Labor Week: Sweeping Vaccine Mandate in NYC and Push to Protect Fast-Food Workers in CA

NYC Planning Sweeping COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate:

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) announced plans last week to require on-site workers at all private businesses in the city to get vaccinated for COVID-19 in an effort to stem the spread of the new Omicron variant this winter. The sweeping mandate, likely to face legal challenges, would apply to about 184,000 businesses and go into effect on Dec. 27, days before the mayor leaves office (NEW YORK TIMES)

Push to Protect Fast-Food Workers in CA:

A global advocacy group called Fight for $15 and a Union released a report this month documenting more than 77,000 alleged violent or threatening incidents at fast-food restaurants in nine major California cities that prompted 911 calls between 2017 and 2020. The report was intended to draw support for a bill pending carryover in the California Legislature (AB 257) that would make the state the first to create a council to set pay and workplace standards for the fast-food industry. (SACRAMENTO BEE, FIGHT FOR $15 AND A UNION, STATE NET)

-- Compiled by KOREY CLARK