Failed to Pay His Workers A Minimum Wage, Found Personally Liable for His Farmworker’s Lost Arm, Stiffed Central Valley Small Businesses Millions, Left California Families Paying His Bills
As workers across Central Valley celebrate Labor Day and the rights they’ve achieved, David Valadao is continuing his campaign to bring the same harmful record and disastrous anti-worker policies he pushed in DC back to the Central Valley.
In Congress, Valadao racked up one of the most anti-worker records ever for the California’s Central Valley – including repeatedly voting against raising the minimum wage for California workers, voting against protecting paid sick leave and supporting a bill that undermined the 40-day work week. Valadao even voted to undermine worker protections by allowing private-sector employers to swap overtime pay for ‘comp time’.
This is just Valadao’s voting record in Washington DC…
In the Central Valley, Valadao walked out on a $325,000 mutually agreed upon legal settlement with his own farm workers for failing to pay them overtime and a minimum wage. Valadao also walked out on $13 million in debts to workers and Central Valley small businesses, sticking California families with the bill. But when David Valadao wasn’t attempting to defraud his own farmworkers and Central Valley businesses, he was failing to protect his workers – including when dangerous machinery cut off an employee’s arm.
Statement from DCCC Spokesperson Andy Orellana:
“It is clear on this Labor Day, that David Valadao is no friend or ally to the workers, families and farmers of the Central Valley. From his harmful actions in the Central Valley to his votes in Washington DC, David Valadao’s long and harmful record of failing to respect and work for the families of his district shows that the Central Valley can’t again afford David Valadao’s failed leadership in Congress.”
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