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"content": "\u003cp>On Tuesday, just hours after news that a ballot measure to raise California's minimum wage to $15 is now eligible for the statewide ballot in November, business leaders across the state vowed to fight it. But they left the door open for a compromise on the issue in the Legislature that would cost them less.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Theresa Harvey, president and CEO of the North Orange County Chamber of Commerce, said she knew the measure was coming and has been preparing to fight it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It’s going to force more and more businesses out of California,\" she said. \"It’s going to be impossible for employers to keep within the law and it’s going to drive more people to hire fewer employees.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harvey said her group has an article in the quarterly newsletter set to go out soon telling members why they should oppose the measure. The chamber also has social media and email outreach plans in place to try and build support to vote it down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"xyAhjsY0jaYcM4FZEhfS3WMAcOwPSTNz\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Due to a recent law change, the ballot measure's proponents have until June 30 to withdraw the initiative from the November ballot. That could happen if the Legislature were to pass a minimum wage bill before then. Senate Bill 3, which would raise California's minimum wage to $13, has been making its way through the Legislature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harvey said that although her group opposes the ballot measure, it might be open to a less rapid-fire approach from state lawmakers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Were the Legislature to consider a more gradual step-up as they did from the seven to eight, and then the eight to nine and 10, we could certainly look at it,\" she said, referring to previous minimum wage increases. “I think the devil is in the details.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There's also a competing ballot initiative that's still trying to qualify for the November ballot that includes increased sick time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Betty Jo Toccoli, president of the California Small Business Association, hopes the minimum wage issue will be resolved in the Legislature. She gave \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB3\">the current Senate bill\u003c/a> a 50/50 chance of passing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think there are those legislators that think the easy way out is to just let the initiative go through and then they won't be blamed for it, and then I think there are also legislators that recognize that they need to work on it,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Toccoli said California businesses would like to see lawmakers carve out exemptions for students so they can work for lower wages. They also want to see exemptions for restaurant servers so they can still get tips.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the biggest irritants in the ballot initiative for businesses is a provision for annual cost-of-living increases once the $15-an-hour mark has been reached.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hortencia Armendariz, director of health care outreach at SEIU-United Healthcare Workers, left room for the possibility that the sponsors could remove the ballot initiative if the Legislature were to act, but said they wouldn't do so for anything less than what their ballot initiative proposes. Their measure includes cost-of-living increases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Where we stand is nothing less than $15 as an increase,\" she said. \"Right now we're very happy that it qualified.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nicholas Adcock, vice president and governmental affairs manager for Greater Riverside Chambers of Commerce, said his group has yet to take an official position on the ballot measure but that it has deep concerns about minimum wage increases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Economies are different from city to city,\" he said, pointing out that well over half of the businesses in Riverside have fewer than 10 employees. \"We're not talking very big profit models with huge profit margins.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Riverside, according to Adcock, doesn't have the resources of larger cities like San Francisco and Los Angeles. He fears a minimum wage increase could stifle small business growth, which is still in recovery after the housing crisis that hit the area hard during the Great Recession.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's going to force them to make some very tough decisions,\" he said, speaking of small business owners. \"We want more jobs to be created.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>California Counts is a collaboration of KPBS, KPCC, KQED and Capital Public Radio to report on the 2016 election. The coverage focuses on major issues and solicits diverse voices on what’s important to the future of California.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>Maria Trujillo cleaned buildings for 25 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But on Tuesday, she was leading a chant at a rally outside the state Capitol, calling for an end to abusive working conditions and sexual harassment for janitors like herself who have experienced sexual assault on the job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"At the beginning, I felt really worthless,\" said Trujillo. \"I felt like I was worth nothing. I felt like as an immigrant woman, I had to take this, and anyone could step all over me.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez attended the same rally, where she \u003ca href=\"https://www.revealnews.org/blog/a-plan-is-emerging-to-fight-the-sexual-abuse-of-janitors-in-california/\" target=\"_blank\"> announced that her office is working on a bill\u003c/a> to increase protections for female janitors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/251051351\" params=\"color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" iframe=\"true\" /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gonzalez said she was moved to tears by \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/night-shift\" target=\"_blank\">\"Rape on the Night Shift,\"\u003c/a> a collaboration between Reveal, the Investigative Reporting Program at UC Berkeley, KQED, Frontline and Univision, and that it inspired her to improve conditions for women who are subject to abuse while cleaning buildings alone at night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tuesday's rallies -- which also marked International Women's Day -- came as a \u003ca href=\"http://laborcenter.berkeley.edu/pdf/2016/Race-to-the-Bottom.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">new study\u003c/a> released by UC Berkeley's \u003ca href=\"http://laborcenter.berkeley.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">Center for Labor Research and Education\u003c/a> linked subcontracting work to lower wages, fewer benefits, risk of sexual assault and other employment law violations, compared with non-subcontracted workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Researchers looked at janitorial and security service workers in California over a 30-year period to examine the impact of subcontract work on job quality outcomes for more than 200,000 service workers laboring under a subcontract.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10889886\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10889886\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/RS18732_JanitorsRally-800x490.jpg\" alt=\"Protesters rally in support of janitors, and to bring attention to issues of sexual harassment and assault in the workplace at the state Capitol on March 8, 2016.\" width=\"800\" height=\"490\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/RS18732_JanitorsRally-800x490.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/RS18732_JanitorsRally-400x245.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/RS18732_JanitorsRally.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/RS18732_JanitorsRally-1180x723.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/RS18732_JanitorsRally-960x588.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protesters rally in support of janitors, and to bring attention to issues of sexual harassment and assault in the workplace at the state Capitol on March 8, 2016. \u003ccite>(Katie Orr/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>They found that wages within the property services industry have declined or remained stagnant, even as employment in the janitorial and security industry has increased faster than other sectors of the economy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Contracted janitors earned 20 percent less than noncontracted janitors, while contracted security officers earned 18 percent less.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is the first time we’ve been able to look specifically at this industry and confirm that the trend of low wages and poor work incomes is associated with subcontracting over time,\" said Sara Hinkley, a postdoctoral fellow at the\u003ca href=\"http://laborcenter.berkeley.edu/\" target=\"_blank\"> Labor Center at UC Berkeley\u003c/a> and an author the study. \"We're talking about a significant number of workers that really represent the archetype of subcontracting.