Law Practice,
Labor/Employment,
Judges and Judiciary
Aug. 23, 2017
Interpreter wage dispute escalating
Court interpreters in 12 Bay Area counties are at a breaking point. After a year of negotiations and months of intensifying work actions, staff interpreters must now decide whether to strike or accept another three years of anemic wage growth.
Camille T. Taiara
Chair
California Federation of Interpreters’ Language Access Research and Advocacy Committee
Court interpreters in 12 Bay Area counties are at a breaking point. After a year of negotiations and months of intensifying work actions, staff interpreters must now decide whether to strike or accept another three years of anemic wage growth.
What’s fueling the crisis? Interpreters have endured decades of disparate treatment in the courts that’s suppressed wages to levels that are now drastically below market. The judicial branch d...
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