Labor & Workforce Development Agency
Update for May 23, 2020
A Message from Secretary Julie A. Su:
Our California workforce includes many who served our country who now serve as public servants in state or local government. They came home and joined the workforce as civilians while some in their ranks never had a chance to see their loved ones again. I thank those who made the ultimate sacrifice. They are in my thoughts this weekend as are their families.
This week, we also honored Harvey Milk in our state, and this month, we celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage month across the country. These are occasions to embrace the great diversity that is California—diversity that I am so proud to have represented in my team at the Labor & Workforce Development Agency (LWDA) and throughout our departments.
To do right by all our communities in California—whether my team is investigating a workplace safety complaint, assisting an employer to maintain high road jobs during this time, allocating funds for worker training and re-employment, providing unemployment benefits, or creating videos for worker outreach—LWDA continues to come together, to push ourselves, to innovate to find the best ideas, evaluate our work, and provide stronger support for those impacted by COVID-19, especially those who, even before this crisis, were most marginalized by the inequities in our economy.
Julie A. Su
California Labor Secretary
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