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It’s Our Choice Town Hall
Interview and Endorsement for California's 4th Congressional District
Did you know that we have a vote in choosing which candidates our union supports for elected office? It’s our choice. Come to our union’s It’s Our Choice Town Hall to pick the statewide candidates YOU think will be best for working people and our families! Don’t miss your chance to have a say.
On Wednesday, July 25 members from SEIU locals from throughout our state will interview candidates for California’s 4th Congressional District. Following the interviews, we will discuss and vote on who we should endorse in the upcoming election.
The Battle for Affordable Housing
“It serves our local community to have county workers live locally. When disaster hits, we are there to open the local assistance centers, staff the shelters, clear the roads, answer the call-center phones, and help keep residents’ children and animals safe,” said Janie Camacho in her testimony to The Alliance for A Just Recovery Forum. “We like to do this. And we like to live here. But it is getting too expensive for us to stay.”
Fighting Unjust Termination
In September 2016, Ms. Rob was called in to a meeting by her supervisor. “I asked my supervisor if I should be concerned of any disciplinary action, so I could secure a union steward, and my supervisor told me ‘no’,” said Ms. Rob.
Despite her supervisor’s assurance, Ms. Rob was disciplined at that meeting and she was denied her right to have a union representative.