A Force for Progress 2017 LABOR’S LEGISLATIVE SCORECARD HEADQUARTERS: 600 Grand Avenue, Suite 410 | Oakland, CA 94610-3561 | Tel. (510) 663-4000 | Fax (510) 663-4099 LEGISLATIVE OFFICE: 1127 11th Street, Suite 425 | Sacramento, CA 95814-3809 | Tel. (916) 444-3676 | Fax (916) 444-7693 EXECUTIVE SECRETARY-TREASURER: Art Pulaski | PRESIDENT: Kathryn Lybarger VICE PRESIDENTS: California LABOR Federation A REVIEW OF THE LEGISLATIVE YEAR BY THE A Force for Progress 2017 LABOR’S LEGISLATIVE SCORECARD California LABOR Federation Walter Allen, Jr. Rome Aloise Jim Beno Jennifer Muir Beuthin Russ Burns Randy Cammack Mike Casey Ellen Crawford Tom Dalzell Thom Davis Steve Dayan Oscar de la Torre Rose Ann DeMoro Denise Duncan Jim Elrod Armando Esparza Ron Espinoza Enrique Fernandez Jack Gribbon Alma Hernandez Johanna Hester Rusty Hicks David Huerta Robbie Hunter Ricardo Icaza Jacques Loveall Gunnar Lundeberg Malinda Markowitz Larry Mazzola, Jr. George McCubbin Michael F. Miller Grant Mitchell Doug Moore John O’Rourke Oscar Owens Lou Paulson Tim Paulson Joshua Pechthalt Julio Perez Juan Ramirez Tom Runnion Bob Schoonover Ron Sikorski Dale Sorenson Ben Valdepena Yvonne Walker Don Zampa WORKING PEOPLE STANDING TOGETHER www.CaliforniaLabor.org jg/tng39521/cwa/afl-cio
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A Force for Progress 2017LABOR’S LEGISLATIVE SCORECARD
HEADQUARTERS:
600 Grand Avenue, Suite 410 | Oakland, CA 94610-3561 | Tel. (510) 663-4000 | Fax (510) 663-4099
LEGISLATIVE OFFICE: 1127 11th Street, Suite 425 | Sacramento, CA 95814-3809 | Tel. (916) 444-3676 | Fax (916) 444-7693
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY-TREASURER: Art Pulaski | PRESIDENT: Kathryn Lybarger
VICE PRESIDENTS:
CaliforniaLABORFederation
California LABOR Federation
A REVIEW OF THE
LEGISLATIVE YEAR BY THE
A Force for Progress 2017 LABOR’S LEGISLATIVE SCORECARD
CaliforniaLABORFederation
California LABOR Federation
Walter Allen, Jr.Rome AloiseJim BenoJennifer Muir BeuthinRuss BurnsRandy CammackMike CaseyEllen CrawfordTom DalzellThom DavisSteve DayanOscar de la Torre
Rose Ann DeMoroDenise DuncanJim ElrodArmando EsparzaRon EspinozaEnrique FernandezJack GribbonAlma HernandezJohanna HesterRusty HicksDavid HuertaRobbie Hunter
About this Scorecard: This legislative scorecard reviews Labor’s legislative progress in 2017 and rates the performance of California legislators . You will find a balance sheet of Labor’s legislative wins and losses, the Governor’s record, a description of key bills the Federa-tion and our affiliated unions lobbied for and against, and a scorecard for all Senate and Assembly members on each bill . All unions should review this scorecard as they consider candidates to support for elections .
2017 was a year of major gains for working families in California: a transportation package that will create good jobs by repairing
infrastructure, more investments in affordable housing, and an unprecedented victory
against the pharmaceutical companies.
But we cannot afford to rest. Today, our members face threats from the corporations, the
Congress, and the courts. They want to take away our voice and keep workers from standing
together to improve working conditions. They are giving massive corporate tax breaks paid for by
hard-working Americans. They are coming after our health care, our retirement, and our
basic rights.
