SEIU

“SEIU California President David Huerta was injured by federal agents and wrongfully detained,” said L.A.

Steve Koffroth, SEIU’s chief contract negotiator, said the county waited until the last moment to respond to the union’s first proposal for a new contract.

Fight for Our Health Coalition led the rally, which included representatives from healthcare unions SEIU-UHW and SEIU-2015 and a slew of other healthcare and senior advocacy groups.

“Back then, it felt like it was a very top-down approach by the SEIU. I wasn’t involved, but I knew it was happening,” said Scott Uriu, who has taught part time in the USC School of Architecture for 14 years and supports unionization.

And canvassers like me, the phalanx from 1199 SEIU, made sure that every voter we spoke to knew how to cast their votes early or by mail.