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report also shows that contracted workers are significantly less likely to have health insurance. Thirty-five percent of contracted janitors had health insurance through their employer or union, while 62 percent of noncontracted janitors had health insurance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>High Risk of Sexual Harassment and Assault\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In looking at sexual harassment and assault in the workplace, researchers repeatedly cited reporting from \"Rape on the Night Shift.\" They found that the property services industry is structured in a way that leaves workers \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/06/23/former-janitors-go-undercover-to-clean-up-abuses-rape-on-the-night-shift/\" target=\"_blank\">vulnerable\u003c/a> to sexual assault and afraid to report it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Janitors and security officers tend to work alone at night in empty buildings and are isolated from almost everyone except their immediate supervisor,\" said Helen Chen, co-author of the study and coordinator of public programs at the UC Berkeley Labor Occupational Health Program. \"\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/06/23/working-alone-at-night-janitors-risk-sexual-violence-rape-on-the-night-shift/\" target=\"_blank\">This isolation is a major risk factor \u003c/a>for sexual harassment, particularly when the harasser is their supervisor, which is a common occurrence in this industry.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several other factors that researchers found increase the risk of sexual harassment include lack of accountability and lack of resources for prevention services on the part of smaller employers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Researchers add that a workplace culture that does not support survivors, coupled with a high number of immigrant and undocumented female workers, leaves many in fear of retribution. Thus, many incidents go unreported.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We talked to one janitor who was sexually propositioned by her supervisor and harassed for a year,\" said Chen. \"That same supervisor harassed other women in the workplace and was never reprimanded. Employers generally do not have sexual harassment policies in place, and if they do, those policies are inadequate or are not enforced.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Disproportionately Affecting Immigrants, People of Color\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Latinos make up 37 percent of California's overall workforce, they make up 82 percent of contracted janitors and 41 percent of those who are not contracted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"oQktQM16n0yp7JDEd8B58VzE3wImXj8R\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The majority of contracted janitors are also immigrants, with 75 percent of them being foreign-born.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You have a situation where contractors use the situation of immigrant status and gender as a means to create an environment of exploitation and harassment,\" said David Huerta, president of \u003ca href=\"http://www.seiu-usww.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Service Employees International Union United Service Workers West\u003c/a>, which represents 45,000 service workers throughout California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Security officers are less likely to be immigrants because of the English-language requirements for the job. However, they are more likely to be African-American.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"These are things we've been talking about for some time now,,\" said Huerta. \"And as we start talking about the issue of racial justice and immigrant justice in this country, more and more we're going to see that this dysfunction within subcontract industries exist.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>High Competition, Lower wages\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In talking with employers and industry experts, researchers found that the intense competition between contract companies, coupled with the labor-intensive nature of contract work, is what puts wages and working conditions on the chopping block.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because labor cost accounts for the largest percentage of a contractor's cost of doing business, companies often find themselves unable to compete if their prices don't remain competitive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The most room that they have to cut costs is in the group of expenditures associated with hiring workers,\" said Hinkley. \"They're continually competing with companies that are offering lower and lower costs based on being able to reduce the amount of money they spend on labor.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In conducting her research, Hinkley did find that there are employers out there who were genuine about wanting to offer their workers good jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"These employers want to compete based on offering quality services, innovation and productivity enhancements. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>SAN FRANCISCO — The union that represents California State University faculty said Monday it is preparing for a five-day strike at the system's 23 campuses, by far the largest walkout since professors and instructors won collective bargaining rights in the early 1980s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Faculty Association's board of directors voted Friday night to schedule a strike for April 13-15 and April 18-19, unless Cal State administrators before then increase the size of the pay raises the union's 26,000 members will receive this school year, CFA president Jennifer Eagan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cdiv class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__shortcodes__shortcodeWrapper'>\n \u003ciframe width='100%' height='166'\n scrolling='no' frameborder='no'\n src='https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/246237826&visual=true&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false'\n title='https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/246237826'>\n \u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/div>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The strike holds the potential to bring the campuses to a virtual standstill. The association represents counselors, librarians and coaches, as well as faculty members who would cancel classes and skip scheduled office hours to walk picket lines, Eagan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The strike would be a historic strike,\" Eagan said. \"If it happens, it will impact the CSU for a very long time.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Here’s something that might surprise you. It surprised me. When I got my first paycheck for my first job in Massachusetts, the total was under $10, and that was for two weeks, 40 hours a week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My job? I was a waitress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://laborcenter.berkeley.edu/author/saru-jayaraman/\" target=\"_blank\">Saru Jayaraman\u003c/a>, co-founder and co-director of the \u003ca href=\"http://rocunited.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Restaurant Opportunities Centers United\u003c/a> and director of the Food Labor Research Center at UC Berkeley, says we can change that by giving all workers, including restaurant workers, one fair wage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/241462661\" params=\"color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" iframe=\"true\" /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The restaurant industry is the second-largest and absolute fastest-growing sector of the U.S. economy with over 11 million workers,” Jayaraman says. 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But restaurant workers -- many of whom were also former slaves -- didn’t organize.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That history really educated us about the fact that not only is this a vestige of the feudal system, it is a legacy of slavery,\" Jayaraman says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is a federal law that requires employers to make sure tipped workers are making the standard minimum wage through both salary and tips, and if not, to supplement their income so that they do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So if that's the case, what's wrong with the minimum wage status quo?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There are plenty of laws on the books that really aren't enforced, and this is one of the biggest,\" Jayaraman says. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 16 percent of restaurant workers make below the minimum wage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"iFqACdEJdZjdJwY7ZJood8jW5CDs9CZH\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While some restaurant workers are at mid- to high-end restaurants, \"in fact 70 percent of tipped workers are women who largely work at places like IHOP and Applebee's and Olive Garden.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This overrepresentation of women leads to another tipping-related challenge: sexual harassment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jayaraman says women in these jobs “suffer from the absolute worst sexual harassment of any industry in the United States.” She says it’s embedded in the culture, from customers to management. When a server is working to get the most money from tips, “you are basically encouraged to objectify yourself,\" she adds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some argue that the customer’s power to tip brings better service, but Jayaraman disagrees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Sadly, the studies show that tipping is correlated to workers’ skin color, hair color, eye color, breast size, gender, race,\" she says. \"And that actually there's no correlation between better service and tipping.