Filipino caregivers in California joined a campaign against employers who retaliate against their employees for speaking up when their rights are violated. Rommel Conclara reports. #TFCNews Like and follow TFC News Facebook: https://facebook.com/TFCNewsNow Twitter: https://twitter.com/TFCNewsNow Website: https://mytfc.com/news News website: https://news.abs-cbn.com/tfcnews Subscribe to the ABS-CBN News channel! - http://bit.ly/TheABSCBNNews Watch full episodes on iWantTFC for FREE here: http://iwanttfc.com Visit our website at http://news.abs-cbn.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/abscbnNEWS Twitter: https://twitter.com/abscbnnews Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abscbnnews #TFC #TheFilipinoChannel #TFCNewsCalifornia #ABSCBNNews #TVPatrol

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These Filipinos are part of the California Coalition for Worker Powers' Our Voice, Our Jobs campaign.

They join other caregivers in organizing against employers who retaliate against their employees

who speak up when their rights are violated in the workplace

through wage theft, sexual harassment, or other illegal abuses and exploitation.

Elena and Cora share their experiences of retaliation from their employers.

Elena was successful in reporting her employer to the Labor Department for unpaid wages.

Habang inaantay namin yung resulta, yung judgment,

yung care home owner maraming salita, masasamang salita at paratan sa akin.

Yung iba, below the belt na yung sinasabi niya tungkol sa akin, sa mga coworkers ko before.

So, nakakasama ng loob.

Cora, on the other hand, was promised 8 hours of work a day, overtime, and medical insurance.

Pero, nagsabi na agad sa amin ng mga employer namin na kung may gagawin kaming masama,

kukuni nila yung mga passport at they will send us back home.

So, nandun yung threat, nandun yung takot namin.

So, wala kami magawa. So, sumusunod lang kami.

Their experiences are included in a recent report entitled

How California Can Lead on Retaliation Reforms to Dismantle Workplace Inequality.

According to the report, 38% of California workers have experienced a workplace violation.

Only 10% reported them to a government agency and almost half didn't report at all.

Of those who did file a report, a majority experienced employer retaliation.

And 51% of working Californians said employer retaliation would influence their decision

whether or not to report a violation in the future.

Elena and Cora continue to reach out to other caregivers

and educate them about their labor rights in California.

Sa kagaya ko, I share it. Para nang huwag matakot yung mga ibang caregivers.

They have to speak up. They have to learn more.

And ipaglaban ang karapatan nila.

I wish na ma-realize nila na dito naman lahat equal sa mata ng batas.

Walang undocumented, walang liga, walang may papel o walang papel. Pare-pareho na nagtatrabaho.

In the report, a survey was also cited wherein 81% of working Californians of all political parties

support the adoption of laws protecting workers from unfair and arbitrary firings.

Roma Canclara, AVS-CBN News, San Jose, California.