Kim Kardashian demands pay raise for firefighters amid ongoing wildfires in California

ANI January 13, 2025 238 views

Kim Kardashian is making waves by highlighting the incredibly low wages of incarcerated firefighters who risk their lives battling California wildfires. She's calling out the fact that these workers have been paid just $1 per hour since 1984, which hasn't changed despite increasingly dangerous fire conditions. On her Instagram, she specifically urged Governor Newsom to provide a wage that truly reflects the dangerous and critical work these firefighters do. The reality star also praised formerly incarcerated firefighters who continue to serve their communities, noting recent reforms that allow them to have their records expunged and pursue careers in firefighting.

"A rate that honors a human being risking their life to save our lives and homes" - Kim Kardashian
Kim Kardashian demands pay raise for firefighters amid ongoing wildfires in California
Los Angeles, January 13: Amid the ongoing wildfires in California, reality TV star Kim Kardashian expressed her gratitude to firefighters who have risked their lives to save people from the deadly disaster. She even demanded a pay raise for them.

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Incarcerated firefighters currently paid only $1 per hour since 1984

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Kardashian calls on Governor Newsom to raise compensation

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Highlighting systemic inequity in firefighter wages

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Praising formerly incarcerated firefighters' community service

As per The Hollywood Reporter, on Sunday, Kim took to her Instagram Stories and penned a note claiming incarcerated firefighters have been paid USD 1 per hour since 1984, telling her millions of fans that pay for them has "never been raised with inflation. It's never been raised when fires got worse and many died. A recent agreement to raise it to five dollars an hour was reportedly 'shot down last minute.'"

Kardashian then asked California Gov. Gavin Newsom to raise pay for incarcerated firefighters so it's "a rate that honors a human being risking their life to save our lives and homes."

The SKIMS founder concluded, "And lastly I want to thank the firefighters from the @calfire Ventura Training Center for saving my community when it started burning this week. These are all FORMERLY incarcerated firefighters who have come home, and want to continue serving our community as firefighters. Due to bills passed by @antirecidivismcoalition, these guys can now get their sentences reduced, expunging the felonies from their records for their fire service. And when they come home can get six figure jobs working for the fire departments."

Like Kim, many other celebrities have come out to help those impacted by LA fires.

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