In a press conference Tuesday, former and current manicurists gave examples of the poor working conditions endured by many in the industry - one primarily made up of Vietnamese, immigrant, refugee women.
The nail salon industry, made up heavily of Vietnamese women, sees many labor violations and lack of benefits, according to a UCLA study.California has the largest number of nail salons and licensed manicurists in the country, but labor violations continue for workers in the industry, according to a new report from the UCLA Labor Center.
Anh Doan said she worked as a manicurist more than a decade and moved on to working with the CA Healthy Nail Salon Collaborative after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. "Even though I am a W-2 worker, I know that there are many workers who are misclassified and taken advantage of because of their lack of knowledge about their workers rights," Nguyen.
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