SAN PABLO – State lawmakers hope a minimum wage of $25 for all healthcare workers in California will help with a shortage in that industry, introducing legislation this session at the Capitol.
Workers say they are living paycheck to paycheck at the moment and have taken on a second job to help cover expenses.
"I love being a community healthcare worker in pre-natal," said Chante Jones, a pre-natal community healthcare worker at a medical center in San Pablo.
"I am there to educate parents, teen parents, to let them know about their body. And to let them know that somebody is there that's going to help you through your pregnancy."
Jones said the hourly wage increase she would receive under the proposed minimum wage would be life changing as she struggles to pay her bills and take care of her 16-year-old daughter, who lives with her. She has worked at the same place for 11 years and wouldn't consider another job that pays more because she remains dedicated to her profession.
"When you're at the grocery store, I got to tell my daughter we can't get this, we have to wait until next week, or wait until the next paycheck, and she's like, 'I don't understand, you work,'" Jones told KPIX. "I can pay my rent a lot more easier and wouldn't have to worry about being homeless or sleeping in my car."
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