9 20-0345 Subject: Emergency Paid Sick Leave For Oakland Employees
From: Councilmember Thao President Kaplan, Pro Tem Kalb And Taylor
Recommendation: Adopt An Emergency Ordinance (1) Adding Chapter 6.94 To The Oakland Municipal Code To Establish Emergency Paid Sick Leave For Oakland Employees During The Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19) Pandemic And (2) Amending Chapter 2.44 Of The Oakland Municipal Code To Include Enforcement Of Emergency Paid Sick Leave As Part Of The Duties Of The Department Of Workplace And Employment Standards
My name is Summer. I am resident in North Oakland. I urge you to pass the Emergency Paid Sick Days ordinance and to stand up the Department of Workplace Standards and Enforcement, as required by Measure Z.
Frontline service workers are supporting all of us who are sheltered in place by making sure we can acquire essential items, and by keeping our economy going. The city should support service workers by making sure that they have access to immediate paid sick days (agenda item #9) to help flatten the curve and protect themselves and our community.
We are calling on the City Council to show leadership to protect our frontline service workers by voting yes on the emergency paid sick days ordinance (item #9) and making sure the Department of Workplace & Employment Standards (agenda items #7 & 8) is up and running by this July, according to Measure Z.
Es necesario y urge acepten nuestra petición, los trabajadores arriesgan sus vidas por los que no estamos trabajando a causa de la pandemia del Covid 19 ellos merecen ser respaldados.
My name is Jennifer Miller. I am a non-profit worker and resident of District 2 in Oakland. I urge you to pass the Emergency Paid Sick Days ordinance to support the workers and families who are the backbone of our economy. Thank you
I am a worker and resident of District 6. Thank you for your support of workers in putting this Ordinance forward. I urge you to pass the Emergency Paid Sick Days ordinance. Frontline workers are supporting all of us by providing essential services and keeping our economy going while we are sheltering in place. They are putting their health and their family's health on the line by providing the essential services we all need. Please ensure they have immediate access to paid sick leave. Thank you.
“The moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; those who are in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy and the handicapped.” ~Hubert Humphrey
My name is Martha and I am a public health researcher living and working in Oakland. I work at Human Impact Partners, a public health nonprofit in downtown Oakland. I am writing as both an Oakland resident, and on behalf of my organization - we urge you to pass the Emergency Paid Sick Days ordinance and to stand up the Department of Workplace Standards and Enforcement, as required by Measure Z.
As a public health researcher I know that these workers rights measures will support the health and well-being of workers as well as our entire community. Paid sick days (agenda item #9) will help flatten the curve and protect workers and our whole community. Please vote yes on the emergency paid sick days ordinance (item #9) and make sure the Department of Workplace & Employment Standards (agenda items #7 & 8) is up and running by this July, according to Measure Z. We need the DWES to make these laws real and uphold workers’ rights. Please stand up this Department today.
My name is Dennis Fung. I am __Worker (a worker/ advocate/ resident / faith leader / etc.) and I live in San Leandro (name your Oakland neighborhood: west, east, north, lake merritt, Fruitvale, etc.). I urge you to pass the Emergency Paid Sick Days ordinance. This ordinance will be helpful to all workers during this challenging time.
My is Roman Maldonado a worker at the Oakland Coliseum. I’m in support to implement the agenda items # 7, 8 ,9 . Mesure Z and the Department of Workplace Employment Standards in order to uphold workers rights. Thank you
My name is Victor Oliver. I am worker and native of East Oakland. I urge you to pass the Emergency Paid Sick Days ordinance and to stand up the Department of Workplace Standards and Enforcement, as required by Measure Z.
Giving workers paid sick leave is one of the most straight-forward ways you can protect and show support for our communities. No one should have to choose between their health and their livelihood and not having these very simple measures in place is only putting our city at a greater risk, both financially and health-wise.
Frontline service workers are supporting all of us who are sheltered in place by making sure we can acquire essential items, and by keeping our economy going. The city should support service workers by making sure that they have access to immediate paid sick days to help flatten the curve and protect themselves and our community.
My name is Keith D. Brown. I am an educator and live in the Fruitvale. Please pass Emergency Paid Sick Days ordinance and to stand up the Department of Workplace Standards and Enforcement, as required by Measure Z. Essential workers are the parents and guardians of the students that we education. These workers are supporting all of us who are sheltered in place by making sure we can acquire essential items, and by keeping our economy going. Support service workers by making sure that they have access to immediate paid sick days (agenda item #9) to help flatten the curve. We are calling on the City Council to show leadership to protect our frontline service workers by voting yes on the emergency paid sick days ordinance (item #9) and making sure the Department of Workplace & Employment Standards (agenda items #7 & 8) is up and running by this July, according to Measure Z.
