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Today, the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to double the funding of the Office of Labor Standards Enforcement – increasing the capacity of the current wage theft prevention program and protecting thousands of workers and women from wage theft, human trafficking, and sexual abuse. This vote, which provides $500,000 of funding to the Office of Labor Standards…

by Kyle Martin FEBRUARY 11, 2019 Victims of wage theft and workplace sexual assault and harassment are calling on the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors to fund partnerships with local nonprofit organizations to expose violators of workers’ rights in the South Bay. The board on Tuesday will determine whether or not to allocate up to $1 million in county funds to…

City of San Jose NEW MEMO + LETTER – Update on design concepts for Diridon Station redevelopment MEMO FROM MAYOR, JIMENEZ, PERALEZ, DAVIS & ESPARZA –  As leaders whose constituents live in districts through which the train will likely pass, these elected identify four key issues that they ask Partner Agencies to thoroughly address: 1. Having grade separations (i.e. rails…

Tomorrow, the San Jose Rules Committee will vote on whether to update the City’s Wage Theft Prevention Ordinance. The ordinance, which was originally enacted in 2016, excluded one of the industries most impacted by wage theft: construction.  One in six California construction workers is a victim of wage theft. Since 2011, approximately 7,000 Bay Area construction workers at over 500…

City of San Jose Amending contract w/ Transdev (formerly Veolia) for 6.9% wage increase for airport shuttle bus staff (incl. Teamsters Local 665); new RFP for these services will be issued in FY18-19 On the Consent Calendar, Council will approve an amendment to the Agreement with Transdev Services, Inc. for airport shuttle bus service to increase compensation by 6.91% beginning…

Yesterday, the UTLA bargaining team held a press conference during which they announced their decision to offer to return to the bargaining table.  “The district has accepted our offer to bargain tomorrow, with Mayor Eric Garcetti mediating in an effort to help us work toward an agreement,” said Arlene Inouye, bargaining team chair. “State Superintendent Tony Thurmond has also been in touch with…

County of Santa Clara Consider Minority Business Consortium proposal for $150K pilot to increase minority business participation in County contracting On December 18, 2018 (Item No. 34), the Board unanimously approved a Report from Administration relating to a Pilot Project Expanding the County’s Underrepresented Business Communities Outreach Efforts. Subsequent to the Board’s approval of this item, staff has prepared a…

County of Santa Clara Discuss City of Sunnyvale consideration of district elections, and approve recommendations, if any No details were listed on agenda. Where: Santa Clara County Citizens’ Advisory Commission on Elections When: January 8, 2019, 6:00PM Link to item: N/A Link to agenda: http://sccgov.iqm2.com/Citizens/Detail_Meeting.aspx?ID=10839     City of San Jose Mayor Liccardo appointing Vice Mayor Council will approve a…