The Democratic governor both embraced and rebuffed union priorities in a year of surging labor activism.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to be known as a friend to labor unions. But every friendship has its limits.
The mixed record may buttress his national political credentials. As the term-limited Newsom keeps one eye on a potential 2028 White House bid, his orientation as a fiscally cautious liberal will help him shed the baggage of free-spending California and further his relationship with a critical Democratic constituency.
On the other side of the ledger, he enacted a law expanding the number of sick days employers must provide, negotiated a“He continues to on a fundamental level support workers and help raise wages and extend paid sick days,” said California Labor Federation leader Lorena Gonzalez, “but I think when you look at what’s happened in 2023 with the numbers of workers who have gone on strike, with the number of workers who are asking the governor to let them right-size the economy — I don’t think the...
“The governor has long been a champion for working families and tried to do so in a way that was fiscally responsible at the same time,” spokesperson Anthony York said. Newsom’s response to a bill boosting the health care minimum wage to $25 illuminated his cautious navigation. He faced enormous political pressure to sign off on a deal that hospitals, kidney dialysis chains and unionsand stayed out of the talks.
Infuriated labor advocates said Newsom fundamentally misread the political climate. Teamsters Western Region Vice President Peter Finn argued Newsom’s veto of the self-driving trucking bill — in which the governor“Newsom is running the Clinton playbook that prioritizes business and campaign money over working people, and that’s why Democrats lost the blue collar vote to the misguided populism of Trump,” Finn said in a text message.
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