{"id":60483,"date":"2018-03-28T20:56:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-28T20:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-the-northern-and-southern-california-district-council-of-laborers-endorse-kevin-de-leon-for-u-s-senate\/"},"modified":"2018-03-28T20:58:02","modified_gmt":"2018-03-29T00:58:02","slug":"el-consejo-de-trabajadores-del-distrito-del-norte-y-sur-de-california-respalda-a-kevin-de-leon-para-el-senado-de-los-estados-unidos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/el-consejo-de-trabajadores-del-distrito-del-norte-y-sur-de-california-respalda-a-kevin-de-leon-para-el-senado-de-los-estados-unidos\/","title":{"rendered":"The Northern and Southern California District Council of Laborers Endorse Kevin De Le\u00f3n For U.S. Senate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">PLEASANTON, California<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">March 28, 2018<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/\u00a0&#8212;<b>\u00a0<\/b>U.S. Senate candidate Kevin de Le\u00f3n received the endorsement of the <span class=\"xn-location\">Northern California<\/span> and Southern California District Council of Laborers and its respective affiliated local unions today.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Kevin de Le\u00f3n&#8217;s leadership, as California State Senate President pro Tempore, had significant impacts on the lives of every single Californian, especially in our hardworking communities,&#8221; said <span class=\"xn-person\">Rocco Davis<\/span>, Laborers&#8217; International Union of <span class=\"xn-location\">North America<\/span> (LIUNA) Vice President and Pacific Southwest Regional Manager. &#8220;He focuses on building <span class=\"xn-location\">California&#8217;s<\/span> economy, creating new and good-paying jobs and protecting workers&#8217; right to unionize.\u00a0 At a time when a vote in the Supreme Court threatens to destabilize unions nationwide, we need a leader in the U.S. Senate who will fight tirelessly to defend working families. \u00a0I am confident\u00a0Kevin de Le\u00f3n is the right leader for this job.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am grateful for the endorsement of the Laborers&#8217; Union,&#8221; Kevin de Le\u00f3n said.\u00a0 &#8220;Together we will continue to grow our economy, create new jobs and make sure hardworking men and women can retire with dignity.\u00a0 We will not allow corporations to divide workers from their co-workers, muffle their voices, or wrestle away their power.\u00a0 Workers are sticking together no matter what, and I&#8217;ll be right there with them every step of the way.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Kevin de Le\u00f3n is committed to making sure every hardworking Californian has a voice in the U.S. Senate,&#8221; said <span class=\"xn-person\">Oscar De La Torre<\/span>, LIUNA Vice President-at-large and Northern California District Council of Laborers&#8217; Business Manager. &#8220;Kevin has a track record of making sure our working class is treated with integrity and respect, and he has demonstrated his commitment to pursuing social and economic justice here in <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Californians deserve a leader in <span class=\"xn-location\">Washington, D.C.<\/span> who pays attention to our working-class communities,&#8221; said <span class=\"xn-person\">Jon P. Preciado<\/span>, Southern California District Council of Laborers&#8217; Business Manager. &#8220;Kevin de Le\u00f3n has consistently dedicated himself to protecting the right of hardworking men and women to unionize, while keeping predatory employers at bay by cracking down on wage theft.\u00a0 He stood by us as a leader in the California State Senate and will continue to create good-paying jobs and grow an economy that works for all Californians in the U.S. Senate.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In 2017, Senate President pro Tempore Emeritus Kevin de Le\u00f3n shouldered legislation to make historic investments to rebuild <span class=\"xn-location\">California&#8217;s<\/span> infrastructure.\u00a0 As a result, the state will invest <span class=\"xn-money\">$5 billion<\/span> per year into revitalizing its roads, highways, and bridges &#8211; creating new jobs in the process.\u00a0 De Le\u00f3n also championed landmark worker&#8217;s compensation reforms in the Assembly, and in 2016 passed a law boosting <span class=\"xn-location\">California&#8217;s<\/span> minimum wage to $15\u00a0an hour.<\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  Northern California District Council of Laborers<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">PLEASANTON, California<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">March 28, 2018<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/\u00a0&#8212;<b>\u00a0<\/b>U.S. Senate candidate Kevin de Le\u00f3n received the endorsement of the <span class=\"xn-location\">Northern California<\/span> and Southern California District Council of Laborers and its respective affiliated local unions today.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Kevin de Le\u00f3n&#8217;s leadership, as California State Senate President pro Tempore, had significant impacts on the lives of every single Californian, especially in our hardworking communities,&#8221;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gobierno-y-politica"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60483\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}