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#EchoBlackVoices: Building Black Worker Power Across Southern California
April 24 @ 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM PDT
WHEN: Wednesday, April 24th from 6:30pm – 8:00pm
WHO: Co-hosted by Black Women for Wellness; Featuring Special Guest Speaker: CA Labor Commissioner’s Office.
WHAT: This month’s edu-series will focus on wage and hour rights, with a focus on highlighted industries for April: temp workers, sex workers, gig workers, doulas, and workers in the entertainment industries.
WHERE: Online on Zoom.
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This CWOP Edu-Series event is for any Black worker in any of the following fields:
| Health Care | Nurses, physicians, doctors, home health aides, nursing assistants, medical receptionists, All of the health Techs (x-ray, respiratory) Residential Care: nursing assistants, dietitians, therapists, travel nurses, nursing home assistants |
| Public Sector | Firefighters, professors, librarians, social workers, city managers, accountants, mail carriers, city clerks |
| Aerospace and Advanced Manufacturing | Engineers, scientists, researchers, truck drivers, Electricians, machinists, controllers, inspectors, floor assemblers, designers, metal workers, production associates, processing workers, production control clerks, quality control clerks, welders |
| Transportation, Warehouse Logistics | Stockers, warehouse packers, clerks, loaders, material handlers, machine operators, forklift drivers, garment workers, Truck drivers, logistics coordinators |
| Non-Traditional Fields
April’s featured industry highlight! |
All gig workers, babysitters, Uber & Lyft drivers, doulas, beauticians & barbers, sex-workers, dog walkers & sitters, food & grocery deliverers |
| Trades | Electricians, carpenters, motor mechanics, chefs, machinists, plumbers, painters, barbers, hair stylists, laborers, pipefitters |
| Education Systems | Elementary/middle/high school teachers, school counselors, administrators, school librarians, school principals, college professors |
| Entertainment Industry Workers
April’s featured industry highlight! |
Performers, actors, social media influencers, directors, stagehands, lighting and stage crew members |
| Service Industry | Including restaurants, grocery and retail cashiers, managers, customer service representatives, prep cooks, chefs, waiters/waitresses, flight attendants, sales associates, inventory associates, food runners, bussers, baristas, servers, hosts/hostesses, bartenders, line cooks |
| Janitorial and Hospitality | Custodians, housekeepers, all cleaners, waste collectors, exterminators, cleaning crew members, front desk associates, guest services associates, hotel clerks & receptionists, event planners, chefs, cooks |
| All other Black Workers as identified by you and your worker center /organization | |