LOS ANGELES, Nov. 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Healthy Work Campaign applauds California for leading the way in 2023 to ensure fair, living wages for healthcare and fast-food workers. Signed into law in September and October 2023 by Governor Newsom, the two new statutes will raise the minimum wage to $25/hour for all healthcare workers and $20/hour for fast-food workers as of April 2024.
California has recognized that, due to wage stagnation and inflation, the living standard of low-income workers has been in decline for many years. "Fair wages and decent working conditions are essential to providing healthy workplaces that help reduce or prevent illnesses, including depression and cardiovascular disease," says Dr. Marnie Dobson, Director of the Healthy Work Campaign.
In fact, economists Anne Case and Angus Deaton have found that life expectancy is falling for Americans without a 4 year-college-degree, due to low wages, economic injustice and "deaths of despair"—suicide, opioid overdose, and alcoholic liver disease. Also, chronic diseases in people without a bachelor's degree have increased considerably as well and may account for the widening life expectancy gap. More heart disease in younger working populations may also be linked to economic injustice, income inequality and poor working conditions, all of which have been linked to CVD mortality.
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