SANTA BARBARA, CA – Moved by his long record of creating local jobs and fighting for access to health care, fair wages, safe working conditions and affordable middle-income housing , the Service Employees International Union (SIEU) California State Council has has endorsed Santa Barbara City Councilmember Das Williams for the 35th Assembly District.
The SEIU California State Council represents over 700,000 social workers, nurses, classroom aides, state workers, security officers, college professors, home care workers, janitors, and other workers throughout California.
SEIU California State Council now join dozens of statewide and local unions backing Das Williams’ candidacy, including the Santa Barbara Police Officer’s Association, UAW International (All Affiliates), IBEW Locals 952 and 413, International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 46, Cement Masons Local 600, Ironworkers Local 416 and 433, Labors International Union of North America State Council, Laborers Union Locals 220 and 585, State Building and Construction Trades Council of California, Tri-Counties Building and Construction Trades Council, Sheet Metal Workers International Association Local 273, Southwest Regional Council of Carpenters, UA Plumber & Pipefitters Local 114, Plumbers & Steamfitters Local 484, International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 186, and UPTE-CWA Local 9119-4.
“I am so proud to be endorsed by the janitors, state workers, school and community college employees, and other members of SEIU,” said Das Williams. “The workers SEIU represents are the economic and moral fiber of California, and are at the very center of providing the services our state so desperately needs right now - health care, child care, in-home supportive services, and countless others.”
Williams added, “People in this state are suffering with layoffs, home foreclosures, furloughs, and other untold hardships caused by the wrongheaded fiscal policies coming out of Sacramento. I am running in this race because I want to instill in our state’s Capitol the same, results-driven leadership and problem solving I have prioritized throughout my tenure on the Santa Barbara City Council.”
“I am honored that SEIU and so many others in labor are endorsing my record and philosophy,” ended Williams.
Since taking office in 2003, Councilmember Das Williams has delivered for his community time and again. In the face of recent budget shortfalls, he found a way to help balance the city’s books without any major layoffs to critical positions and led negotiations to adopt fair contracts, pensions and benefits for the city’s public employees. Das spearheaded efforts to implement the toughest local energy efficiency standards in the state and worked to fund job creating energy efficiency projects, expand the city’s public transit system, and create vital after-school programs for Santa Barbara youth. Das also previously served as a local community organizer working to stop the development of a Wal-Mart in Ventura and enact local living wage laws for workers in the Santa Barbara and Ventura region.
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