Ya Basta! Center Website and Training Portal

Ya Basta! is dedicated to transforming the janitorial industry by promoting worker/survivor solutions for the prevention of sexual violence and harassment in the industry.

Ya Basta! believes that all employees in the cleaning industry have the right to work in a safe environment and without fear of sexual violence and/or harassment.

The Ya Basta! Center’s workplace sexual violence and harassment prevention training places survivors of sexual violence in trainer/instructor positions to change industry conditions and become resources to their peers to take action against sexual harassment in the workplace.

The Janitor Survivor Empowerment Act, AB 547, approved by Governor Newsom in 2019, states that janitors trained by the Ya Basta! Center are the only qualified instructors to carry out these trainings. Using peers to conduct sexual violence and harassment training in the workplace promotes the mental, emotional, and physical skills that empower workers and help survivors heal.

In California, there are more than 100,000 janitors who work the night shift every night, and this training will ensure they have the tools to protect themselves.