On the Job turns 100 this week! 

Yep, it's our 100th episode, and I want to thank you for being part of the journey. 

This week, we do a bit of California dreaming, and meet one of the heroes of Cali's fast-food workers movement. 

California has just passed its most significant labour rights act on decades, AB257, which raises the hourly wage to $22 an hour and guarantees worker representation on a new board that will oversee wages and conditions in the industry.

Ingrid Vilorio has been a Jack in the Box worker for 2 years, is married, and has a son with special needs. During the pandemic she got Covid-19 at work and passed the virus to her special needs son. She was forced to quarantine and miss work. Ingrid was denied Covid pay and told by her supervisor that she did not qualify for sick pay and had to go on strike to win sick pay that she was entitled to under California law. 

She joined the Fight for $15 and a Union because she was tired of verbal harassment from her supervisor, wage theft and unsafe working conditions during the Covid pandemic. She continues to be an active leader, advocating for a voice on the job, most recently through the passage of AB 257.

Ingrid is our special guest on this week's pod.
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About the host

Francis Leach, ACTU - @SaintFrankly

On the Job turns 100 this week!  Yep, it's our 100th episode, and I want to thank you for being part of the journey.  This week, we do a bit of California dreaming, and meet one of the heroes of Cali's fast-food workers movement. California has just passed its most significant labour rights act on decades, AB257, which raises the hourly wage to $22 an hour and guarantees worker representation on a new board that will oversee wages and conditions in the industry. Ingrid Vilorio has been a Jack in the Box worker for 2 years, is married, and has a son with special needs. During the pandemic she got Covid-19 at work and passed the virus to her special needs son. She was forced to quarantine and miss work. Ingrid was denied Covid pay and told by her supervisor that she did not qualify for sick pay and had to go on strike to win sick pay that she was entitled to under California law. She joined the Fight for $15 and a Union because she was tired of verbal harassment from her supervisor, wage theft and unsafe working conditions during the Covid pandemic. She continues to be an active leader, advocating for a voice on the job, most recently through the passage of AB 257. Ingrid is our special guest on this week's pod. _____________________________________________________________
* You can now email us with your comments, story ideas, tip-offs, flip offs, and questions - <a href="mailto:otjpodcast@protonmail.com">otjpodcast@protonmail.com</a>
 *On the Job is made by Australian Unions.
<a href="https://www.onthejobpodcast.com.au/">More about On The Job podcast</a>
 
Need help with working conditions?
Call <a href="https://actuonline.nationbuilder.com/">Australian Union Support Centre</a> - <a href="tel:1300486466">1300 486 466</a>
 
About the host
Francis Leach, ACTU - <a href="https://twitter.com/SaintFrankly">@SaintFrankly</a>

The way we work, how work is changing, how it used to be and what it might look like in the future.

It’s about who we work with, and who we work for.

It’s a discussion about the conditions in which we work and the demands of a job.

It’s talking about how it can be the best thing in our lives and also the worst.

Work can give us meaning and satisfaction, it can be the most challenging thing we’ve ever done and the most soul destroying days of our lives.

And that can all be in the same week!

Above all, we want to talk about work in a way that helps make work better for everyone
who listens.

Authorised by Sally McManus, Australian Council of Trade Unions, Melbourne.

The way we work, how work is changing, how it used to be and what it might look like in the future.
It&rsquo;s about who we work with, and who we work for.
It&rsquo;s a discussion about the conditions in which we work and the demands of a job.
It&rsquo;s talking about how it can be the best thing in our lives and also the worst.
Work can give us meaning and satisfaction, it can be the most challenging thing we&rsquo;ve ever done and the most soul destroying days of our lives.
And that can all be in the same week!
Above all, we want to talk about work in a way that helps make work better for everyone who listens. Authorised by Sally McManus, Australian Council of Trade Unions, Melbourne.

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The way we work, how work is changing, how it used to be and what it might look like in the future.

It’s about who we work with, and who we work for.

It’s a discussion about the conditions in which we work and the demands of a job.

It’s talking about how it can be the best thing in our lives and also the worst.

Work can give us meaning and satisfaction, it can be the most challenging thing we’ve ever done and the most soul destroying days of our lives.

And that can all be in the same week!

Above all, we want to talk about work in a way that helps make work better for everyone
who listens.

The way we work, how work is changing, how it used to be and what it might look like in the future.
It&rsquo;s about who we work with, and who we work for.
It&rsquo;s a discussion about the conditions in which we work and the demands of a job.
It&rsquo;s talking about how it can be the best thing in our lives and also the worst.
Work can give us meaning and satisfaction, it can be the most challenging thing we&rsquo;ve ever done and the most soul destroying days of our lives.
And that can all be in the same week!
Above all, we want to talk about work in a way that helps make work better for everyone who listens.

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