Ensuring stores are adequately staffed will protect workers, prevent retail theft, and improve the customer experience. That's why #SB1446 is a win for our communities. #YESonSB1446

California is the nation’s fifth-largest food supplier, yet the agriculture workers who grow our food and the grocery workers who sell our food go hungry. That's why CA needs a Master Plan to End Hunger. #AB1961 Read more here: ufcwwest.org/assembly-commi…

When workers live paycheck to paycheck, not having advance notice of your store closing means not being sure they can pay their rent or their car payment that month. #SB1089 will provide workers and the public dance notice so they can plan. Read more here: ufcwwest.org/advance-notifi…

Self-checkout, and the subsequent reduction in front-line grocery workers, has created a range of problems for retailers, workers, & the public, including overworked cashiers and an increase in workplace violence and retail theft. #SB1446

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Our members have come to work in the morning and found out that their store is closing next week and that they would be out of a job. #SB1089 will require advanced notice so workers and customers can plan ahead. Read more here: ufcwwest.org/assembly-commi…

Allowing cannabis businesses to branch out in a limited capacity with consumption lounges will strengthen CA’s legal cannabis industry in the face of high taxation, restrictive regulations, & harsh competition from the illicit cannabis market. Read more: ufcwwest.org/california-mov…

Higher staffing levels can help stop retail theft before it happens. #SB1446 ensures automation and self-checkout technology don't replace critical workers in our communities. Thank you Lola Smallwood-Cuevas for your leadership! #SmartSolutions

Higher staffing levels can help stop retail theft before it happens. We're proud to sponsor #SB1446 (@LolaforSenate) to protect retail workers and promote public safety. #SmartSolutions

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It’s time we protect workers’ jobs and prevent retail theft and workplace violence.

That's why we are proud to support #SB1446 (Lola Smallwood-Cuevas), a #SmartSolutions bill that addresses retail theft without moving California backward. #CAleg

Ensuring stores are adequately staffed will protect workers, prevent retail theft, and improve the customer experience. That's why #SB1446 is a win for our communities. Lola Smallwood-Cuevas

This disparity will only get worse when grocery stores or drug-retail stores like Rite Aid close without notice. #SB1089 will mitigate the harms of abrupt store closures by requiring a 90-day notice. @lolaforsenate