California Labor will not be silenced. We will not stand by as Congress rolls back worker safety
protections, risking workers lives. We will not stand by as corporate interests attack CEQA and
other environmental laws, exposing our communities to more pollutants. We will not stand by as
women in every industry face not only unequal pay, but also widespread sexual harassment. And
we will not stand by as ICE raids our workplaces and deports parents working hard to provide for
their families.
The scorecard is about standing up for what we believe in, showing leadership in hard times, and
taking up the charge to fight for workers’ rights at every opportunity. We salute those fighters who
stood with workers 100% of the time and we look forward to fighting alongside you all in 2018.
In Solidarity,
ART PULASKI
Legislators with 100% labor voting record in 2017
page 2 Labor’s Legislative Scorecard 2017 page 3
2017 IN REVIEW
ASSEMBLY
STATE SENATE
100 percent VOTING
100 percent VOTING
WORKING PEOPLE Z STANDINGTOGETHERCALIFORNIA LABOR
Toni Atkins D-San Diego
Nancy Skinner D-Berkeley
Scott Wiener D-San Francisco
Hannah-Beth Jackson D-Santa Barbara
Jim Beall D-San Jose
Steven Bradford D-Gardena
Kevin de León D-Los Angeles
Ed Hernandez D-Azusa
Ricardo Lara D-Bell Gardens
Connie Leyva D-Chino
Holly J. Mitchell D-Los Angeles
Robert Hertzberg D-Van Nuys
Ed Chau D-Arcadia
Ian Calderon D-Whittier
David Chiu D-San Francisco
Kansen Chu D-San Jose
Cristina Garcia D-Bell Gardens
Laura Friedman D-Glendale
Eduardo Garcia D-Coachella
Rob Bonta D-Alameda
Reggie Jones-Sawyer D-Los Angeles
Chris Holden D-Pasadena
Ash Kalra D-San Jose
Monique Limón D-Santa Barbara
Kevin McCarty D-Sacramento
Evan LowD-Campbell
Kevin Mullin D-S. San Francisco
Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher D-San Diego
Eloise Gómez Reyes D-San Bernardino
Anthony Rendon D-Lakewood
Miguel Santiago D-Los Angeles
Mark Stone D-Scotts Valley
Jim Wood D-Healdsburg
Tony Thurmond D-Richmond
Bill Quirk D-Hayward
California Labor Federation page 5
Governor Brown’s Record on Key Labor Bills in 2017
Key Labor Bills: 2017
WORKING PEOPLE STANDING TOGETHER
page 4 Labor’s Legislative Scorecard 2017
Assembly Bills1. Enforcement of Refinery Safety Standards.
AB 55 (Thurmond). This bill requires refineries to dis-close contracts they claim are exempt from skilled and trained workforce requirements to state agencies.SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
ASSEMBLY: 53-24 (5/11/17) SENATE: 26-14 (8/31/17)
2. Right to Organize at Judicial Council.
AB 83 (Santiago). This bill gives Judicial Council employees the right to organize.SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
ASSEMBLY: 54-23 (5/31/17) SENATE: 26-12 (9/11/17)
3. New Employee Orientation. AB 119 (Budget).
This bill provides union access to all new employee orientations in the public sector and ensures that unions receive more detailed and timely employee contact information.SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
ASSEMBLY: 54-25 (6/15/17) SENATE: 27-11 (6/15/17)
4. Prevailing Wage on Publicly Subsidized
Projects. AB 199 (Chu). This bill ensures that projects receiving public funding from redevelopment successor agencies are subject to prevailing wage so workers are paid fairly.SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
ASSEMBLY: 60-17 (5/31/17) SENATE: 28-12 (9/13/17)
5. Protection from Plume Contaminants.
AB 402 (Thurmond). This bill would have required Cal/OSHA to enact a standard to protect workers from plume exposure.VETOED BY GOVERNOR
ASSEMBLY: 55-22 (5/30/17) SENATE: 28-12 (9/11/17)
