CA-SEN: Porter, Schiff and Lee each make the case they're the most labor-friendly Senate candidate
SACRAMENTO — After the three top Democrats running for U.S. Senate fielded questions from union leaders for an hour Sunday evening, California Labor Federation executive secretary-treasurer Lorena Gonzalez told the standing-room crowd the choice of whom to support to replace Sen. Dianne Feinstein is going to be difficult.
The appearance was the first time Reps. Barbara Lee of Oakland, Katie Porter of Irvine and Adam B. Schiff of Burbank had appeared together since launching their 2024 Senate campaigns, underscoring just how essential union support will be in California’s primary next year.
The crowd, gathered inside a Sheraton Grand ballroom just blocks from the state Capitol, heard little difference among the candidates on their positions supporting workers’ rights and favoring project labor agreements in federal spending deals, as well as their desire for government to more forcefully push back on industry consolidation and automation in everything from grocery stores to steel mills.
“We have an embarrassment of riches here,” Gonzalez said twice while onstage with the three candidates.
The California Labor Federation is an umbrella group for about 1,200 unions that represent about 2 million workers in both the public and private sectors. Last year it appointed Gonzalez, a former state assemblywoman, as its new leader. She replaced longtime executive secretary-treasurer Art Pulaski.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-05-08/porter-schiff-and-lee-each-make-the-case-theyre-the-most-labor-friendly-senate-candidate
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