SAG-AFTRA has now been on strike for 40 days, and theWGAfor 113 days.
Anthony Portantino and Maria Elena Durazo and Assemblyman Chris Holden, who are looking to fast-track it.
Striking workers deserve the same protections that are afforded to other employees when they are not working.
SAG-AFTRA’s Duncan Crabtree-Ireland at Disney Studios on TuesdayMichael Buckner/Deadline via Getty Images
Unemployment insurance for striking workers is a commonsense solution to keeping workers afloat and local economies healthy.
California needs to catch up and meet the demands of the time.
Her bill passed the Assembly but failed in the Senate by two votes.
Striking workers have earned their unemployment insurance benefits, she said in a statement Tuesday.
They deserve to use them when they are unable to work.
11,500 Writers Guild of America members have been on strike since May 2nd.
The decision to go on strike is not one that union members take lightly.
Striking workers lose all income for the duration of their job action.
Workers deplete their savings as bills pile up, rent and mortgages go unpaid, and debt accumulates.
UI is funded through payroll taxes paid by employers.
That means California employers pay taxes on a significantly lower wage amount than employers anywhere else in the country.
An employer can qualify for a lower tax rate when fewer claims are made by former employees.
UI benefits are generally charged to an individual employer, not the system overall.
Tax increases will be borne by employers with workers on extended strikes.
