Minimum-wage workers say Oakland should do more to stop labor violations FacebookTwitterEmail A message is painted on 45th Street in front of a shuttered McDonald's restaurant at Telegraph Avenue Oakland, Calif. on Wednesday, July 1, 2020. Health officials ordered the fast food restaurant to shut down after several employees contracted the COVID-19 coronavirus.Paul Chinn/The Chronicle Despite Oakland’s adoption of worker protections before and during the pandemic, two Latina women say they experienced labor violations that the city hasn’t resolved. Clara Valenzuela, a McDonald’s employee in East Oakland, said the restaurant required her to bring in a doctor’s note if she called in sick, making it difficult for her to access paid sick leave benefits that the city enacted during the health crisis.