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Community groups urge two-year extension and permanence for California Workplace Outreach Project
Summary
Multiple community-based organizations and worker centers testified at the hearing urging the legislature to continue and expand funding for the California Workplace Outreach Project (CWOP/CWAP), citing outreach to tens of thousands of workers, effective education on rights and safety, and the need to avoid gaps in funding.
During public comment at the end of the subcommittee hearing, more than a dozen witnesses representing community-based organizations and worker centers urged the Legislature to extend funding for the California Workplace Outreach Project (referred to in testimony as CWAP or CWOP) for at least two additional years and to consider making the program permanent.
Speakers described the project as a partnership between state labor agencies and trusted community…
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