UPDATED 2:30 PM PT Feb. 04, 2021 PUBLISHED 11:10 AM PT Feb. 04, 2021 PUBLISHED 11:10 AM PST Feb. 04, 2021
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LOS ANGELES A Los Angeles coffee shop is celebrating Black History Month by selling a specialty roast with beans from Ethiopia. Proceeds from all sales will go to the Tiyya Foundation. The initiative aims to amplifyi local Black voices and creating change.
Santiago Garfunkel, the owner of Tiago, said he wanted to give back to his community through his beans. With the Black Lives Matter movement assuming a national profile, he said he wanted to raise awareness and give back. After everything that has happened and is happening today with Black History Month, it seemed to us was very fitting. It aligned with who we are and what we wanted to support. We wanted to make an impact. We wanted to help someone we know and someone who is local, Garfunkel said.
By Hannah Poukish and Alex Cohen El Segundo PUBLISHED 4:30 PM PT Feb. 01, 2021 PUBLISHED 4:30 PM PST Feb. 01, 2021
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Since Prop 22 passed in November, app-based companies can now continue to classify workers as independent contractors instead of employees. California voters approved the measure by a 59% to 41% margin after companies spent more than $200 million in support of the initiative.
Bill Sokol, a Bay Area labor and employment lawyer, tells
Inside the Issues Prop 22 will have massive impacts throughout California in the years to come.
What You Need To Know
Prop 22 allows app-based companies to continue classifying workers as independent contractors instead of employees