March 2025 Newsletter
Announcing the California Work & Family Coalition’s 2025 Legislative Priorities
We are excited to announce our 2025 CAWFC Legislative Priorities! This year we will be advocating for SB 590 (Durazo), SB 578(Smallwood-Cuevas), and AB 65 (Aguiar-Curry). Thank you to all the members and partners who joined us for our Quarterly Membership meetings and Advocacy Meetings to discuss how the coalition can adapt and respond during these troubling times.
The California Work & Family Coalition is cosponsoring SB 590 (Durazo), our top legislative priority this year. California’s Paid Family Leave program only allows workers to receive partial income replacement to care for a narrowly defined list of family members. SB 590 (Durazo) would ensure that workers can access the Paid Family Leave Benefits that they already pay for when they need to care for a member of their chosen or extended family.
SB 578 (Smallwood-Cuevas) would make California Workplace Outreach Program (CWOP) permanent and expand the scope of CWOP to include workplace rights administered by the Employment Development Department (EDD), including Paid Family Leave, Disability Insurance, and Unemployment Insurance, and the Civil Rights Department (CRD). CWOP is a partnership between state labor agencies and “trusted messenger” organizations to educate workers about their rights.
AB 65 (Aguiar-Curry) creates Pregnancy Leave for Educators. Most California school employees do not qualify for paid pregnancy leave. When school employees get pregnant they must first exhaust their sick leave before accessing partial pay, the amount that is left over after their substitute has been paid. AB 65 (Aguiar-Curry) would grant school employees up to 14 weeks of leave with full pay, paid for by the employer, when an employee is experiencing or has experienced pregnancy, miscarriage, childbirth, termination of pregnancy, or recovery from those conditions.
To read more about our 2025 Legislative Priorities, visit our website.
Join us for our Bilingual Virtual Advocacy Day!
We’re excited to invite you to participate in the California Work & Family Coalition’s 2025 Virtual Advocacy Day on Wednesday, April 30th from 10am to 2pm. Please register here before April 23rd!
On Advocacy Day, we meet with California State Assemblymembers and State Senators to advocate on Paid Leave issues that impact workers and their families.
This year, we have important legislative priorities that would improve Paid Family Leave and other workplace protections for California workers.
Virtual Advocacy Day, April 30th from 10am - 2pm on Zoom
We will be meeting with California state legislators to educate them about the importance of our 2025 legislative priorities
This will be a bilingual English-Spanish event with interpretation
Advocacy Training, April 16th 5 pm - 6:30 pm
We’ll be hosting a training for both new and experienced advocates
This will be a bilingual English-Spanish training with interpretation
¡Acompáñenos para nuestro Día de Abogacía Virtual Bilingüe!
Nos complace invitarlos a participar en el Día Virtual de Abogacía del 2025 de California Work & Family Coalition el miércoles, 30 de abril de 10 am a 2 pm. Por favor de registrarse aquí antes del 23 de abril.
En el Día de Abogacía, nos reunimos con asambleístas y senadores estatales de California para hablar sobre los permisos familiares y laborales que afectan a los trabajadores y sus familias.
Este año, tenemos importantes prioridades legislativas que mejoraran el Permisos Familiar Pagado y otras protecciones en el lugar de trabajo para los trabajadores de California.
Día Virtual de Abogacía será el 30 de abril de 10 am a 2 pm en Zoom
Nos reuniremos con legisladores para educarlos sobre la importancia de nuestras prioridades legislativas para el estado de California en 2025
Este será un evento bilingüe inglés-español con interpretación
Entrenamiento de Abogacía será el 16 de abril de 5 pm - 6:30 pm
Organizaremos un entrenamiento para participantes, si usted tiene experiencia o aunque no tenga experiencia con abogacía, todos serán bienvenidos a los entrenamientos
Este será un entrenamiento bilingüe inglés-español con interpretación
Coalition Members Collaborate on Immigrant Rights Resource List
California Work & Family Coalition members, California Immigrant Policy Center (CIPC) and Immigrants Rising put together an immigrant rights resource list designed to support individual workers, immigrant communities, organizers, and families with important legal, health, and support services information in multiple languages from organizations across the state. In addition to information on accessing paid leave, the list includes basic Know Your Rights information, what to do when there is an ICE raid, resources on care and trauma, and more. If you have questions about a specific resource please contact the organization who created the resource.
If you would like to add a resource please email natasha@workfamilyca.org.
¡Mañana! Entrenamiento en Español sobre el Permiso Familiar Pagado de California y leyes relacionadas
Acompáñenos para una sesión (virtual) informativa sobre las últimas actualizaciones sobre el Permiso Familiar Pagado de California y otras leyes relacionadas el miércoles 26 de marzo a las 5 p.m. (PST). Presentado por California Work & Family Coalition, en colaboración con California Immigrant Policy Center, Center for Worklife Law, Poder Latinx y United Domestic Workers of America (UDW).
El entrenamiento será en Español con interpretación en Mixteco, San Martin Peras, Oaxaca.
Puede registrarse para este entrenamiento aquí y no dude en compartirlo en sus redes.
Tomorrow! Spanish Training on CA Paid Leave Laws
Join us for an informational session on the latest updates to California’s paid leave laws on Wednesday, March 26th at 5 PM (PST). Hosted by CA Work & Family Coalition in partnership with the California Immigrant Policy Center, Center for Worklife Law, Poder Latinx and United Domestic Workers (UDW).
This training will be conducted in Spanish with Mixteco interpretation from San Martin Peras, Oaxaca.
You can register for this webinar here, and please feel free to share this with your networks.
