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Smallwood-Cuevas Joins Grocery and Pharmacy Workers to Stop Job & Wage Cuts
“In the wake of a merger, corporate profits soar while workers suffer pay cuts and job loss, leaving workers struggling to pay for basic necessities, like food and rent,” said Christopher Sanchez, policy advocate for Western Center on Law and Poverty.
Lawmakers want investigation, hearings into ‘Wild West’ of California cannabis and farm work
“Lawmakers aren’t really aware of the problem. It’s shameful that they’re not,” said Christopher Sanchez, policy advocate for the Western Center on Law & Poverty.
Struck by EBT fraud, thousands of San Diego food stamp & welfare recipients struggle to find food, pay bills
“Updating the card technology is critical to protecting recipients who we know are going hungry and need assistance in meeting their basic needs,” said Christopher Sanchez, a policy director at the center.
ICE Will Have an Increased Presence in Inglewood Due to the Big Game and Social Media Is on High Alert
“As someone who works on legislation to combat #HumanTrafficking, to support trafficked survivors… I don’t buy the lies from ICE and CBP as to why they have a heavy presence at the #SuperBowl,” wrote Chicano policy advocate Christopher Sanchez on Twitter.
A Democrat wants to crack down on employers that exploit workers. Will this help?
“People are being forced into labor trafficking right now in California — most coming from poverty conditions,” said Christopher Sanchez, a policy advocate at the Western Center on Law and Poverty.
California must stop labor trafficking of vulnerable populations by predatory employers
Villela is policy director of Sunita Jain Anti-Trafficking Initiative at Loyola Law School and lives in Sacramento. Sanchez is policy advocate at Western Center on Law and Poverty, and lives in Sacramento.
California legislature holds PPP bill to add tax relief for Covid-restricted industries
“But there are other groups bearing the brunt of the pandemic who are still left out, like CalFresh households and immigrants without ITINs — they need to be included in future stimulus payments,” said Western Center on Law & Poverty’s policy advocate, Christopher Sanchez.
Reformers want California police to stop using a gang database seen as racially biased
“Today, if someone was to be placed on CalGang, they are being placed on that flawed system,” said Sanchez. “It gives a reason for law enforcement to go and over-police Black and brown communities.”
Eligible Latino workers are less likely to access unemployment benefits. Here’s why
“The digital divide is great within our (the Latino) community,” said Christopher Sanchez, a policy advocate for the Western Center on Law & Poverty in Sacramento.