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 Wei-Ling Huber. I am President of UNITE HERE Local 2850 representing hundreds of hospitality and food service workers working and living in the city of 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.
It is incredibly important that workers have the security to know that if they have COVID-19 symptoms they can stay home to quarantine themselves without fear of retribution or income loss. We also need the Department of Workplace Enforcement Standards to ensure that employers are following Oakland's laws. Our entire community will be safer if Oakland's essential workers are protected.
My name is Alyssa. I am worker in Oakland and I live in Laurel, 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. We need the DWES to make these laws real and uphold workers’ rights. Please stand up this Department today.
My name is Tram Nguyen and I am a longtime resident of Oakland and a public health worker. I strongly support these measures to protect workers. Expanding paid sick leave is an important public health protection during this emergency, and to put in place as a permanent safety net for the future. We are not only all better off for this, we all rely on paid sick leave and worker protections in order to have a healthier and more resilient society. Please vote yes. Thank you.
My name is Sonya and I live in North Oakland. Please pass this law for paid sick leave. Front line workers need these sick days to protect their health. 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 Zach I live 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 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 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.
I am resident of North Oakland and work with hospitality workers. Please pass this now. We all now that workers will go to work sick risking exposure of many more people if they do not have access to Paid sick time without fear of retaliation. Thank you for taking leadership on this!
I urge the Council to pass this measure. A few times a week, I get some sort of delivery. These folks are risking exposure and their lives. I get angry thinking that some of their employers do not provide paid sick days. In Oakland, we know better - or we should - ALL workers should have access to sick days IMMEDIATELY!
These workers need emergency protections immediately!
You have the chance to help recognize the critical role these workers play and to challenge the notion that any worker is disposable.
ALL workers must be able to care for themselves and their families.
Worker Rights are Community Rights and are inseparable from public health.
Pass the Emergency Paid Sick Days ordinance & Strengthen Labor Standards Enforcement.
My name is Maria. I am restaurant worker, community organizer, and advocate and I work in Fruitvale. 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.
None of us should have to decide between showing up to work sick and making a paycheck. The city should support us 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 frontline 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 Wei-Ling Huber. I am President of UNITE HERE Local 2850 representing hundreds of hospitality and food service workers working and living in the city of 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.
It is incredibly important that workers have the security to know that if they have COVID-19 symptoms they can stay home to quarantine themselves without fear of retribution or income loss. We also need the Department of Workplace Enforcement Standards to ensure that employers are following Oakland's laws. Our entire community will be safer if Oakland's essential workers are protected.
My name is Alyssa. I am worker in Oakland and I live in Laurel, 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. We need the DWES to make these laws real and uphold workers’ rights. Please stand up this Department today.
Thank you
My name is Tram Nguyen and I am a longtime resident of Oakland and a public health worker. I strongly support these measures to protect workers. Expanding paid sick leave is an important public health protection during this emergency, and to put in place as a permanent safety net for the future. We are not only all better off for this, we all rely on paid sick leave and worker protections in order to have a healthier and more resilient society. Please vote yes. Thank you.
My name is Sonya and I live in North Oakland. Please pass this law for paid sick leave. Front line workers need these sick days to protect their health. 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 Zach I live 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 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 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.
Thank you.
I am resident of North Oakland and work with hospitality workers. Please pass this now. We all now that workers will go to work sick risking exposure of many more people if they do not have access to Paid sick time without fear of retaliation. Thank you for taking leadership on this!
I urge the council to support this measure immediately. Let's protect those in our community who are putting themselves at risk.
I urge the Council to pass this measure. A few times a week, I get some sort of delivery. These folks are risking exposure and their lives. I get angry thinking that some of their employers do not provide paid sick days. In Oakland, we know better - or we should - ALL workers should have access to sick days IMMEDIATELY!
These workers need emergency protections immediately!
You have the chance to help recognize the critical role these workers play and to challenge the notion that any worker is disposable.
ALL workers must be able to care for themselves and their families.
Worker Rights are Community Rights and are inseparable from public health.
Pass the Emergency Paid Sick Days ordinance & Strengthen Labor Standards Enforcement.
Oakland City Councilmembers:
My name is Maria. I am restaurant worker, community organizer, and advocate and I work in Fruitvale. 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.
None of us should have to decide between showing up to work sick and making a paycheck. The city should support us 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 frontline 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.
Thank you,
Maria Moreno