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The Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West (SEIU-UHW) was behind the 2023 California Senate bill that hiked wages for healthcare workers to $25 an hour. Just
Californians are no strangers to the rise of “nepo babies” – children who get a leg up in their careers thanks to famous or otherwise
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