less harmful solutions to consider before adding further strain on L.A.’s working families,” said Bob Schoonover, president of Service Employees International Union Local 721, one of the unions whose members are facing furloughs.
Some Uber, Lyft drivers fear companies will use unemployment benefits against them
CNBC
Ismael Perez, a full-time Uber and Lyft driver, applied for PUA benefits in California before hearing from a local group, the Mobile Workers Alliance, of the potential risk.
California Legislators Propose Bill to Protect Voting Rights, Public Health in Fall Election
San Jose Inside
“Sending every California voter a ballot is only one part of the solution for a safe and fair election,” Bob Schoonover, president of SEIU California and SEIU Local 721, added.
Why unemployment benefits for the self-employed may be less than expected
CNBC
″[It] definitely presents additional hurdles for drivers,” said Mike Long, a spokesman for SEIU Local 721, a labor union representing more than 95,000 public-sector workers in southern California.
Trabajadores esenciales temen perder sus empleos si Trump no los ayuda
La Opinion
La doctora Érica Barrios, médico residente de obstetricia de cuarto año en Harbor UCLA, dijo que ella ha visto de primera mano la devastación que el COVID-19 causa en el ser humano y el impacto que tiene en los hospitales.