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Worker Wins Against EDD’s Unlawful Redetermination
CWR continues to hear from workers that are fighting to maintain unemployment benefits paid to them during the pandemic unemployment benefits programs, which expired more than two years ago. Most recently, CWR...
Paid Sick Leave Increase for Workers in 2024
All employees have the right to Paid Sick Leave in California and on January 1, 2024 the amount of time an employee can take will increase. Since 2015, California full-time and part-time workers at employers of any...
Know Your Rights Training at the Union Job Fair
On October 11, 2023, the Center for Workers Rights joined numerous Unionized employers for the South Sacramento Union Job Fair hosted by the Sacramento Central Labor Council. The event provided opportunities for...
CWR Continues to Partner with the Mexican Consulate to Reach Immigrant Workers
CWR joined the Sacramento Mexican Consulate in their Financial Career and Resource Fair held on November 17, 2023. This event marked the 10th collaboration on outreach activities between CWR and the Mexican Consulate...
CWR Promotes Health and Safety in the Workplace with La Familia Counseling Center
Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Center for Workers’ Rights has partnered numerous times with La Familia Counseling Center to provide workers with the most up-to-date and accurate information regarding...
Domestic Workers’ Coalition Rallies for SB686 at State Capitol
On August 29th, the Center for Workers’ Rights demonstrated our support for SB 686 by rallying Domestic Workers from the Greater Sacramento region to attend a day of action at the state capitol to stand in solidarity...
CWR Partnered with Project Optimism for Back to School Family Resource Fair
As the school year begins, many students are getting ready to go back to school, and many parents are thinking how they will continue to balance their jobs and family care. The Center for Workers’ Rights attended the...
Construction Worker Remedies Paid Sick Leave Violations
California’s Paid Sick Day law is essential to workers with ongoing health conditions. Julio Santos Guzman, a construction worker in Sacramento, called the Center for Workers’ Rights because his employer would not pay...
Center for Workers’ Rights Celebrates our 9th Annual Awards Ceremony
On Thursday, June 27th, the Center for Workers’ Rights celebrated our 9th Annual Awards Ceremony. Each Summer, CWR gathers community members, supporters, volunteers, coalition members, and other community based...
CWR Joins Organizations from California for Annual CLIWA Retreat
On June 8th and 9th the Center for Workers’ Rights joined other community based organizations for the Coalition of Low-Wage Immigrant Workers Advocates (CLIWA) retreat at UCLA’s Law School campus. This year’s retreat...
Picnic at the Capitol in Solidarity with Immigrant Rights.
Organizations from Sacramento including, Lideres Campesinas, NorCal Resist, and Center for Workers’ Rights, hosted a picnic at the State Capitol in Sacramento on June 1st to show solidarity with the immigrant community...
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...
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