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Almost a dirty secret
Assemblywoman Gonzalez to introduce bill to increase holiday pay
Californians who come in to work on Thanksgiving and Christmas will be getting a pay bump next year if a bill assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez plans to introduce is successful.
At a media gathering on the edge of a parking lot in front of a Mission Valley Walmart (store officials protested the use of the outlet's façade as a backdrop), Gonzalez was joined by union leader Mickey Kasparian and Walmart employee Diana McCain on Wednesday afternoon, November 26, to make her case.
"It's time to start talking about what we've all known is almost a dirty little secret — the fact that every year more and more workers are expected to come in and serve the public when it comes to what are non-essential items, quite frankly," says Gonzalez.
In recent years, an increasing number of retailers, especially "big box" outlets such as Walmart and Target, have stretched traditional Black Friday sales into Thanksgiving, with some opening Thursday afternoon or remaining open all day.
Many union-negotiated contracts, including those for round-the-clock jobs such as nurses or firefighters, already provide for double or even triple pay on federal holidays. Other employers, while not mandated to offer any incentives to workers scheduled on holiday shifts, may nonetheless provide perks at their discretion.
McCain said that Walmart was offering its employees time-and-a-half overtime pay for their full shift, plus a coupon good for 20 percent off a single item.
"That's a pretty steep price to pay when you're not spending time with your family on these important holidays," opined Kasparian, president of the local United Food & Commercial Workers chapter. Grocery workers covered by the union already receive two to three times their normal pay rate when working holidays.
Gonzalez, a former labor organizer herself, has used her position to champion other workers' issues including minimum-wage hikes and a statewide mandatory sick pay proposal, signed into law earlier this year.
When asked about including other federal holidays in her proposal, Gonzalez didn't rule it out but anticipated a challenge with passing legislation for what she said were the two most significant days of the year for most families.
"I like taking on issues that people say can't be done, and I've already been told that this can't be done even for two holidays."
Introductory text of the bill is expected to be released on December 1.
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Almost a dirty secret
Assemblywoman Gonzalez to introduce bill to increase holiday pay
Almost a dirty secret
Assemblywoman Gonzalez to introduce bill to increase holiday pay
Californians who come in to work on Thanksgiving and Christmas will be getting a pay bump next year if a bill assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez plans to introduce is successful.
At a media gathering on the edge of a parking lot in front of a Mission Valley Walmart (store officials protested the use of the outlet's façade as a backdrop), Gonzalez was joined by union leader Mickey Kasparian and Walmart employee Diana McCain on Wednesday afternoon, November 26, to make her case.
"It's time to start talking about what we've all known is almost a dirty little secret — the fact that every year more and more workers are expected to come in and serve the public when it comes to what are non-essential items, quite frankly," says Gonzalez.
In recent years, an increasing number of retailers, especially "big box" outlets such as Walmart and Target, have stretched traditional Black Friday sales into Thanksgiving, with some opening Thursday afternoon or remaining open all day.
Many union-negotiated contracts, including those for round-the-clock jobs such as nurses or firefighters, already provide for double or even triple pay on federal holidays. Other employers, while not mandated to offer any incentives to workers scheduled on holiday shifts, may nonetheless provide perks at their discretion.
McCain said that Walmart was offering its employees time-and-a-half overtime pay for their full shift, plus a coupon good for 20 percent off a single item.
"That's a pretty steep price to pay when you're not spending time with your family on these important holidays," opined Kasparian, president of the local United Food & Commercial Workers chapter. Grocery workers covered by the union already receive two to three times their normal pay rate when working holidays.
Gonzalez, a former labor organizer herself, has used her position to champion other workers' issues including minimum-wage hikes and a statewide mandatory sick pay proposal, signed into law earlier this year.
When asked about including other federal holidays in her proposal, Gonzalez didn't rule it out but anticipated a challenge with passing legislation for what she said were the two most significant days of the year for most families.
"I like taking on issues that people say can't be done, and I've already been told that this can't be done even for two holidays."
Introductory text of the bill is expected to be released on December 1.
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