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If customers are unhappy with their service, Jayaraman says they should tell the management, similar to the recourses available in other customer service industries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"In this industry, somehow we think that we as customers not only should have the right to implicate a worker's wages through our power of tipping, but determine whether they eat that day, whether they can feed their kids that day.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"RdCVHwgE2T1Gf8P94w6FwhQgWV4Ki7Wh\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jayaraman says we can avoid this mess by giving all workers an equal minimum wage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California, along with six other states, has one minimum wage regardless of profession. Jayaraman and her team have researched how one minimum wage has impacted these states. Their findings are promising.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We as a state are faring better on every measure than the 43 states with lower wages for tipped workers,\" Jayaraman says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She says California and the other states -- Alaska, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, Oregon and Washington -- have higher restaurant sales per capita and higher job growth in the restaurant industry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, Jayaraman's mission is to get the rest of country to sign on.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>After Los Angeles passed an ordinance this summer to increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2020, Richard LoGuercio spent the following weekend driving around a nearby city, looking for warehouses to move his business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I am just screwed,” said LoGuercio, owner and president of Town and Country Event Rentals in Van Nuys, which employs 450 people, more than half of whom earn between $10 to $13 an hour. Moving his shop to another county could help him escape the mandated wage increase.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Labor has kind of become our enemy, because it’s just so high,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the minimum wage goes up to $15 an hour, LoGuercio estimates his labor costs will increase by 62 percent. He says he fears his labor costs may rise even further because his more experienced workers will need to be paid more than a new employee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m in favor of (raising) the minimum wage, but not so much and not so fast,” said LoGuercio, who says he’s weighing his options for cutting labor costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Wherever technology can help, that’s where we’re looking into.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the minimum wage ordinance was approved, LoGuercio invested in a $150,000 industrial dishwasher he had been eyeing to save on utility costs. The machine will also allow him to stop paying six to eight people who earn $10 to $11 an hour washing dishes. LoGuercio expects to recoup his costs in nine months, and save a couple of hundred thousand dollars a year going forward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a start,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Employers: Minimum Wage Increases Will Put More Machines in the Workplace\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Employer groups opposed to raising the minimum wage say labor costs are already driving decisions to replace human labor with technology. They say higher minimum wages will accelerate automation trends in the workplace.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But economists say even when jobs are replaced by technology, overall employment may not suffer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Machines are already doing what humans had done for decades in supermarkets and some restaurants; shoppers can pay using self-checkout kiosks, and diners at Chili’s can order baby back ribs on a tabletop tablet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Restaurant Association says self-ordering could become more common if the minimum wage is increased to $15 statewide, a scenario proposed in competing initiatives currently trying to qualify for the 2016 November ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10795510\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-10795510\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/CondieResto.jpg\" alt=\"Jot Condie, president of the California Restaurant Association, picks up his lunch at an automated restaurant in San Francisco.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1272\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/CondieResto.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/CondieResto-400x265.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/CondieResto-800x530.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/CondieResto-768x509.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/CondieResto-1440x954.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/CondieResto-1180x782.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/CondieResto-960x636.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jot Condie, president of the California Restaurant Association, picks up his lunch at an automated restaurant in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Beatrice Katcher/CALmatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“When you’re talking about a 60 percent increase in the minimum wage over a short period of time, that absolutely is a game changer,” said Jot Condie, chief executive and president of the restaurant association. “They’re all planning” on ways to cut costs, including buying pre-chopped ingredients, sourcing food from international sources instead of local farmers, or hiring more discriminately.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If they haven’t adopted technology, they are absolutely looking at technology as an option, a way to cut costs,” Condie said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kiosks and tablets are most likely to be seen in fast-food restaurants -- but that’s not just because of labor costs, Condie said. 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Not so for a strawberry or melons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said if there were a statewide $15 minimum wage, farming would likely become more mechanized.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You’d see more interest in developing commodities that can be machine harvested, or (growers) changing to commodities that lend themselves to machine harvesting,” Little said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>When Automation Happens, It May Not Be So Bad\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Recent economic research suggests that job loss does occur following minimum wage increases, but the losses are evened out by other job gains.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chicago-area economists who analyzed employment data between 1999 and 2009 found for every 10 percent increase in the minimum wage, low-wage jobs that involve routine cognitive tasks -– such as cashiers -- declined 1.5 percent a year or two after the hike. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Wherever technology can help, that’s where we’re looking into.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the minimum wage ordinance was approved, LoGuercio invested in a $150,000 industrial dishwasher he had been eyeing to save on utility costs. The machine will also allow him to stop paying six to eight people who earn $10 to $11 an hour washing dishes. LoGuercio expects to recoup his costs in nine months, and save a couple of hundred thousand dollars a year going forward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a start,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Employers: Minimum Wage Increases Will Put More Machines in the Workplace\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Employer groups opposed to raising the minimum wage say labor costs are already driving decisions to replace human labor with technology. They say higher minimum wages will accelerate automation trends in the workplace.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But economists say even when jobs are replaced by technology, overall employment may not suffer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Machines are already doing what humans had done for decades in supermarkets and some restaurants; shoppers can pay using self-checkout kiosks, and diners at Chili’s can order baby back ribs on a tabletop tablet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Restaurant Association says self-ordering could become more common if the minimum wage is increased to $15 statewide, a scenario proposed in competing initiatives currently trying to qualify for the 2016 November ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10795510\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-10795510\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/CondieResto.jpg\" alt=\"Jot Condie, president of the California Restaurant Association, picks up his lunch at an automated restaurant in San Francisco.