California wants to increase workers’ access to health insurance during labor disputes
California wants to increase workers' access to health insurance - Chevron workers have testified this spring that they revoked the health coverage of hundreds of members of United Steelworkers Local 5 at Richmond, California's refinery, during a strike that lasted for two months. In April, thousands of nurses from Stanford Health Care were warned that they would lose their insurance if the strike continued for more than a week. After striking in mid-July, Sequoia Hospital in Redwood City was hit with a similar message. In a labor dispute, it is common to freeze workers' health insurance benefits. Without them, workers…