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Sacramento, CA – The United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Western States Council today announced additional endorsements of candidates on California’s November ballot that will be champions for California’s working people and their families. UFCW Western States Council represents 200,000 workers in grocery, retail, drug stores, food processing and the cannabis industry, among other sectors in California, Arizona and Nevada.
Additional UFCW Western States Council November 2020 General Election Endorsements:
California State Senate
SD 1: Pamela Swartz
SD 3: Sen. Bill Dodd
SD 7: Sen. Steve Glazer
SD 9: Sen. Nancy Skinner
SD 11: Sen. Scott Wiener
SD 25: Sen. Anthony Portantino
SD 27: Sen. Henry Stern
SD 31: Sen. Richard Roth
SD 33: Sen. Lena Gonzalez
SD 35: Sen. Steven Bradford
SD 39: Sen. Toni Atkins
California State Assembly
AD 1: Elizabeth Betancourt
AD 2: Asm. Jim Wood
AD 4: Asm. Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
AD 6: Jackie Smith
AD 7: Asm. Kevin McCarty
AD 8: Asm. Ken Cooley
AD 10: Asm. Marc Levine
AD 12: Asm. Heath Flora
AD 15: Asm. Buffy Wicks
AD 16: Asm. Rebecca Bauer-Kahan
AD 17: Asm. David Chiu
AD 18: Asm. Rob Bonta
AD 19: Asm. Phil Ting
AD 20: Asm. Bill Quirk
AD 22: Asm. Kevin Mullin
AD 24: Asm. Marc Berman
AD 26: Drew Phelps
AD 27: Asm. Ash Kalra
AD 28: Asm. Evan Low
AD 29: Asm. Mark Stone
AD 30: Asm. Robert Rivas
AD 31: Asm. Joaquin Arambula
AD 37: Steve Bennett
AD 39: Asm. Luz Rivas
AD 40: Asm. James Ramos
AD 41: Asm. Chris Holden
AD 43: Asm. Laura Friedman
AD 44: Asm. Jacqui Irwin
AD 45: Asm. Jesse Gabriel
AD 46: Asm. Adrin Nazarian
AD 47: Asm. Eloise Gomez Reyes
AD 49: Asm. Ed Chau
AD 50: Asm. Richard Bloom
AD 51: Asm. Wendy Carrillo
AD 52: Asm. Freddie Rodriguez
AD 54: Asm. Sydney Kamlager
AD 56: Asm. Eduardo Garcia
AD 59: Asm. Reggie Jones-Sawyer
AD 61: Asm. Jose Medina
AD 62: Asm. Autumn Burke
AD 63: Asm. Anthony Rendon
AD 64: Asm. Mike Gipson
AD 67: Jerry Carlos
AD 70: Asm. Patrick O’Donnell
AD 73: Scott Rhinehart
AD 76: Asm. Tasha Boerner Horvath
AD 80: Asm. Lorena Gonzalez
Congress
CD 1: Audrey Denney
CD 2: Rep. Jared Huffman
CD 3: Rep. John Garamendi
CD 4: Brynne Kennedy
CD 5: Rep. Mike Thompson
CD 6: Rep. Doris Matsui
CD 7: Rep. Ami Bera
CD 8: Chris Bubser
CD 9: Rep. Jerry McNerney
CD 10: Rep. Josh Harder
CD 11: Rep. Mark DeSaulnier
CD 12: Rep. Nancy Pelosi
CD 13: Rep. Barbara Lee
CD 14: Rep. Jackie Speier
CD 15: Rep. Eric Swalwell
CD 16: Rep. Jim Costa
CD 17: Rep. Ro Khanna
CD 18: Rep. Anna Eshoo
CD 19: Rep. Zoe Lofgren
CD 20: Rep. Jimmy Panetta
CD 21: Rep. TJ Cox
CD 22: Phil Arballo
CD 23: Kim Mangone
CD 24: Rep. Salud Carbajal
CD 25: Christy Smith
CD 26: Rep. Julia Brownley
CD 27: Rep. Judy Chu
CD 28: Rep. Adam Schiff
CD 29: Rep. Tony Cárdenas
CD 30: Rep. Brad Sherman
CD 31: Rep. Pete Aguilar
CD 32: Rep. Grace Napolitano
CD 33: Rep. Ted Lieu
CD 34: Rep. Jimmy Gomez
CD 36: Rep. Raul Ruiz
CD 37: Rep. Karen Bass
CD 38: Rep. Linda Sánchez
CD 39: Rep. Gil Cisneros
CD 40: Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard
CD 41: Rep. Mark Takano
CD 43: Rep. Maxine Waters
CD 44: Rep. Nanette Barragán
CD 45: Rep. Katie Porter
CD 46: Rep. Lou Correa
CD 47: Rep. Alan Lowenthal
CD 48: Rep. Harley Rouda
CD 49: Rep. Mike Levin
CD 50: Ammar Campa-Najjar
CD 51: Rep. Juan Vargas
CD 52: Rep. Scott Peters
CD 53: Georgette Gómez
“The year’s election will be transformational for the lives of working people – from wages, jobs, healthcare, and our right to be safe at work,” said Andrea Zinder, president, UFCW Western States Council and UFCW Local 324. “UFCW members know just how much workers’ lives depend on decisions made from choices bubbled in on the ballot. That’s why UFCW members will be working tirelessly to get out the vote for candidates who are committed to hard-working Californians and their families and make sure our voices are heard at the ballot box.”
