Kamala Harris is endorsed by the United Farm Workers labor group. Bernie Sanders wins the backing of the Los Angeles teachers union and nationwide nurses union.
Kamala Harris is headed to a gay bar, and Bernie Sanders will get on stage with East L.A. punk-funk band Ozomatli ahead of a Democratic convention in Long Beach.Harris’ campaign has multiple ties to the union. Dolores Huerta, who co-founded the group with Chavez, endorsed the California senator in February, and Chavez’s granddaughter, Julie Chavez Rodriguez, is a senior advisor on Harris’ campaign.
On Thursday, United Teachers Los Angeles, the second-largest teacher’s union in the U.S., with roughly 34,000 members, threw its support behind the Vermont senator.“We need an unapologetic, long-standing ally of progressive policies to make public education a priority in the White House,” said UTLA President Alex Caputo-Pearl. “Critically, like UTLA, Sen. Sanders believes in building a national movement for real, lasting change.
On Friday, Sanders joined representatives from the National Nurses United local office in Oakland to officially accept their endorsement. The union has more than 150,000 members nationwide. “He has done more than any other elected official to build the ‘Medicare for all’ movement,” said Jean Ross, co-president of the union. “We know healthcare is a human right, and Bernie is the one to fight with us to make that happen.”“You are the backbone of the American healthcare system. You do fantastic and compassionate work,” he told them. “I am increasingly confident that with your support, we’re going to win here in California.
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