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1272\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/CondieResto.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/CondieResto-400x265.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/CondieResto-800x530.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/CondieResto-768x509.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/CondieResto-1440x954.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/CondieResto-1180x782.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/CondieResto-960x636.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jot Condie, president of the California Restaurant Association, picks up his lunch at an automated restaurant in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Beatrice Katcher/CALmatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“When you’re talking about a 60 percent increase in the minimum wage over a short period of time, that absolutely is a game changer,” said Jot Condie, chief executive and president of the restaurant association. “They’re all planning” on ways to cut costs, including buying pre-chopped ingredients, sourcing food from international sources instead of local farmers, or hiring more discriminately.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If they haven’t adopted technology, they are absolutely looking at technology as an option, a way to cut costs,” Condie said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kiosks and tablets are most likely to be seen in fast-food restaurants -- but that’s not just because of labor costs, Condie said. Technology helps deliver food more quickly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Farmers May Grow What Can Be Mechanized\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When it comes to agriculture, the California Farm Bureau Federation says it’s like any other industry that employs large numbers of low-skilled workers. Growers look for “every opportunity” to cut labor costs, and technology is part of that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bryan Little, director of employment policy at the farm bureau, said for the past 25 years more and more agricultural products -– including tomatoes, raisins and nuts -– are being harvested by machine. As labor costs go up, Little said, farmers decide what to grow partly on how easily production can be mechanized.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s a lot more interest in growing almonds, walnuts, pistachios, other types of tree nuts that can be harvested with a crew of four or five people,” said Little, explaining that machines can shake nuts from a tree, without harming color or texture. Not so for a strawberry or melons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said if there were a statewide $15 minimum wage, farming would likely become more mechanized.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You’d see more interest in developing commodities that can be machine harvested, or (growers) changing to commodities that lend themselves to machine harvesting,” Little said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>When Automation Happens, It May Not Be So Bad\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Recent economic research suggests that job loss does occur following minimum wage increases, but the losses are evened out by other job gains.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chicago-area economists who analyzed employment data between 1999 and 2009 found for every 10 percent increase in the minimum wage, low-wage jobs that involve routine cognitive tasks -– such as cashiers -- declined 1.5 percent a year or two after the hike. 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"content": "\u003cp>A San Francisco federal judge has ordered Uber to limit communication with drivers who are part of a class-action lawsuit against the company, saying he had \"grave concerns\" about arbitration agreements the company sent out last week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>U.S. District Court Judge Edward Chen said the agreements are \"likely to engender confusion\" and that he would issue an order preventing them from taking effect for drivers who are part of the lawsuit. However, Chen added that he wasn't sure he had the \"complete authority\" to ban arbitration agreements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The tentative rulings are the latest in the class action against Uber, which argues the company misclassifies drivers as independent contractors instead of employees. The drivers are also seeking reimbursement for expenses, including gas and car maintenance, along with tips they claim were advertised to customers as part of the fares but not given to drivers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chen said he was directing Uber not to communicate \"with class members or anything that might affect the prosecution of this case without clearing it through counsel or coming to the court if there's a disagreement.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Uber sent out the new arbitration agreements last Friday, two days after Chen issued a ruling expanding the class of drivers who could be part of the lawsuit. He ruled 2014 and 2015 arbitration agreements were unenforceable, which meant drivers who opted out of those clauses could be included in the lawsuit. Uber is appealing the ruling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Theodore Boutrous, the attorney for Uber, estimated that up to 100,000 drivers were added to the class, joining 8,000 drivers \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/09/01/judge-certifies-uber-drivers-lawsuit-as-a-class-action\" target=\"_blank\">certified by Chen on Sept. 1\u003c/a>. The case could affect up to 160,000 Uber drivers in California, and Chen said he would rule later on how last week's agreements might affect other drivers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The attorney for the drivers, Shannon Liss-Riordan, said the agreement and email sent to drivers last week was an attempt by Uber to curtail its liability in pending lawsuits. She argued \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/12/14/controversy-surrounds-ubers-new-arbitration-agreement-for-drivers\" target=\"_blank\">Uber was trying to \"potentially trick\" drivers\u003c/a> into opting out of the class-action suit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In legal briefs, Liss-Riordan wrote that her firm received more than 800 inquiries from Uber drivers \"who have expressed confusion and dismay about the new agreement, and do not know if they need to opt out of the agreement to participate in the case.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Boutrous argued that the new agreement was a reaction to Chen's concerns about the arbitration clauses in Uber's earlier driver contracts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"[An] agreement was sent out that this court was troubled by, and it fixes those things,\" Boutrous told Chen. \"These aren't some nefarious, evil agreements that must be stopped.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his legal briefs, Boutrous wrote that \"there is nothing deceptive, coercive, or misleading about the agreements Uber has implemented (and drivers voluntarily accepted). Indeed, Uber did not amend, in any substantive way, any of the notice provisions or opt-out mechanisms that this court previously approved.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Boutrous said that a higher number of drivers have opted out of the new arbitration agreement compared with earlier contracts. Liss-Riordan attributes that to widespread news coverage and drivers finding out about the lawsuit from her firm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chen suggested that Uber provide more \"robust disclosure\" by providing a hyperlink on the first page of the agreement that clearly gives drivers an opt-out option.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If it's to truly implement a fair model, why not have a simple click the box and not have it on page 21?\" Chen asked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Liss-Riordan also challenged a recent effort by Uber to prove its drivers believe they're independent contractors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company has begun offering money to drivers for proof they also work for other ride services, such as Lyft. Liss-Riordan called the payments part of a \"deceptive attempt by Uber to gather evidence in support of its defense in this case -- and against the interests of the class -- in exchange for payment.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Boutrous told Chen the driver information is being gathered for market research.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The company gathers information about its competitor, and this email was sent to a fraction of California drivers seeking information about their experience with Lyft,\" he told Chen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, Liss-Riordan filed a motion Thursday seeking to have the case tried by the judge instead of a jury.