A sweeping agreement between labor and the health industry would gradually raise the minimum wage for hundreds of thousands of health workers in California to a nation-leading $25 an hour while ending a years-long battle over dialysis clinics. State Sen. María Elena Durazo, the Los Angeles Democrat who introduced the bill, called her bill “a first in the nation historic investment in our healthcare workforce.”
Author Archives: Don Thompson
Don Thompson has been a reporter for more than 40 years. He most recently spent 22 years with The Associated Press based in Sacramento, covering California government and news across Northern California and beyond. He retired from The AP last year and has been working for KFF Health News as a freelance reporter.