Measure Z’s new wage increase took effect on July 1, 2019. All hotel workers in Oakland will now receive $15 / hour with health benefits or $20 / hour without health benefits.
On July 1st, hotel workers in Oakland got a well-deserved pay increase!
Last fall, EBASE fought alongside these workers to win the campaign to pass Measure Z at the ballot with 76% of the vote. This groundbreaking new law protects hotel workers from sexual assault, inhumane workloads, and wage theft.
On July 1st, 2019, Measure Z’s new wage provisions kicked in: now hotel workers will receive $15/hour with employer-provided health benefits or $20/hour without benefits.
This bump brings hotel workers’ paychecks that much closer to an actual living wage, allowing them to care for their families, resist displacement, and stay in their homes.