My name is Melissa, and I am a resident of West Oakland. As a voter who supported Measure Z, I am asking you to do what is required and pass the Emergency Paid Sick Days ordinance. I am sheltered in place and as all of us, I depend on frontline workers for essential items and services. Without immediate paid sick days for these workers, it will be impossible to flatten the curve enough in our community, putting all of us in unnecessary danger. Protect our frontline service workers and vote yes on items #7 & #9.
My name is Tony Evans, I was born and raised in Oaklands, I have been one of the lucky ones, and I have been able to stay here for 60 years now, I currently live in the uptown Neighborhood, I also work in the city of Oakland, at the Arena and the coliseum.
I support the emergency sick days proposal, because as a service worker I know alot of people in this industry do not have access to medical care, this proposal will help workers that live paycheck to paycheck stay home if they are sick, and that protects everuone from the COVID19 virus.
Oakland City Councilmembers:
My name is Xitlali Sanchez I am a hotel worker & I urge you to pass the Emergency Paid Sick Days ordinance and to stand up to the Department of Workplace Standards and Enforcement, as required by Measure Z. No ones health should ever be compromised, especially those on the front line putting their own health at risk.
Frontline service workers are supporting all of us who are sheltered in place by making sure we can acquire essential items, and by keeping our economy going. The city should support service workers by making sure that they have access to immediate paid sick days (item #9) to help flatten the curve and protect themselves and our community.
We are calling on the City Council to show leadership to protect our frontline service workers by voting yes on the emergency paid sick days ordinance (item #9) and making sure the Department
of Workplace & Employment Standards (agenda items #7 & 8) is up and running by this July!
My name is Emmanuele Allamani. I am a restaurant worker, and live in East Oakland. I urge you to pass this measure.
More then ever, we are seeing the importance of service workers, who are now literally providing us with the goods we need for our sustenance, well being and survival. Our working conditions are more at risk then before due to Corona. Many of us do not even have health insurance, and contracting the virus could not only put our life at risk, but also our long term financial stability if we survived it requiring hospitalization.
More then ever there is the need for a paid sick leave which could give many workers like myself the possibility of of not coming to work, even when showing mild flu symptoms we have grown to accustomed to working thru, but which could now put many of our colleagues and community members at risk. We need the possibility of not having to make a the choice between prioritizing our livelihood and our basic economic substance.
I work at the Claremont hotel as a server and am well aware of the challenges faced by working people of Oakland. I wish to voice my support for paid sick leave and for the guarantee that workers have the option of returning to their jobs once the quarantine is over. Not only is it basic humanity that requires this, working people are the backbone of the local economy and their well being is fundamental to the health Oakland.
I strongly urge the Council to support items 7 and 9 on tonight’s agenda. We depend on these essential workers to carry us through this crisis. It’s up to the City to provide an actual mechanism for their fair treatment and adequate protection.
My name is Filipa and I am a resident of Oakland. It is very important that we as a community ensure that those workers who are putting their bodies on the line to work every day are able to access paid sick leave, over and above the grossly inadequate protections guaranteed to some workers by the federal government. We have a duty to protect vulnerable members of our community, such as those who need to stay home to care for ailing loved ones or who are immunocompromised. No one should have to choose between forgoing much needed income and going to work while sick, risking infecting their coworkers. This is not only a moral imperative, it’s simple common sense from a public health perspective. Oakland should lead by example on this issue.
My name is Ramon Ruano and I am a member of local 2850 working at Oakland Airport Hilton. I urge you to pass the Emergency Paid Sick Day ordinance and stand up the Department of Workplace Standards and Enforcement, as required by measures Z
Front-line service workers are supporting all of us who are sheltered in place by making sure we can acquire essential items, and by keeping our economy going. The city should support service workers by making sure that they have access to immediate paid sick days to help flatten the curve and protect themselves and our community.
We are calling on the City Council to show leadership to protect our front-line service workers by voting yes on the emergency paid sick days ordinance and making sure the Department of Workplace & Employment Standards
is up and running by this July, according to Measure Z. We need the DWES to make these laws real and uphold workers’ rights. Please stand
up this Department today.
My name is ___tamara wyman___. I am ____worker___ (a worker/ advocate/ resident / faith leader / etc.) and I live in _________ (name your Oakland neighborhood: west, east, north, lake merritt, Fruitvale, etc.). I urge you to pass the Emergency Paid Sick Days ordinance.
Frontline service workers are supporting all of us who are sheltered in place by making sure we can acquire essential items, and by keeping our economy going. The city should support service workers by making sure that they have access to immediate paid sick days (agenda item #9) to help flatten the curve and protect themselves and our community.
