The California Supreme Court delivered a unanimous ruling, affirming that workers have the right to collectively sue their employers for labor law violations under the Private Attorneys General Act of 2004 (PAGA), rejecting a previous U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the same matter.
State Senator Dave Cortese (D-San Jose), Chair of the California Senate Labor, Public Employment and Retirement Committee, issued the following statement regarding this ruling:
Earlier this month, the State Senate passed Senator Dave Cortese’s SR-34, marking the state’s first Resolution to formally recognize humanity’s duty to future generations to restore a safe climate for long-term human survival. The landmark Resolution emphasizes the importance of climate restoration and calls upon the U.S.
The nation’s first collective bargaining agreement for minor league baseball took a significant step toward becoming reality for California’s 362 minor league players on Wednesday, when the Assembly Labor and Employment Committee passed Senate Bill (SB) 332, authored by Senator Dave Cortese.
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday signed Senate Bill (SB) 132, a budget bill that incorporated legislation by Senator Dave Cortese establishing historic worker safety standards on motion picture productions. The bipartisan legislation reflects two years of negotiations between studios and labor representatives following the 2021 death of a cinematographer on the ‘Rust’ film set.
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation on Monday that will enhance California’s job training pipeline, community benefits, and jobs standards in state and federal infrastructure programs. The Governor was joined by the joint authors of Senate Bill (SB) 150: Senator Dave Cortese (D-San Jose), Senator Maria Elena Durazo (D-Los Angeles), Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas (D-Los Angeles), Senator Lena Gonzalez (D-Long Beach), and Assemblymember Luz Rivas (D-San Fernando Valley).