More than 130 restaurant workers have won a $2.6 million settlement from former employer Kome Japanese Seafood Buffet in Daly City, according to the California Department of Industrial Relations.
The settlement announced this week comes after a yearslong struggle between
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Joyce Lam 林德樂, Political Director, Chinese Progressive Association (English)
KC Ho 何嘉程, Community Organizer, Chinese Progressive Association
Sabrina Chin, Asian Law Caucus
Bay Area Immigrant Workers Win $2.6 Million Settlement from Shuttered Kome Seafood Buffet
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When San Francisco’s first confirmed cases of the coronavirus emerged in early March, it seemed unclear how to fight the pandemic — if wearing a mask provided any protection, if going for a walk outside was safe or if pieces
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舊金山華埠多個社團組織11日早上在花園角廣場舉行聯合記者會，通過哀悼被白人警察以膝蓋壓頸致死的非裔男子佛洛伊德（George Floyd）及其他死於「種族主義」的人，高呼「黑人的命也是命」（Black Lives Matter），呼籲華人社區共同維護「種族平等」，並支持非裔社區及其他有色人種社區獲得所需要的資源。主持這場記者會的華人進步會發出「致華埠社區書」，表示「呼吸乃眾人的權利」，華人進步會聲援非裔追求正義和自由的抗爭。
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三藩市市參事會23日以10票對1票通過由馬兆明(Gordon Mar)提出的「重新受僱權」法案，要求大企業僱主先僱用被裁員工，才可聘用新求職者。
《三藩市觀察家報》報道，馬兆明認為，當經濟重啟之時，需有公平過程聘回舊員工是「迫切需要」，又指此舉「將有助數以萬計失業工人」。
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Workers laid off from large employers in San Francisco were granted the right Tuesday to return to their old jobs.
The Board of Supervisors voted 10-to-1 to approve Supervisor Gordon Mar’s “right to reemployment” legislation that requires large employers to
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「學校與社區為首」（Schools & Communities First）提案進入11月公投，該提案旨在通過彌補加州商業公司財產稅收漏洞，為全加州的公立學校和緊急的地方服務收回120億元。
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灣區的華人進步協會（CPA）、亞太環保網絡（APEN）等社區組織日前舉行視訊討論會，希望民眾11月公投支持15號法案，堵住加州商業公司財產稅漏洞，為公立學校和重要的地方服務增加120億經費。華人大學生黃幸瑜（Xingyu Huang）說，新移民來讀高中時，學校因經費關閉；家中申請可負擔房6年沒消息。若通過法案，能籌資大力支持教育和住房等服務。
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華人進步會於三藩市的華裔移民社區工作超過45年，致力向打工仔宣傳勞工權益，以及透過組織社區來爭回被盜騙的工資。以下是一些有關失業金、各項政策倡議運動、以及勞工權益的資訊。
CPA has over 45 years of working in San Francisco’s Chinese immigrant communities, educating workers about their worker rights and organizing with them to recover stolen wages. During this current moment we’d like to share some resources regarding unemployment
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