As the son of a Local 28 union sheet metal worker, I know firsthand the benefits organized labor can bring. Regular hours, a dignified wage, and labor protections - the benefits of a union need to be protected and expanded. The labor movement is a central beacon in the movement for racial, economic, and social justice. We need to make it easier for workers to organize and ensure employers provide appropriate compensation, benefits, and work environments for all their workers.

• Pass Senate Bill S1947, requiring that all projects financed through public funds are subject to the prevailing wage and related contract requirements.

• Pass Carlos' Law, Senate Bill S621, increasing fines issued to companies that illegally endanger worker welfare.

• Pass Senate Bill S5302, strengthening the rights of workers injured on the job.

• Pass Senate Bill S359A, ensuring fair labor practices for domestic workers, including fair pay for home health care workers and an end to 24-hour workdays.

• Pass Senate Bill S933A, the 21st Century Antitrust Act, which relates to actions or practices that establish or maintain a monopoly or restraint of trade; authorizes a class-action lawsuit in the state anti-trust law.

• Pass Senate Bill S8383, the Labor Peace Bill, which requires labor peace agreements as a precondition for contracts for specific retail or distribution projects in which a public agency has a substantial proprietary interest.

• Repass The Securing Wages Earned Against Theft Bill, which the Governor vetoed, relates to securing payment of wages for work already performed; creates a lien remedy for all employees; and refers to rights for victims of wage theft.

Protect workers in the fossil fuel industry by providing job transition programs and direct placement into unionized, "green" jobs, like reconstructing obsolete water pipelines, rebuilding and expanding public transit, maintaining and modifying existing buildings, etc.