Bob Schoonover, president of SEIU California and SEIU Local 721, said in a statement that the proposal would borrow “from future generations without demanding that today’s billionaires and powerful corporations step up and contribute.”
But a key state employees’ union criticized the budget “chicanery.”
La moción fue apoyada por una coalición de afiliados laborales como UFCW 770, SEIU 721 y centros de trabajadores como Clean Carwash, KiWA y muchos otros.
At one McDonald’s in Los Angeles, workers blocked the drive-thru for 8 minutes and 46 seconds, about how long prosecutors say a white police officer held his knee on Floyd’s neck as he pleaded for air.
In Los Angeles, San Francisco, Oakland and several other California cities, demonstrations were organized by the Service Employees International Union, one of the nation’s largest, whose 1.9 million members include many of the low-wage essential employees who have continued to work during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In total, more than 25 demonstrations took part across the country Monday with organizers seeking to highlight the ways in which the pandemic has worsened economic inequality and the dangers essential workers are subjected to.
Members of SEIU, the Service Employees International Union, which represents 400,000 nursing home and home care workers throughout California, protested alongside Black Lives Matter, other unions and social justice groups.
The Los Angeles rally was part of 25-city “Strike for Black Lives” protest.
Groups of activists and unionized workers across the country participated in a walkout on Monday, calling for an end to racism and for more corporate and government support for Black workers.
In LA, the Strike for Black Lives was organized by big labor unions like SEIU, Black Lives Matter LA, the Tenants Union, an alliance of Uber drivers, and others.