Wage Theft
2017 Press Releases
- Local Advocates Respond to Incoming Trump Administration by Stepping Up Efforts to Fight “Wage Theft,” January 5, 2017
2017 Press Coverage
- San Mateo Daily Journal: Wage theft is preventable, By Rick Bonilla, San Mateo City Councilmember, February 28, 2017
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Organizaciones denuncian robo de salarios en la Bahía, Telemundo Channel 48, January 5, 2017
- Activistas opinan que con la presidencia de Trump este delito subirá por el temor de los inmigrantes a denunciar, Univision Channel 12, January 5, 2017
City of San Mateo Minimum Wage Ordinance
2016 Press Releases
- San Mateo City Council to adopt $15 minimum wage on July 18th, July 15, 2016
- San Mateo Needs Strong Enforcement Provisions to Make Minimum Wage Law Effective, May 31, 2016, Community Legal Services of East Palo Alto
- Fight for $15 Comes to San Mateo, May 2, 2016
- City of San Mateo Holds Study Session on Minimum Wage, November 16, 2015
2016 Press Coverage
- San Mateo Daily Journal: San Mateo to hit $15 by 2019: City first in county to pass minimum wage hike above California’s mandate, August 17, 2016
- San Mateo Daily Journal: Wage theft is widespread in county: Victims often low-wage earners, immigrants, June 1, 2016
- San Mateo Daily Journal: City ups wage hike timeline: San Mateo moves to hit $15 an hour by 2018 above new state mandates, May 3, 2016
- San Mateo Daily Journal: City moves toward $15 minimum wage hike, Nov. 18, 2015
- Silicon Valley Business Journal, $15 minimum wage likely coming to San Mateo, Nov. 17, 2015
- San Mateo Daily Journal: Minimum wage hike weighed in San Mateo, Nov 13, 2015
San Mateo County Living Wage Ordinance
Press Coverage
- San Mateo Daily Journal: Government Watch, “The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a five-year pilot program Tuesday establishing a living wage that will increase up to $17 per hour for all service contractors and subcontractors doing business with the county. The ordinance, which takes effect Jan. 1, 2017, is aimed at narrowing the Bay Area’s wide income gap and boost worker retention, particularly of those county contractors providing safety net and other social services,” October 19, 2016
- San Mateo Daily Journal: County may up wages: Living wage proposal will hike minimum for contractors to $17 an hour by 2019, October 15, 2016