2024 CA Senate race: on Jobs


Laphonza Butler: Was labor organizer; led fight for $15 minimum wage in CA

Butler was a labor organizer for nearly two decades, leading the biggest union in California and one of the US's largest home care workers union, SEIU Local 2015. In that position, she was at the forefront of the successful fight for a $15 minimum wage in California. The union's current president said that her work uplifted union workers, many of whom are women of color and immigrants.
Source: Vox.com on 2024 California Senate race Oct 2, 2023

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