Bill Backed By WGA & SAG-AFTRA To Give Unemployment Insurance To Striking Workers In California Clears Labor Committee; Now Heads To Full State Senate

California bill to give unemployment insurance to striking WGA & SAG-AFTRA workers clears Labor Committee, heads full State Senate for final vote.

September 13, 2023 · 1 min · 78 words · Adam Rogers

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Last year, he vetoed 169 bills while signing nearly 1,000.

In 2019, a similar bill failed in the Senate by just two votes.

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See the hearinghere.

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Four months without work is emotionally brutal and financially disastrous.

We are in the fight of our lives for our jobs, our industry, our future.

Only Sen. Scott Wilk, a Republican who is the committees vice chair, voted against it.