The Bakersfield Californian Article RatingNew California law raises minimum wage to $25 for health care workers
Oct 14, 2023 View Original Article
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| "Newsom's signing of the law means medical technicians, nursing assistants, custodians and other support staff will see a gradual wage hike that rolls out starting next year." | Positive | 20% Conservative |
| "He got behind the law on the same day that unions representing lower-paid Kaiser Permanente employees aounced a new contract with a $25 minimum wage for the health care giant's California workers." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "Health care employers got behind the plan to raise the minimum wage for their industry, and unions agreed to a 10-year moratorium on sponsoring local ballot measures to force pay raises at hospitals and other medical facilities." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "Other health care employers would increase their minimum wage to $21 per hour in 2024, $23 in 2026 and $25 by 2028." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "Today California is putting a stop to the hemorrhaging of our care workforce by ensuring health care workers can do the work they love and pay their bills -- a huge win for workers and patients seeking care, said Tia Orr, executive director of SEIU California." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "Hospitals with a high mix of Medi-Cal and Medicare patients, as well as rural independent hospitals, would have to pay workers $18 an hour in 2024." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "State agencies did not weigh in on the bill." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "What earlier this year seemed like a long shot is now a done deal: Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday signed a law that will raise the pay for hundreds of thousands of California health care workers and set them on a path to a $25 minimum wage." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "Minimum wage hikes through 2033How soon workers reach this level of pay will depend on the type of facility they work in." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "Newsom's signing of the law means medical technicians, nursing assistants, custodians and other support staff will see a gradual wage hike that rolls out starting next year." | Positive | 12% Conservative |
| "Newsom's approval of the new minimum wage for medical workers follows his signature on a separate law mandating a new pay floor for fast-food workers." | Positive | 18% Conservative |
| "'Motivating' for California health workersHaving both labor and industry on board allowed Senate Bill 525, authored by Sen. Maru00eda Elena Durazo of Los Angeles, to get through the Legislature." | Positive | 8% Conservative |
| "Gov. Newsom's signature on landmark legislation to improve wages for California's health care workers will create meaningful change for families struggling to keep pace while at the same time protecting access to care in vulnerable communities, said Carmela Coyle, president of the California Hospital Association." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "I hope this encourages others to be open to compromise to solve problems, because that is what Californians expect and deserve, said Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas, a Salinas Democrat." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "What earlier this year seemed like a long shot is now a done deal: Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday signed a law that will raise the pay for hundreds of thousands of California health care workers and set them on a path to a $25 minimum wage." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "An earlier version of the bill Newsom signed would have instituted a $25 minimum image immediately." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "It's unclear how much the version of the bill Newsom signed will cost the state." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
60% : Newsom's signing of the law means medical technicians, nursing assistants, custodians and other support staff will see a gradual wage hike that rolls out starting next year.51% : He got behind the law on the same day that unions representing lower-paid Kaiser Permanente employees announced a new contract with a $25 minimum wage for the health care giant's California workers.
51% : Health care employers got behind the plan to raise the minimum wage for their industry, and unions agreed to a 10-year moratorium on sponsoring local ballot measures to force pay raises at hospitals and other medical facilities.
51% : Other health care employers would increase their minimum wage to $21 per hour in 2024, $23 in 2026 and $25 by 2028.
49% : "Today California is putting a stop to the hemorrhaging of our care workforce by ensuring health care workers can do the work they love and pay their bills -- a huge win for workers and patients seeking care," said Tia Orr, executive director of SEIU California.
48% : Hospitals with a high mix of Medi-Cal and Medicare patients, as well as rural independent hospitals, would have to pay workers $18 an hour in 2024.
46% : State agencies did not weigh in on the bill.
45% : What earlier this year seemed like a long shot is now a done deal: Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday signed a law that will raise the pay for hundreds of thousands of California health care workers and set them on a path to a $25 minimum wage.
44% : Minimum wage hikes through 2033How soon workers reach this level of pay will depend on the type of facility they work in.
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