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Theodore Boutrous, the attorney for Uber, estimated that up to 100,000 drivers were added to the class, joining 8,000 drivers \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/09/01/judge-certifies-uber-drivers-lawsuit-as-a-class-action\" target=\"_blank\">certified by Chen on Sept. 1\u003c/a>. The case could affect up to 160,000 Uber drivers in California, and Chen said he would rule later on how last week's agreements might affect other drivers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The attorney for the drivers, Shannon Liss-Riordan, said the agreement and email sent to drivers last week was an attempt by Uber to curtail its liability in pending lawsuits. She argued \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/12/14/controversy-surrounds-ubers-new-arbitration-agreement-for-drivers\" target=\"_blank\">Uber was trying to \"potentially trick\" drivers\u003c/a> into opting out of the class-action suit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In legal briefs, Liss-Riordan wrote that her firm received more than 800 inquiries from Uber drivers \"who have expressed confusion and dismay about the new agreement, and do not know if they need to opt out of the agreement to participate in the case.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Boutrous argued that the new agreement was a reaction to Chen's concerns about the arbitration clauses in Uber's earlier driver contracts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"[An] agreement was sent out that this court was troubled by, and it fixes those things,\" Boutrous told Chen. \"These aren't some nefarious, evil agreements that must be stopped.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his legal briefs, Boutrous wrote that \"there is nothing deceptive, coercive, or misleading about the agreements Uber has implemented (and drivers voluntarily accepted). Indeed, Uber did not amend, in any substantive way, any of the notice provisions or opt-out mechanisms that this court previously approved.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Boutrous said that a higher number of drivers have opted out of the new arbitration agreement compared with earlier contracts. Liss-Riordan attributes that to widespread news coverage and drivers finding out about the lawsuit from her firm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chen suggested that Uber provide more \"robust disclosure\" by providing a hyperlink on the first page of the agreement that clearly gives drivers an opt-out option.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If it's to truly implement a fair model, why not have a simple click the box and not have it on page 21?\" Chen asked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Liss-Riordan also challenged a recent effort by Uber to prove its drivers believe they're independent contractors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company has begun offering money to drivers for proof they also work for other ride services, such as Lyft. Liss-Riordan called the payments part of a \"deceptive attempt by Uber to gather evidence in support of its defense in this case -- and against the interests of the class -- in exchange for payment.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Boutrous told Chen the driver information is being gathered for market research.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The company gathers information about its competitor, and this email was sent to a fraction of California drivers seeking information about their experience with Lyft,\" he told Chen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, Liss-Riordan filed a motion Thursday seeking to have the case tried by the judge instead of a jury.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Seattle on Monday became the first city in the nation to allow drivers of ride-hailing companies such as Uber and Lyft to unionize over pay and working conditions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supporters erupted into cheers after the City Council voted 8-0 in favor of the legislation, which is seen as a test case for the changing 21st century workforce. The companies strongly oppose it, and several council members acknowledged there would be legal challenges ahead but said it was worth doing.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'My intent is to make sure that the people, the drivers, the workers in our community continue to have access to good wage jobs.'\u003ccite>Seattle Councilmember Mike O’Brien\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The measure requires companies that hire or contract with drivers of taxis, for-hire transportation companies and app-based ride-hailing services to bargain with their drivers, if a majority shows they want to be represented. Drivers would be represented by nonprofit organizations certified by the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Seattle has been a national leader on workers' rights, such as gradually raising the minimum wage to $15 and requiring most employers to provide paid sick leave.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"My intent is to make sure that the people, the drivers, the workers in our community continue to have access to good wage jobs,\" Councilmember Mike O'Brien said. He added innovation can continue to happen, but it shouldn't be done at the expense of workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many drivers in Seattle are immigrants who depend on full-time work, but some make less than minimum wage and lack basic worker rights, such as sick leave and protection from retaliation, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"cD4eZlRSX1eM0jcx1iHjlhmRNpBVcMSd\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The National Labor Relations Act does not extend collective bargaining rights to independent contractors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco-based Uber and others say federal labor law prevents cities from regulating collective bargaining, and the ordinance would violate federal antitrust laws. Opponents also argue it would be costly for the city to implement, it would violate drivers' privacy since their information would be given to the organization, and it would stifle the growth of the on-demand economy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a response to a request for a comment on the legislation, Uber said in a statement Monday it is \"creating new opportunities for many people to earn a better living on their own time and their own terms.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco-based Lyft urged the mayor and council to reconsider the measure and listen to those who seek the flexible economic opportunity the company offers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Unfortunately, the ordinance passed today threatens the privacy of drivers, imposes substantial costs on passengers and the city, and conflicts with longstanding federal law,\" Lyft's statement said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Charlotte Garden, an assistant law professor at Seattle University, said it's a \"virtual certainty\" that the ordinance will be challenged in court if it's enacted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I anticipate that other cities will consider similar measures, but they may wait to see whether the ordinance survives review by a federal court,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, Mayor Ed Murray told the council in a letter Monday that he supports the right of workers to unionize but has concerns about the bill. 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Vainuku drives for Lyft and Uber six days a week. \u003ccite>(Ericka Cruz Guevarra/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Uber has about 400,000 drivers nationwide with about 10,000 in Seattle. Its rival, Lyft, also has thousands of drivers in Seattle but declined to give a specific number.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Legal experts have been mixed on how the bill would be challenged in court, including whether the ordinance violates antitrust laws because it would allow drivers to get together and set rates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Uber is \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/12/10/uber-drivers-class-action-lawsuit-expanded\" target=\"_blank\">facing a class-action lawsuit\u003c/a> in federal court in California over worker classification. The plaintiffs named in the suit say they are Uber employees, not independent contractors, and have been shortchanged on expenses and tips.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Uber and Lyft say drivers have flexibility in deciding when they work and how many hours, and many chose to drive to supplement their income. But drivers don't have a say in rate changes, can be deactivated at will and don't have access to worker protections such as sick leave and minimum wage laws, Dawn Gearhart, a representative with Teamsters Local 117.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under the proposed ordinance, the city will give certified nonprofit organizations a list of eligible drivers at each company, and the groups must show that a majority of drivers of each company want representation. 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Opponents also argue it would be costly for the city to implement, it would violate drivers' privacy since their information would be given to the organization, and it would stifle the growth of the on-demand economy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a response to a request for a comment on the legislation, Uber said in a statement Monday it is \"creating new opportunities for many people to earn a better living on their own time and their own terms.