Newsom Signs $25/Hour Minimum Wage Law for CA Health Care Workers - MyNewsLA.com

Oct 14, 2023 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    -16% Somewhat Liberal

  • Reliability

    40% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    -4% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    46% Positive

Bias Score Analysis

The A.I. bias rating includes policy and politician portrayal leanings based on the author’s tone found in the article using machine learning. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral.

Sentiments

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"But the association supported the state legislation, saying it will create a stable and predictable path for these increases."
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12% Conservative
"Without SB 525, we know that dozens more hospitals will be thrown into deeper peril as $25 per hour ballot initiatives are likely to pass in cities throughout California and, in addition to a single big jump in wages, would prohibit hospitals from reducing the number of workers or any other persoel action to address higher wage costs, according to the association."
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10% Conservative
"We applaud Governor Newsom for signing this bill and making history for California as the first state to lift the floor on health care worker wages to $25.The California Hospital Association has been actively opposing SEIU-UHWW's localized ordinances, saying they applied only to select types of health care facilities and created uneven salary levels for workers."
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6% Conservative
"It noted that about 75"
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2% Conservative
"According to the association, the state legislation will preempt the local minimum wage measures and provide more reasonable phase-in schedules for three tiers of hospitals, while also putting limits on the contract workers affected by the wage increase."
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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, Tia Orr, executive director of SEIU California, said in a statement."
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-2% Liberal
"Thank you, Governor Newsom, for signing SB 525, a historic investment in our healthcare workforce, Durazo wrote on X, formerly Twitter, Friday night."
Positive
30% Conservative
"Gov. Gavin Newsom Friday signed into law a bill by a Los Angeles legislator that will set a statewide $25-an-hour minimum wage for heath care workers."
Positive
10% Conservative
"We applaud Governor Newsom for signing this bill and making history for California as the first state to lift the floor on health care worker wages to $25.The California Hospital Association has been actively opposing SEIU-UHWW's localized ordinances, saying they applied only to select types of health care facilities and created uneven salary levels for workers."
Positive
8% Conservative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : But the association supported the state legislation, saying it will "create a stable and predictable path for these increases.
55% : "Without SB 525, we know that dozens more hospitals will be thrown into deeper peril as $25 per hour ballot initiatives are likely to pass in cities throughout California and, in addition to a single big jump in wages, would prohibit hospitals from reducing the number of workers or any other personnel action to address higher wage costs," according to the association.
53% : "We applaud Governor Newsom for signing this bill and making history for California as the first state to lift the floor on health care worker wages to $25."The California Hospital Association has been actively opposing SEIU-UHWW's localized ordinances, saying they applied only to select types of health care facilities and created uneven salary levels for workers.
51% : It noted that about 75% of those workers are women, and 76% are workers of color.
51% : "According to the association, the state legislation will preempt the local minimum wage measures and provide "more reasonable phase-in schedules for three tiers of hospitals," while also putting limits on the contract workers affected by the wage increase.
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," Tia Orr, executive director of SEIU California, said in a statement.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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