6. Immigrant Worker Protection Act.
AB 450 (Chiu). This bill requires that immigration enforcement agents have a judicial warrant before enter-ing a business to detain workers and a subpoena before accessing worker records.SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
ASSEMBLY: 50-27 (5/31/17) SENATE: 27-13 (9/13/17)
7. Paid Maternity Leave for School Employees.
AB 568 (Gonzalez Fletcher). This bill would have required school employers to provide at least 6 weeks of paid maternity leave. VETOED BY GOVERNOR
ASSEMBLY: 65-13 (5/22/17) SENATE: 31-9 (9/6/17)
8. Job Order Contracting for Community Colleges. AB 618 (Low). This bill expands autho-rization to use Job Order Contracting to community colleges where they use a Project Labor Agreement.SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
ASSEMBLY: 54-24 (5/8/17) SENATE: 28-12 (8/31/17)
9. Classified School Employees Summer
Furlough Fund. AB 621 (Bocanegra). This bill would have allowed classified employees to withhold a portion of their salary to be paid during the unpaid summer break.VETOED BY GOVERNOR
ASSEMBLY: 53-24 (5/31/17) SENATE: 27-13 (9/12/17)
10. Part-time Playground Aides as Classified.
AB 670 (Thurmond). This bill makes part-time playground workers part of classified workforce.SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
ASSEMBLY: 54-23 (5/31/17) SENATE: 24-16 (9/12/17)
11. Improve Health & Safety for Child Care
Workers. AB 676 (Limón). This bill would es-tablish a health and safety training program for early educators and child care workers.
Held on Suspense in Senate Appropriations
ASSEMBLY: 55-22 (5/31/17)
12. Protect CEQA from Initiative Abuse.
AB 890 (Medina). This bill would have prevented developers from using the initiative process to circum-vent the requirement to do an environmental review.VETOED BY GOVERNOR
ASSEMBLY: 44-35 (6/1/17) SENATE: 22-18 (9/6/17)
13. Prevailing Wage for Tree Removal.
AB 1066 (Aguiar-Curry). This bill adds tree re-moval work to the definition of public works to ensure those workers get paid prevailing wage.SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
ASSEMBLY: 51-28 (6/1/17) SENATE: 27-13 (9/13/17)
14. Standards for Counties Contracting Out.
AB 1250 (Jones-Sawyer). This bill would apply similar commonsense standards for contracting out used by the State, school districts, and community colleges to counties.
Held in Senate Rules
ASSEMBLY: 45-30 (6/1/17)
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Governor
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Record on
Key Labor Bills
in 2017
Key Labor Bills Signed
➤ Enforcement of Refinery Safety Standards. AB 55 (Thurmond)
➤ Right to Organize at Judicial Council. AB 83 (Santiago)
➤ New Employee Orientation. AB 119 (Budget)
➤ Prevailing Wage on Publicly Subsidized Projects. AB 199 (Chu)
➤ Immigrant Worker Protection Act. AB 450 (Chiu)
➤ Job Order Contracting for Community Colleges. AB 618 (Low)
➤ Part-time Playground Aides as Classified. AB 670 (Thurmond)
➤ Prevailing Wage for Tree Removal. AB 1066 (Aguiar-Curry)
➤ General Contractor Joint Liability. AB 1701 (Thurmond)
➤ Increase Transportation Funding. SB 1 (Beall)
➤ The Building Homes and Jobs Act. SB 2 (Atkins)
➤ Transparency in Prescription Drug Pricing. SB 17 (Hernandez)
➤ Right to Organize for UC Research Assistants. SB 201 (Skinner)
➤ Ban Public Sector Union Busting. SB 285 (Atkins)
➤ Protect Whistleblowers from Retaliation. SB 306 (Hertzberg)
15. Home Care Aide Disclosures. AB 1513 (Kalra). This bill would have given home care unions access to home care worker registry, so they could provide training and offer assistance. VETOED BY GOVERNOR
ASSEMBLY: 49-29 (5/22/17) SENATE: 21-19 (9/11/17)
16. Defending Overtime Standards from Trump.
AB 1565 (Thurmond). This bill would defend Obama era overtime standards against attacks from the Trump Administration.
