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Upwards of 2,000 people have registered to participate in the run, which will include a stop at downtown’s Metropolitan Detention Center on Alameda Street, which has been the site of multiple clashes between people protesting immigration-related arrests and law enforcement officers.

The event was sponsored by the group 50501 SoCal in conjunction with SEIU Local 721, CARECEN, NDLON and the Community Power Collective.

The LA Tenants Union, SEIU 721, and the Coalition of Labor Union Employees held a press conference and rally Tuesday morning, urging city leaders to pass immediate protections for renters affected by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations.

The L.A. Tenants Union, SEIU 721 and the Coalition of Labor Union Employees joined forces for a press conference and rally on Olvera Street Tuesday morning.

SEIU 721 members and shop stewards, including Sandra Diaz (SEIU steward and executive board member) and Alex Onnam (library employee and shop steward), asked for health insurance for employees and wage increases they said were necessary to keep staff in Oxnard. “We respectfully urge you not to cut our wages, our benefits,” Sandra Diaz told the council. Representatives of Operating Engineers Local 501 pressed similar themes.

Union officials said in a statement that the proposal “locks in historic cash bonuses, Cost of Living adjustments, increases to our annual healthcare contributions, and beats back the county’s efforts to include language allowing management to unilaterally reduce our raises in the future.”

SEIU 721 is the county’s largest union, with members in 36 of the county’s 38 departments, according to the county.

County officials said the proposed deal with the Service Employees International Union Local 721 would include a $5,000 one-time ratification bonus, a $2,000 bonus in year two, a 2% cost-of-living adjustment in year two and a 5% COLA in year three. The contract would run through June 30, 2028.

“As a union, we will always stand with our immigrant brothers, sisters, and siblings. We will not be intimidated into silence. We will keep showing up. We will keep fighting back,” SEIU 721 said in a statement.

Hundreds of workers pushing for a new contract packed into the board’s meeting in a pre-planned act of civil disobedience.