But some members of SEIU Local 1000, which represents 96,000 state workers, said the vote to donate $1 million in support of Newsom's fight against the recall would cause a further divide in the union.
But some members of SEIU Local 1000, which represents 96,000 state workers, said it would cause a further divide in the union, the"Gavin Newsom will win the recall without our support. The only thing that our support will do it further divide our union," said Robert Bayze, a union member who tried to get the union to take no position on the recall.
Brown opposes union support for Newsom due to state worker pay cuts the governor imposed during the pandemic. He would need support from the board of directors to make opposition to the recall an official union position, but his anti-Newsom comments caused a stir in the organized labor movement that largely backs the governor.
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