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco-based Lyft urged the mayor and council to reconsider the measure and listen to those who seek the flexible economic opportunity the company offers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Unfortunately, the ordinance passed today threatens the privacy of drivers, imposes substantial costs on passengers and the city, and conflicts with longstanding federal law,\" Lyft's statement said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Charlotte Garden, an assistant law professor at Seattle University, said it's a \"virtual certainty\" that the ordinance will be challenged in court if it's enacted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I anticipate that other cities will consider similar measures, but they may wait to see whether the ordinance survives review by a federal court,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, Mayor Ed Murray told the council in a letter Monday that he supports the right of workers to unionize but has concerns about the bill. 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"content": "\u003cp>If you’re a foodie, at some point you’ve probably signed up to get a fresh veggie box delivered from a local farm. You know, the kind that has organic carrots, juicy tomatoes and sometimes a weird root like a kohlrabi or rutabaga thrown in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But those veggie boxes can be pricey for many Californians. Now, a new pilot project in Fresno is trying to change that, setting up mobile markets in low-income neighborhoods where people can sample produce and tell surveyors what they could afford to pay for a veggie box.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s part of an effort called \u003ca href=\"http://thefoodcommons.org\">The Food Commons\u003c/a>, a project that’s also trying to transform food systems in Atlanta and New Zealand. They’re piloting the effort in Fresno, America’s most productive farm belt. It’s a place where food is largely grown for export outside the region, not for the folks who actually live here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Food Commons is the brainchild of a farmer who has brought some radical ideas into agriculture, Santa Cruz strawberry grower Jim Cochran. “Good food is not just for yuppies,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As part of our \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/big-think\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">“Big Think”\u003c/a> series, we’ve been asking innovative Californians to share their big ideas in 10 words or less. Cochran’s Big Think, though, has a second part: “To grow it, can it, and sell it, all community owned.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/237171203″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cochran has long believed that the people who pick and package our food should own a stake in the business, and labor under good working conditions. That’s all been part of his vision ever since he started \u003ca href=\"http://www.swantonberryfarm.com/\">Swanton Berry Farm\u003c/a>, California’s first organic strawberry farm, nearly 30 years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Swanton was the first organic farm in the U.S. to sign a union contract with the \u003ca href=\"http://www.ufw.org/\">United Farm Workers union\u003c/a>, or UFW. A big picture of Cesar Chavez hangs on the wall of his farmstand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10790090\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10790090 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/RS17722_farm-stand-1-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"People stop at Swanton's Farm stand to buy organic berries, veggies, and pies, using the honor system - a box where they put in money and make their own change. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/RS17722_farm-stand-1-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/RS17722_farm-stand-1-qut-400x267.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/RS17722_farm-stand-1-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/RS17722_farm-stand-1-qut-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/RS17722_farm-stand-1-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/RS17722_farm-stand-1-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/RS17722_farm-stand-1-qut-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People stop at the Swanton farmstand to buy organic berries, veggies and pies, using the honor system — a box where they put in money and make their own change. \u003ccite>(Kerry Klein/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Cochran says consumers sometimes have a “complete misconception” that if they are eating organically, they’re supporting better pay or working conditions for farmworkers. “It’s not just about small farms, and it’s not just about organic. Really it’s about good business practices, and good farming practices,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">‘Other ranchers should treat their workers like this, too, if they want them to stay.’\u003ccite>Pedro Venega\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Like paying farmworkers to take care of their physical health. Before the sun rises at Cochran’s farm just north of Santa Cruz, farmworkers get ready to plant strawberries in a misty field. They greet the dawn by warming up with calisthenics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cochran brought in a kick-boxing trainer to help his farmworkers stretch their muscles before a day of digging and bending in the dirt. The rows of berries are also planted higher than most farms, so the workers don’t have to stoop so much.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10790087\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10790087\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/RS17723_calesthenics-2-2-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Farmworkers at Swanton Berry Farm warm up by doing stretching and calesthenics each morning, to prevent injury while stooping and bending in the fields.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/RS17723_calesthenics-2-2-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/RS17723_calesthenics-2-2-qut-400x267.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/RS17723_calesthenics-2-2-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/RS17723_calesthenics-2-2-qut-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/RS17723_calesthenics-2-2-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/RS17723_calesthenics-2-2-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/RS17723_calesthenics-2-2-qut-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Farmworkers at Swanton Berry Farm warm up by doing stretching and calesthenics each morning, to prevent injury while stooping and bending in the fields. \u003ccite>(Kerry Klein/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>All of Cochran’s employees get health insurance. Like Pedro Venegas, who’s worked here six years. “Other ranchers should treat their workers like this, too, if they want them to stay,” Venegas explains in Spanish, as he shovels clods of heavy dirt. “If they don’t care about their employees, they don’t give them health insurance.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On top of that, all the employees get a little bit of stock in the company, becoming part owners.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Farming can bring in some pretty thin margins. So how does Cochran afford to pay those benefits?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”qkftUnLFN2SKhDcTFFPxKS4N8l8Uj7Gv”]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We grow the product, we package it, we distribute it, we process it, and we retail it. We make our own jam out of our own strawberries and out of our own other products. And we sell it directly,” he explains. “I’ve chosen to put that efficiency and that extra margin into paying slightly better wages and quite significantly greater benefits to the employees. Instead of pocketing that myself.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With The Food Commons, Cochran wants to expand that vision beyond his farm — to transform entire food systems in communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So the person who is picking carrots winds up owning some stock in the company that is farming,” Cochran explains. “They also own a little bit of share of the grocery store, and the processing plant.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Fresno there’s a real need for food access and decent wages: More than a quarter of residents here live below the poverty line. They’re starting with the mobile pop-up markets and the produce delivery boxes. They’re also planning to open a storefront in a low-income neighborhood, where they’ll package and sell local products like jam and veggies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10790089\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10790089 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/RS17721_food-commons-5-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"West Fresno residents take home free veggies in exchange for taking a survey about how much they'd pay for a veggie box. “We really have the opportunity to build something special with food commons, “says Food Commons Fresno Manager Kiel Schmidt. “It will be owned by the community, it will create wealth for the community, while it's also improving their health.” \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/RS17721_food-commons-5-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/RS17721_food-commons-5-qut-400x300.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/RS17721_food-commons-5-qut-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/RS17721_food-commons-5-qut-1440x1080.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/RS17721_food-commons-5-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/RS17721_food-commons-5-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/RS17721_food-commons-5-qut-960x720.