We are calling on the City Council to show leadership to protect our frontline service workers by voting yes on the emergency paid sick days ordinance (item #9).
My name is Summer. I am resident in North Oakland. I urge you to pass the Emergency Paid Sick Days ordinance and to stand up the Department of Workplace Standards and Enforcement, as required by Measure Z.
Frontline service workers are supporting all of us who are sheltered in place by making sure we can acquire essential items, and by keeping our economy going. The city should support service workers by making sure that they have access to immediate paid sick days (agenda item #9) to help flatten the curve and protect themselves and our community.
We are calling on the City Council to show leadership to protect our frontline service workers by voting yes on the emergency paid sick days ordinance (item #9) and making sure the Department of Workplace & Employment Standards (agenda items #7 & 8) is up and running by this July, according to Measure Z.
Es necesario y urge acepten nuestra petición, los trabajadores arriesgan sus vidas por los que no estamos trabajando a causa de la pandemia del Covid 19 ellos merecen ser respaldados.
My name is Jennifer Miller. I am a non-profit worker and resident of District 2 in Oakland. I urge you to pass the Emergency Paid Sick Days ordinance to support the workers and families who are the backbone of our economy. Thank you
I am a worker and resident of District 6. Thank you for your support of workers in putting this Ordinance forward. I urge you to pass the Emergency Paid Sick Days ordinance. Frontline workers are supporting all of us by providing essential services and keeping our economy going while we are sheltering in place. They are putting their health and their family's health on the line by providing the essential services we all need. Please ensure they have immediate access to paid sick leave. Thank you.
“The moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; those who are in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy and the handicapped.” ~Hubert Humphrey
Please support 2850 I have supported you
My name is Martha and I am a public health researcher living and working in Oakland. I work at Human Impact Partners, a public health nonprofit in downtown Oakland. I am writing as both an Oakland resident, and on behalf of my organization - we urge you to pass the Emergency Paid Sick Days ordinance and to stand up the Department of Workplace Standards and Enforcement, as required by Measure Z.
As a public health researcher I know that these workers rights measures will support the health and well-being of workers as well as our entire community. Paid sick days (agenda item #9) will help flatten the curve and protect workers and our whole community. Please vote yes on the emergency paid sick days ordinance (item #9) and make sure the Department of Workplace & Employment Standards (agenda items #7 & 8) is up and running by this July, according to Measure Z. We need the DWES to make these laws real and uphold workers’ rights. Please stand up this Department today.
My name is Dennis Fung. I am __Worker (a worker/ advocate/ resident / faith leader / etc.) and I live in San Leandro (name your Oakland neighborhood: west, east, north, lake merritt, Fruitvale, etc.). I urge you to pass the Emergency Paid Sick Days ordinance. This ordinance will be helpful to all workers during this challenging time.
Thank you
My is Roman Maldonado a worker at the Oakland Coliseum. I’m in support to implement the agenda items # 7, 8 ,9 . Mesure Z and the Department of Workplace Employment Standards in order to uphold workers rights. Thank you
My name is Victor Oliver. I am worker and native of East Oakland. I urge you to pass the Emergency Paid Sick Days ordinance and to stand up the Department of Workplace Standards and Enforcement, as required by Measure Z.
Giving workers paid sick leave is one of the most straight-forward ways you can protect and show support for our communities. No one should have to choose between their health and their livelihood and not having these very simple measures in place is only putting our city at a greater risk, both financially and health-wise.
Frontline service workers are supporting all of us who are sheltered in place by making sure we can acquire essential items, and by keeping our economy going. The city should support service workers by making sure that they have access to immediate paid sick days to help flatten the curve and protect themselves and our community.
I am a worker in Oakland and I support the city council’s proposal for employees to be paid for emergency sick days for our own safety and community.
My name is Keith D. Brown. I am an educator and live in the Fruitvale. Please pass Emergency Paid Sick Days ordinance and to stand up the Department of Workplace Standards and Enforcement, as required by Measure Z. Essential workers are the parents and guardians of the students that we education. These workers are supporting all of us who are sheltered in place by making sure we can acquire essential items, and by keeping our economy going. Support service workers by making sure that they have access to immediate paid sick days (agenda item #9) to help flatten the curve. We are calling on the City Council to show leadership to protect our frontline service workers by voting yes on the emergency paid sick days ordinance (item #9) and making sure the Department of Workplace & Employment Standards (agenda items #7 & 8) is up and running by this July, according to Measure Z.