Held on Senate Floor ASSEMBLY: 43-34 (5/30/17)
17. General Contractor Joint Liability.
AB 1701 (Thurmond). This bill protects workers from wage theft by holding general contractors liable when a subcontractor fails to pay wages.SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
This bill raises $52 billion for street and highway repairs and maintenance over ten years by increasing the gas and diesel tax.SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
ASSEMBLY: 54-26 (4/6/17) SENATE: 27-12 (4/6/17)
19. The Building Homes and Jobs Act.
SB 2 (Atkins). This bill creates a permanent funding source for affordable housing with a $75 fee on finan-cial transactions on property such as refinances.SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
ASSEMBLY: 54-25 (9/14/17) SENATE: 27-12 (7/6/17)
20. Transparency in Prescription Drug Pricing.
SB 17 (Hernandez). This bill requires pharmaceuti-cal companies to provide 60 days advance notice and a justification before raising a drug price more than 16% over two years.SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
ASSEMBLY: 66-13 (9/11/17) SENATE: 28-12 (5/30/17)
21. Preserve Labor Standards from Rollbacks.
SB 49 (De León). This bill would keep California from going backward on fundamental environmental and labor protections in the face of federal rollbacks.
Held on Assembly Floor SENATE: 24-16 (5/30/17)
22. Right to Organize for UC Research Assis-tants. SB 201 (Skinner). This bill gives 14,000 Research Assistants (RAs) at the UC the right to organize.SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
ASSEMBLY: 52-27 (9/7/17) SENATE: 26-14 (5/30/17)
23. Ban Public Sector Union Busting.
SB 285 (Atkins). This bill prohibits public employers from discouraging workers from joining or continuing their union membership.SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
ASSEMBLY: 52-19 (8/24/17) SENATE: 29-10 (5/15/17)
24. Protect Whistleblowers from Retaliation.
SB 306 (Hertzberg). This bill allows a worker who is fired for reporting labor violations to seek immedi-ate reinstatement based on the chilling effect the firing would have on the entire workforce.SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
ASSEMBLY: 45-34 (9/12/17) SENATE: 25-15 (5/30/17)
25. Staffing Ratios for Dialysis Patients.
SB 349 (Lara). This bill would improve safety and care for dialysis patients receiving treatment at out-patient dialysis clinics by requiring minimum staffing ratios, annual inspections, and sufficient time to clean dialysis machines between patients.
Held on Assembly Floor SENATE: 24-16 (5/31/17)
26. Protect Emergency Services Workers.
SB 432 (Pan). This bill requires county health officers to immediately notify emergency medical personnel if they have been exposed to a communi-cable disease while transporting a patient.SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
ASSEMBLY: 79-0 (9/14/17) SENATE: 37-2 (5/15/17)
27. Encourage Fair Settlements. SB 550 (Pan).
This bill allows an employee organization to pursue attorneys fee from the employer when they reject a settlement offer.SIGNED BY GOVERNOR
ASSEMBLY: 55-20 (9/11/17) SENATE: 25-15 (5/30/17)
28. Single Payer: Healthy California Act.
SB 562 (Lara/Atkins). This bill would create a single payer system providing health coverage to all residents of California, regardless of immigration status, age, or income.
Held at Assembly Desk SENATE: 23-17 (6/1/17)
29. Wage Standards in UC Contracts. SB 574 (Lara). This bill would have prevented con-tracting out at the UC that undercuts existing worker wages and benefits.VETOED BY GOVERNOR
ASSEMBLY: 50-29 (9/14/17) SENATE: 26-14 (5/31/17)
30. Oversight of Emergency Room Closures.
SB 687 (Skinner). This bill would have given the Attorney General greater oversight when a hospital sought to eliminate emergency room services.VETOED BY GOVERNOR
ASSEMBLY: 46-33 (9/15/17) SENATE: 27-13 (5/31/17)
31. Improve Worker Health & Safety Rule-making. SB 772 (Leyva). This bill would im-prove workplace safety by eliminating duplicative and burdensome steps from the health and safety rulemaking process.