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">West Fresno residents take home free veggies in exchange for taking a survey about how much they’d pay for a veggie box.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.foodcommonsfresno.org/\">Fresno Food Commons\u003c/a> manager Jenny Saklar says they chose to start the pop-up markets in west Fresno because it was recently highlighted by the state EPA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This Zip code of 93706 in west Fresno is the least healthy place to live in all of California,” she says. “In terms of pesticide use, and highest asthma rates, and proximity to toxic sites, this community has all these layers added on top of not having these fresh fruits and vegetables to eat.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She and other local managers are working to realize Cochran’s vision. The workers and community members would all be part owners, and the food would be priced somewhere between Whole Foods and the local mini-mart.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re not aiming for the boutique market,” says Cochran. “We’re aiming to produce not necessarily heirloom tomatoes, just really good tomatoes. Not fancy broccoli, just good broccoli.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You might be skeptical that folks with limited resources will pay a little more after trying really good broccoli. But a lot of Cochran’s crazy ideas have made good sense. Like going organic when no one else would.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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That’s all been part of his vision ever since he started \u003ca href=\"http://www.swantonberryfarm.com/\">Swanton Berry Farm\u003c/a>, California’s first organic strawberry farm, nearly 30 years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Swanton was the first organic farm in the U.S. to sign a union contract with the \u003ca href=\"http://www.ufw.org/\">United Farm Workers union\u003c/a>, or UFW. A big picture of Cesar Chavez hangs on the wall of his farmstand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10790090\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10790090 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/RS17722_farm-stand-1-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"People stop at Swanton's Farm stand to buy organic berries, veggies, and pies, using the honor system - a box where they put in money and make their own change. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/RS17722_farm-stand-1-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/RS17722_farm-stand-1-qut-400x267.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/RS17722_farm-stand-1-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/RS17722_farm-stand-1-qut-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/RS17722_farm-stand-1-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/RS17722_farm-stand-1-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/RS17722_farm-stand-1-qut-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People stop at the Swanton farmstand to buy organic berries, veggies and pies, using the honor system — a box where they put in money and make their own change. \u003ccite>(Kerry Klein/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Cochran says consumers sometimes have a “complete misconception” that if they are eating organically, they’re supporting better pay or working conditions for farmworkers. “It’s not just about small farms, and it’s not just about organic. Really it’s about good business practices, and good farming practices,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">‘Other ranchers should treat their workers like this, too, if they want them to stay.’\u003ccite>Pedro Venega\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Like paying farmworkers to take care of their physical health. Before the sun rises at Cochran’s farm just north of Santa Cruz, farmworkers get ready to plant strawberries in a misty field. They greet the dawn by warming up with calisthenics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cochran brought in a kick-boxing trainer to help his farmworkers stretch their muscles before a day of digging and bending in the dirt. The rows of berries are also planted higher than most farms, so the workers don’t have to stoop so much.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10790087\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10790087\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/RS17723_calesthenics-2-2-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Farmworkers at Swanton Berry Farm warm up by doing stretching and calesthenics each morning, to prevent injury while stooping and bending in the fields.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/RS17723_calesthenics-2-2-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/RS17723_calesthenics-2-2-qut-400x267.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/RS17723_calesthenics-2-2-qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/RS17723_calesthenics-2-2-qut-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/RS17723_calesthenics-2-2-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/RS17723_calesthenics-2-2-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/RS17723_calesthenics-2-2-qut-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Farmworkers at Swanton Berry Farm warm up by doing stretching and calesthenics each morning, to prevent injury while stooping and bending in the fields. \u003ccite>(Kerry Klein/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>All of Cochran’s employees get health insurance. Like Pedro Venegas, who’s worked here six years. “Other ranchers should treat their workers like this, too, if they want them to stay,” Venegas explains in Spanish, as he shovels clods of heavy dirt. “If they don’t care about their employees, they don’t give them health insurance.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On top of that, all the employees get a little bit of stock in the company, becoming part owners.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Farming can bring in some pretty thin margins. So how does Cochran afford to pay those benefits?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We grow the product, we package it, we distribute it, we process it, and we retail it. We make our own jam out of our own strawberries and out of our own other products. And we sell it directly,” he explains. “I’ve chosen to put that efficiency and that extra margin into paying slightly better wages and quite significantly greater benefits to the employees. Instead of pocketing that myself.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With The Food Commons, Cochran wants to expand that vision beyond his farm — to transform entire food systems in communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So the person who is picking carrots winds up owning some stock in the company that is farming,” Cochran explains. “They also own a little bit of share of the grocery store, and the processing plant.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Fresno there’s a real need for food access and decent wages: More than a quarter of residents here live below the poverty line. They’re starting with the mobile pop-up markets and the produce delivery boxes. They’re also planning to open a storefront in a low-income neighborhood, where they’ll package and sell local products like jam and veggies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10790089\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10790089 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/RS17721_food-commons-5-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"West Fresno residents take home free veggies in exchange for taking a survey about how much they'd pay for a veggie box. “We really have the opportunity to build something special with food commons, “says Food Commons Fresno Manager Kiel Schmidt. “It will be owned by the community, it will create wealth for the community, while it's also improving their health.” \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/RS17721_food-commons-5-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/RS17721_food-commons-5-qut-400x300.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/RS17721_food-commons-5-qut-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/RS17721_food-commons-5-qut-1440x1080.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/RS17721_food-commons-5-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/RS17721_food-commons-5-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/RS17721_food-commons-5-qut-960x720.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">West Fresno residents take home free veggies in exchange for taking a survey about how much they’d pay for a veggie box.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.foodcommonsfresno.org/\">Fresno Food Commons\u003c/a> manager Jenny Saklar says they chose to start the pop-up markets in west Fresno because it was recently highlighted by the state EPA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This Zip code of 93706 in west Fresno is the least healthy place to live in all of California,” she says. “In terms of pesticide use, and highest asthma rates, and proximity to toxic sites, this community has all these layers added on top of not having these fresh fruits and vegetables to eat.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She and other local managers are working to realize Cochran’s vision. 