Fast-food cooks and cashiers. Caretakers. Housekeepers. Hospital staff. School bus drivers. Custodians. State employees.
Workers from all kinds of industries are demanding more in wages and benefits in order to keep up with the rising cost of living in California. They are backed by a wave of Democrat-led legislation making its way through the state Capitol — converging with ballot measures and funding requests from Gov. Gavin Newsom — to create a workers' rights moment that seems unique even for one of the most union-friendly states in the nation.
The calls come as support staff at Los Angeles Unified — the country's second-largest school district — walked out of classrooms on strike and state workers rallied outside the Capitol in Sacramento this week.
