SACRAMENTO, Calif. _ California's most powerful labor unions will defer to their national leadership in deciding any 2020 presidential endorsement. But that doesn't mean the state's workers won't have a say.
From the Services Employees International Union to the National Education Association, Californians hold key positions on the decision-making bodies that will determine if, and whom, their union endorses in the presidential primary next year. As of now, their allegiances are split.
Home state Sen. Kamala Harris has been courting many of those local union members and has some high-ranking former California labor leaders on her staff, including senior advisers Laphonza Butler, who until recently was president of the largest union California, SEIU Local 2015, which represents homecare workers.