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"content": "\u003cp>Lydia Flores saves gas money by taking a two-hour train ride to and from her cashier job at a Los Angeles supermarket. She tells her teenage sons about another way the family can save on the cost of eggs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Eat it slow,” she tells them. “They gotta savor their eggs now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To stretch her dollars, Flores gets some food from churches. Her sons wear their uncle’s hand-me-downs. A couple of times a year, she’ll ask a local nonprofit to help pay a utility bill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You pay one bill and leave the other. And then, you’ll get the disconnection notice, and then you pay that bill, and then leave another bill.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/235587324\" params=\"color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" iframe=\"true\" /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earning $12.88 an hour, Flores supports her two sons on roughly $2,000 a month or less after taxes. That includes a Social Security check her younger son receives because of a developmental disability.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s stories like hers, of people who work full time and still struggle to meet basic needs, that have fueled groups such as \u003ca href=\"http://fightfor15.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Fight for $15\u003c/a> and the movement to raise wages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California cities have heard their call.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>California cities lead the charge to raise minimum wage\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the last three years, 15 of the 30 cities and counties nationwide that have voted to increase the minimum wage have been in California, according to the \u003ca href=\"http://laborcenter.berkeley.edu/topic/minimum-wage-living-wage/\" target=\"_blank\">UC Berkeley Labor Center\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“California is a state that has made it very clear to cities and counties that they have the authority to pass a higher minimum wage,” said Laura Huizar, staff attorney for the National Employment Law Project, a Washington, D.C., nonprofit that publishes research about low-wage workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10777889\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10777889\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/LydiaFlores-800x528.jpg\" alt=\"Lydia Flores rallies with her union, UFCW, for a new contract. Flores supports two teenage sons on $12.88 an hour as a cashier in Los Angeles.\" width=\"800\" height=\"528\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/LydiaFlores-800x528.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/LydiaFlores-400x264.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/LydiaFlores-1440x950.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/LydiaFlores.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/LydiaFlores-1180x778.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/LydiaFlores-960x633.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lydia Flores rallies with her union, UFCW, for a new contract. Flores supports two teenage sons on $12.88 an hour as a cashier in Los Angeles. \u003ccite>(Pauline Bartolone/CALmatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Huizar said some states, like Georgia and Texas, prohibit localities from passing minimum wage laws.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other experts say a mix of politics and economics explain why half of the recent local increases have happened through California regional governments. Andrew Busch of the Rose Institute of State and Local Government at Claremont McKenna College said it’s the left-leaning politics and high cost of living in the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Policymakers or voters are more receptive to an increased minimum wage because they see that it just costs a lot more to live in those places,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Leaders of the Fight for $15 movement say getting traction on the city level hasn’t necessarily been the focus of their campaign. It is one of many groups that organized to raise the minimum wage in Los Angeles. But leaders say their demonstrations have influenced New York State policymakers and employers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s all types of ways to get there, and I don’t think that the workers really care how they get there. They care that they have $15 so they can get out of poverty,” said Kendall Fells, organizing director for Fight for $15.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"7m2qiWIcCYdLSSCPAxEcFGQRyArAf0rq\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nonetheless, actions by the California cities could prove influential.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California raised its minimum wage from $8 to $9 an hour in July 2014. The state will raise it again to $10 an hour in January 2016. Large cities in the Los Angeles and San Francisco metro areas have passed ordinances to raise their minimum wages to up to $15 an hour by 2020.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Busch said if enough cities adopt an increase, there may be a “psychological momentum” to adopt similar increases statewide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They might begin to make the argument that there are too many cities at risk of losing jobs to competitor cities, and the playing field needs to be leveled out,” Busch said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cities' minimum wage movements may influence state actions\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Indeed, state Sen. Mark Leno (D-San Francisco), who authored a bill this year to raise the minimum wage statewide to $13 with future adjustments for inflation, said higher wages in cities create an opportunity for state policy to make the marketplace fairer for competing businesses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Raising our state minimum wage to be a little closer to some of these higher city and county minimum wages would do that,” Leno said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Furthermore, Leno said, if cities show that local wage increases don’t “kill jobs,” that would help proponents of the statewide measure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10777891\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10777891\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/MarkLeno-800x530.jpg\" alt=\"State Sen. Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) authored a bill this year to raise the state's minimum wage to $13. It stalled in committee.\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/MarkLeno-800x530.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/MarkLeno-400x265.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/MarkLeno-1440x953.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/MarkLeno.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/MarkLeno-1180x781.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/MarkLeno-960x636.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">State Sen. Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) authored a bill this year to raise the state's minimum wage to $13. It stalled in committee. \u003ccite>(Max Whittaker/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But the wave of new local wage ordinances has California employers concerned. \u003ca href=\"http://www.cbrt.org/\" target=\"_blank\">The California Business Roundtable\u003c/a> hasn’t yet taken a stance on the statewide wage proposals, and says its members don’t employ many low-wage workers. But Robert Lapsley, president of the roundtable, said minimum wage decisions should happen at the state Capitol, with regional economic differences taken into account.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"How do you make good public policy if you’re doing it solely within one city when it’s going to have ripple effects throughout the entire region?” Lapsley asked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While proponents of this year’s statewide legislation want to raise the minimum wage so that families of three or four people stay out of poverty, Lapsley argued that’s something the minimum wage was never intended to do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s the wrong debate,” he said. “It’s really about we have to be growing our jobs so that we have middle-class jobs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, Lapsley said the business community wants to see the manufacturing sector grow to create more opportunities for Californians to transition out of lower-paying jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The $13 minimum wage bill stalled in committee this year, but Leno said he will reignite the push in 2016. The wave of cities raising their minimum wages wasn’t the impetus for his effort, Leno said, but the local efforts “inspire and encourage” the statewide legislation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, a couple of 2016 ballot proposals would set the state minimum wage at $15 an hour, one by 2020 and the other by 2021. Neither has yet qualified for the ballot. Busch said efforts to raise the wage at the local level may give those initiatives momentum, but backers will still need to show voters that the increase wouldn’t hurt the economy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That $15 minimum wage in Los Angeles couldn’t come soon enough for Flores, who works in an area supermarket. When her pay is increased, she said, she could buy her two sons new clothes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Couldn’t they raise it right now?\"\u003c/p>\n\n",
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