California farmworkers on edge over historic overtime bill

This is not only untrue, but in fact California is one of the only states in the nation that provides overtime pay for agricultural workers-and our overtime laws are already the most expansive. “They can’t take their dirt with them”.

The bill is the culmination of decades of lobbying and pressure by the United Farm Workers Union and a coalition of faith-based groups. “Farm laborers working for hourly wages are a foundation of California’s agriculture industry and our state’s entire economy, and today California has finally shown them some recognition for this”. Additional coauthors are Assemblymembers David Chiu (D-San Francisco), Kansen Chu (D-Milpitas), Mike Gatto (D-Burbank), Patty Lopez (D-San Fernando), Jose Medina (D-Riverside), Mark Stone (D-Santa Cruz), Phil Ting (D-San Francisco), and Shirley Weber (D-San Diego); and Senators Ben Allen (D-Santa Monica), Marty Block (D-San Diego), Holly Mitchell (D-Los Angeles), and Bill Monning (D-Monterey).

Lawmakers who supported the bill saw it the same way.

Melendez, now a mother of five, said she left the Navy in part because she didn’t want to leave a newborn in childcare.

But that’s not how everyone feels-The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) in California, for example, said the bill would have “devastating impacts”.

Restricting farmworkers to a shorter day or work week will not guarantee overtime pay, said Groot.

Cecil said farmers are going to be forced to change how they hire and pay employees and how many employees they have. It also requires an employer to pay overtime wages as specified to an employee who works in excess of a workday or workweek, and imposes criminal penalties for the violation of these requirements.

Putting heat death in a broader context, Horton’s book “They Leave Their Kidneys in the Fields: Illness, Injury and “Illegality” among U.S. Farmworkers” examines the lives, work conditions, and health status of 15 immigrant workers who harvest melon and corn in California’s Central Valley over the course of 10 years. Jackson estimates it would affect 6 percent of California businesses and 16 percent of the state’s workforce.

“Law students in California are now contending with skyrocketing costs-often more than $200,000 for tuition and room and board -and many struggle to find employment once they are admitted to the bar”, Brown wrote in a message that accompanied his veto.

Assemblyman Don Wagner, a Republican from Irvine, said it is burdensome and unnecessary.

“History that has been 80 years in the making.”

“We lead”, said Sen.

The California Legislature has approved a $900 million spending plan for environmental programs as lawmakers near the end of the two-year legislative session. Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, D-San Diego, reintroduced her proposal into a separate bill and gained support by adding amendments calling for the overtime laws to be phased in.

The agreement is the product of negotiations between Brown, Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de Leon of Los Angeles and Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon of Paramount.