CWA Meeting and labor discussion with candidates for California Senate, Assembly and County Supervisor

Scott Turner, CWA District 9 and Leticia Zamudio, SEIU/CWA 9404, attended this event hosted by the Contra Costa Labor Council. Also in attendance were members of the Alameda County Labor Council, Solano/Napa Labor Council, their prospective union labor affiliates, and candidates seeking office in the California Senate, Assembly, and County Supervisor positions.

During the event, a brief history of labor unions, the AFL-CIO, employer vs. worker income gap, productivity vs. pay (now & then), union protections, the Right To Organize, Current Fights & Victories, as well as other labor/union topics were discussed.

The room was broken up for candidate intro/screening sessions, where candidates introduced themselves, told the group which office they are running for, and then were given information; by those unions in the group, around what fights and focuses our unions are facing and how these prospects can help us.

The 6 group intros lasted 10 minutes in total, for a total of an hour of conversations. There were 18 total candidates present for the intro/screening process.

Scott gave each candidate a CWA Broadband palm card, a CWA Building Future Proof Broadband booklet, asked that every candidate scan the QR code and sign our petition, as well as share with as many people as they can and have these people sign and share in turn. Scott also explained that there is a desperate need for strong high labor standard language in the state budget to ensure worker safety, protections, employer accountability, community safety, proper reporting procedures, etc. The Affordable Connectivity Program & Digital Equality/Inequity were also briefly discussed along with the visible need to have the Broadband coverage maps for the state be completely overhauled and redone.

Overwhelmingly, all candidates in attendance immediately agreed to sign the CWA petition, with some asking permission to post on their websites along with ACP flier info. Others in attendance were also asked to scan and sign the CWA QR code that was presented during greetings.

This was a great event. There will be more to follow & CWA will be there.