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October 6, 2020
Contact: Jenna Thompson, 949.246.1620, [email protected]
Sacramento, CA – The United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Western States Council today announced its endorsement of candidates and positions on propositions on California’s November ballot that will provide opportunities for and support California’s working people and their families. UFCW Western States Council represents 200,000 workers in grocery, retail, drug stores, food processing and the cannabis industry, among other sectors in California, Arizona and Nevada.
UFCW Western States Council’s November 2020 General Election Endorsements:
California State Senate
SD 5: Asm. Susan Eggman (D)
SD 7: Sen. Steve Glazer (D)
SD 13: Josh Becker (D)
SD 15: Dave Cortese (D)
SD 17: John Laird (D)
SD 19: Asm. Monique Limón (D)
SD 21: Kipp Mueller (D)
SD 23: Abigail Medina (D)
SD 29: Josh Newman (D)
SD 37: Dave Min (D)
California State Assembly
AD 9: Asm. Jim Cooper (D)
AD 14: Asm. Tim Grayson (D)
AD 21: Asm. Adam Gray (D)
AD 25: Alex Lee (D)
AD 32: Asm. Rudy Salas (D)
AD 35: Dawn Addis (D)
AD 53: Asm. Miguel Santiago (D)
AD 55: Andrew Rodriguez (D)
AD 57: Lisa Calderon (D)
AD 60: Asm. Sabrina Cervantes (D)
AD 65: Asm. Sharon Quirk-Silva (D)
AD 68: Melissa Fox (D)
AD 69: Asm. Tom Daly (D)
AD 72: Diedre Thu-Ha Nguyen (D)
AD 74: Asm. Cottie Petrie-Norris (D)
AD 77: Asm. Brian Maienschein (D)
AD 78: Chris Ward (D)
Ballot Propositions
Proposition 15: YES
Proposition 16: YES
Proposition 17: YES
Proposition 18: YES
Proposition 20: NO
Proposition 21: YES
Proposition 22: NO
Proposition 23: YES
Proposition 25: YES
“This election will be different from any other, but UFCW members will be working just as hard to get out the vote for candidates who are committed to hard-working Californians and their families,” said Andrea Zinder, president, UFCW Western States Council and UFCW Local 324. “Never before have the lives of working people and our families depended more on the decisions made at the ballot boxes – from wages, jobs, healthcare, and our right to be safe at work – and our members’ voices will be heard at the ballot box this November.”
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September 28, 2020
Contact: Jenna Thompson, 949.246.1620, [email protected]
Sacramento, CA – Today, the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Western States Council applauded Governor Gavin Newsom for signing AB 685 by Assemblymember Eloise Gomez Reyes (D-San Bernardino) into law. The legislation will save lives and help reopen the economy safely by requiring employers to report COVID-19 infections in worksites.
“UFCW members – and all essential workers – have suffered greatly in the pandemic from a lack of basic information data needed to prevent worksite exposure and target COVID-19 hotspots,” said Andrea Zinder, president, UFCW Western States Council and UFCW Local 324. “Targeting virus spread in our pharmacies, grocery stores, farms, meatpacking plants, and countless other businesses is vital to prevent workers from getting sick and carrying illness home to our families and frontline communities; it is also essential to get our economy moving again and allow our state to re-open safely.”
“We hear daily about workplace COVID-19 infections and the lack of notice our workers receive when they clock in for work,” said Kathy Finn, secretary-treasurer, UFCW Local 770. “AB 685’s comprehensive mandate to report exposures and cases publicly for tracking purposes will help unions, workers themselves, and the public to all combine forces and minimize collective risk. UFCW members are grateful for the work of the Latino Caucus in highlighting this issue because without a requirement to report COVID-19 exposures, no workplace in California is safe.”
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September 17, 2020
Contact: Jenna Thompson, 949.246.1620, [email protected]