Held on Assembly Floor SENATE: 26-14 (5/15/17)
32. “Get Out of Jail Free” Card. AB 912 (Obernolte). This bill would have cut penalties on small businesses that engage in wage theft and jeopardize worker safety.
Labor Opposed. Held in Assembly Appropriations
33. Bypass Community to Expand Charter Schools. AB 950 (Rubio). This bill would permit a charter school application to bypass local school boards and communities and instead go directly to the county or state level.
Labor Opposed. Held in Assembly Appropriations
34. Tax Benefits for Health Savings Accounts. AB 989 (Cooper). This bill would promote high-deductible health plans that benefit the rich and punish working people for accessing care.
Labor Opposed. Held in Assembly Appropriations
LABOR OPPOSED BILLS
35. Right to Work for Less. AB 1174 (Harper). This bill would have weakened unions and taken away the voice of workers by making California a “right-to-work” state.
Labor Opposed. Failed passage in Assembly Labor and Employment
36. Bypass Community to Allow STEM
School. AB 1217 (Bocanegra). This bill would authorize a state STEM school, with privatized oversight, that bypasses local community control.
Labor Opposed. Held on the Senate Floor
37. Blanket Immunity for Employers. SB 524 (Vidak). This bill would have under-mined the enforcement of California labor law by allowing employers to rely on outdated, inac-curate, and invalid agency documents to avoid penalties for violating workers’ rights.
Labor Opposed. Failed passage in Senate Labor and Industrial Relations
page 8 Labor’s Legislative Scorecard 2017
State Assembly Voting Record Summary
State Assembly Voting Record Summary
California Labor Federation page 9
BLANKS = LEGISLATORS DID NOT SERVE ON SCORED COMMITTEES.
✔ = VOTES WITH WORKERS X = VOTES AGAINST WORKERS NV = NOT VOTING (Excused Absence)4 = VOTES WITH WORKERS X = VOTES AGAINST WORKERS NV = NOT VOTING (Excused Absence)
Assembly Accountability and Administrative ReviewCommittee
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FLORA, HEATH (R) X 0%
GLORIA, TODD (D) X 0%
KILEY, KEVIN (R) X 0%
MCCARTY, KEVIN (D) 4 100%
O’DONNELL, PATRICK (D) 4 100%
THURMOND, TONY (D) 4 100%
WEBER, SHIRLEY (D) X 0%
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ALLEN, TRAVIS (R) X 0%
BERMAN, MARC (D) X 0%
CERVANTES, SABRINA (D) X 0%
GRAYSON, TIMOTHY S. (D) X 0%
QUIRK-SILVA, SHARON (D) X 0%
RODRIGUEZ, FREDDIE (D) 4 100%
STEINORTH, MARC (R) X 0%
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ALLEN, TRAVIS (R) X 0%
BOCANEGRA, RAUL (D) X 0%
BROUGH, WILLIAM (R) X 0%
BURKE, AUTUMN (D) X 0%
CALDERON, IAN (D) 4 100%
CHEN, PHILLIP (R) X 0%
DABABNEH, MATTHEW (D) X 0%
GIPSON, MIKE (D) X 0%
QUIRK, BILL (D) 4 100%
RIDLEY-THOMAS, SEBASTIAN (D) X 0%
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4 = VOTES WITH WORKERS X = VOTES AGAINST WORKERS NV = NOT VOTING (Excused Absence)
In addition to fighting to pass bills to expand workers’ rights, Labor works hard to stop bills that would harm working people. Here are key votes on Labor’s Bad Bill List.
