The Fresno County Democratic Central Committee has not endorsed any candidate in this race.
Eric’s momentum heading into Convention weekend continues with Willie Pelote, a nationally renowned champion for working families, endorsing his campaign for CDP Chair.
As the leader for AFSCME (American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees), Pelote represented their 1.6 million members, including nurses, child care providers, and nearly 100 different occupations, for two decades.
Willie joins an overwhelming majority of California’s labor unions and leadership supporting Eric’s campaign, including:
American Federation of Government Employees
UNITE HERE!, AFL-CIO
United Farm Workers
California Faculty Association
California Professional Firefighters
National Union of Healthcare Workers
AFSCME United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals
State Building and Construction Trades Council of California
Professional Engineers in California Government
UFCW 8-Golden State
Painters and Allied Trades Dist. Council 36
Southwest Regional Council of Carpenters
United Steel Workers of Los Angeles and Orange County
San Bernardino-Riverside Central Labor Council
Fresno-Madera-Tulare-Kings Central Labor Council
Los Angeles/Orange County Building and Construction Trades Council
American Federation of Musicians Local 47
IBEW Local 11
Laborers Local 300
Laborers Local 1309
UFCW 8-Golden State
UFCW Local 324
UFCW Local 648
UFCW Local 770
UFCW Local 1428
UFCW Local 1442
UNITE HERE Local 2
UNITE HERE Local 11
UNITE HERE Local 19
UNITE HERE Local 30
UNITE HERE Local 49
UNITE HERE Local 483
UNITE HERE Local 2850
Hilda L. Solis, LA County Supervisor & U.S. Secretary of Labor
Maria Elena Durazo, UNITE HERE General Vice President & DNC Vice-Chair
Frank Lima, International Association of Firefighters Vice President
Josh Pechthalt, California Federation of Teachers President
Yvonne Walker, SEIU Local 1000 President
Bob Schoonover, SEIU Local 721 President
Alice Goff, AFSCME Council 36 President
Lisa Andres, California Association of Professional Employees Vice President
Rusty Hicks, Los Angeles County Federation of Labor Executive Secretary-Treasurer
Ricardo Icaza, Los Angeles County Federation of Labor President
Jon Riley, Napa and Solano Central Labor Council Executive Director
Tim Paulson, San Francisco Central Labor Council Executive Director
Asm. Paul Fong (ret.), San Jose/Evergreen Federation of Teachers Local 6157 President
Alex Caputo-Pearl, United Teachers Los Angeles President
Sergio Rascon, Laborers Local 300 Business Manager
Gene Hurd, UAW Local 509 President
John Grant, UFCW Local 770 Secretary-Treasurer
Mark Ramos, UFCW Local 1428 President
Dorothy Kim, Association of Pomona Teachers President
Maria Patterson, SEIU Local 1000 Lavender Committee Chair
Willie Pelote, Fmr. AFSCME California People Political and Legislative Director
Dean Vogel, Fmr. California Teachers Association President
David Sanchez, Fmr. California Teachers Association President
Barbara Kerr, Fmr. California Teachers Association President
T Santora, CWA Southern California Council Political Director and Fmr. CWA Local 9003 President
Gregg Solkovits, United Teachers Los Angeles Vice President
Ken Tray, United Educators of San Francisco Political Director
John McDowell, L.A. College Faculty Guild, AFT Local 1521 Director of Government Relations
— Team Bauman
*Titles included for identification purposes only.
