Newsom vetoes bill that would've allowed striking workers to receive unemployment benefits

  • Bias Rating

    10% Center

  • Reliability

    45% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    18% Somewhat Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    14% Positive

Bias Score Analysis

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"WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA REACHES TENTATIVE AGREEMENT WITH HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS, SUSPENDS PICKETINGGET FOX BUSINESS ON THE GO BY CLICKING HERELabor unions argued that the number of workers on strike for more than two weeks is so low that allowing them to receive unemployment would not make a significant impact on the state's unemployment fund, according to The Associated Press."
Positive
16% Conservative
"If the bill had become law, workers who were on strike for at least two weeks would have been allowed to receive unemployment checks from the state, which can be as much as $450 per week."
Positive
6% Conservative
"I have deep appreciation and respect for workers who fight for their rights and come together in collective action, Newsom said in his statement."
Positive
4% Conservative
"Newsom, who often benefits from campaign contributions from labor unions, said in a statement aouncing his rejection of the bill that he supports workers involved in labor strikes but that the fund used by the state to provide unemployment benefits is projected to reach nearly $20 billion in debt by the end of the year.MONTHS-LONG HOLLYWOOD WRITERS STRIKE OVER"
Positive
2% Conservative
"From In-N-Out Burger to California's gas prices, Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif., discusses key moments from the second GOP debate at the Reagan Library on 'Haity.'California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, vetoed a bill Saturday that would have allowed workers who left their jobs to strike amid labor negotiations to receive unemployment benefits."
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0% Conservative
"California employers fund UI benefits through contributions to the state's UI Trust Fund on behalf of each employee, Newsom said."
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20% Conservative
"I have deep appreciation and respect for workers who fight for their rights and come together in collective action, Newsom said in his statement."
Positive
10% Conservative
"Newsom, who often benefits from campaign contributions from labor unions, said in a statement aouncing his rejection of the bill that he supports workers involved in labor strikes but that the fund used by the state to provide unemployment benefits is projected to reach nearly $20 billion in debt by the end of the year.MONTHS-LONG HOLLYWOOD WRITERS STRIKE OVER"
Negative
-2% Liberal
"From In-N-Out Burger to California's gas prices, Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif., discusses key moments from the second GOP debate at the Reagan Library on 'Haity.'California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, vetoed a bill Saturday that would have allowed workers who left their jobs to strike amid labor negotiations to receive unemployment benefits."
Positive
0% Conservative
"From In-N-Out Burger to California's gas prices, Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif., discusses key moments from the second GOP debate at the Reagan Library on 'Haity.'California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, vetoed a bill Saturday that would have allowed workers who left their jobs to strike amid labor negotiations to receive unemployment benefits."
Positive
0% Conservative
"The fund the state uses to pay unemployment insurance (UI) benefits is already more than $18 billion in debt after it ran out of money and was forced to borrow from the federal government during the coronavirus pandemic when Newsom ordered most businesses to close, causing a drastic surge in unemployment."
Negative
-8% Liberal
"The bill's author, Democratic state Sen. Anthony Portantino, said in the analysis of the legislation that only two of the 56 strikes in California over the last decade have lasted more than two weeks."
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-8% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : "WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA REACHES TENTATIVE AGREEMENT WITH HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS, SUSPENDS PICKETINGGET FOX BUSINESS ON THE GO BY CLICKING HERELabor unions argued that the number of workers on strike for more than two weeks is so low that allowing them to receive unemployment would not make a significant impact on the state's unemployment fund, according to The Associated Press.
53% : If the bill had become law, workers who were on strike for at least two weeks would have been allowed to receive unemployment checks from the state, which can be as much as $450 per week.
52% : "I have deep appreciation and respect for workers who fight for their rights and come together in collective action," Newsom said in his statement.
51% : Newsom, who often benefits from campaign contributions from labor unions, said in a statement announcing his rejection of the bill that he supports workers involved in labor strikes but that the fund used by the state to provide unemployment benefits is projected to reach nearly $20 billion in debt by the end of the year.MONTHS-LONG HOLLYWOOD WRITERS STRIKE OVER
50% : From In-N-Out Burger to California's gas prices, Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif., discusses key moments from the second GOP debate at the Reagan Library on 'Hannity.'California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, vetoed a bill Saturday that would have allowed workers who left their jobs to strike amid labor negotiations to receive unemployment benefits.

*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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