My name is Melissa, and I am a resident of West Oakland. As a voter who supported Measure Z, I am asking you to do what is required and pass the Emergency Paid Sick Days ordinance. I am sheltered in place and as all of us, I depend on frontline workers for essential items and services. Without immediate paid sick days for these workers, it will be impossible to flatten the curve enough in our community, putting all of us in unnecessary danger. Protect our frontline service workers and vote yes on items #7 & #9.
My name is Tony Evans, I was born and raised in Oaklands, I have been one of the lucky ones, and I have been able to stay here for 60 years now, I currently live in the uptown Neighborhood, I also work in the city of Oakland, at the Arena and the coliseum.
I support the emergency sick days proposal, because as a service worker I know alot of people in this industry do not have access to medical care, this proposal will help workers that live paycheck to paycheck stay home if they are sick, and that protects everuone from the COVID19 virus.
As an Oaklander, I urge you to vote YES
Oakland City Councilmembers:
My name is Xitlali Sanchez I am a hotel worker & I urge you to pass the Emergency Paid Sick Days ordinance and to stand up to the Department of Workplace Standards and Enforcement, as required by Measure Z. No ones health should ever be compromised, especially those on the front line putting their own health at risk.
Frontline service workers are supporting all of us who are sheltered in place by making sure we can acquire essential items, and by keeping our economy going. The city should support service workers by making sure that they have access to immediate paid sick days (item #9) to help flatten the curve and protect themselves and our community.
We are calling on the City Council to show leadership to protect our frontline service workers by voting yes on the emergency paid sick days ordinance (item #9) and making sure the Department
of Workplace & Employment Standards (agenda items #7 & 8) is up and running by this July!
My name is Emmanuele Allamani. I am a restaurant worker, and live in East Oakland. I urge you to pass this measure.
More then ever, we are seeing the importance of service workers, who are now literally providing us with the goods we need for our sustenance, well being and survival. Our working conditions are more at risk then before due to Corona. Many of us do not even have health insurance, and contracting the virus could not only put our life at risk, but also our long term financial stability if we survived it requiring hospitalization.
More then ever there is the need for a paid sick leave which could give many workers like myself the possibility of of not coming to work, even when showing mild flu symptoms we have grown to accustomed to working thru, but which could now put many of our colleagues and community members at risk. We need the possibility of not having to make a the choice between prioritizing our livelihood and our basic economic substance.
I work at the Claremont hotel as a server and am well aware of the challenges faced by working people of Oakland. I wish to voice my support for paid sick leave and for the guarantee that workers have the option of returning to their jobs once the quarantine is over. Not only is it basic humanity that requires this, working people are the backbone of the local economy and their well being is fundamental to the health Oakland.
I strongly urge the Council to support items 7 and 9 on tonight’s agenda. We depend on these essential workers to carry us through this crisis. It’s up to the City to provide an actual mechanism for their fair treatment and adequate protection.
My name is Filipa and I am a resident of Oakland. It is very important that we as a community ensure that those workers who are putting their bodies on the line to work every day are able to access paid sick leave, over and above the grossly inadequate protections guaranteed to some workers by the federal government. We have a duty to protect vulnerable members of our community, such as those who need to stay home to care for ailing loved ones or who are immunocompromised. No one should have to choose between forgoing much needed income and going to work while sick, risking infecting their coworkers. This is not only a moral imperative, it’s simple common sense from a public health perspective. Oakland should lead by example on this issue.
My name is Ramon Ruano and I am a member of local 2850 working at Oakland Airport Hilton. I urge you to pass the Emergency Paid Sick Day ordinance and stand up the Department of Workplace Standards and Enforcement, as required by measures Z
Front-line service workers are supporting all of us who are sheltered in place by making sure we can acquire essential items, and by keeping our economy going. The city should support service workers by making sure that they have access to immediate paid sick days to help flatten the curve and protect themselves and our community.
We are calling on the City Council to show leadership to protect our front-line service workers by voting yes on the emergency paid sick days ordinance and making sure the Department of Workplace & Employment Standards
is up and running by this July, according to Measure Z. We need the DWES to make these laws real and uphold workers’ rights. Please stand
up this Department today.
Please and Thank you.
My name is ___tamara wyman___. I am ____worker___ (a worker/ advocate/ resident / faith leader / etc.) and I live in _________ (name your Oakland neighborhood: west, east, north, lake merritt, Fruitvale, etc.). I urge you to pass the Emergency Paid Sick Days ordinance.
Frontline service workers are supporting all of us who are sheltered in place by making sure we can acquire essential items, and by keeping our economy going. The city should support service workers by making sure that they have access to immediate paid sick days (agenda item #9) to help flatten the curve and protect themselves and our community.
We are calling on the City Council to show leadership to protect our frontline service workers by voting yes on the emergency paid sick days ordinance (item #9).