{"id":125905,"date":"2025-08-07T08:52:21","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T08:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/125905\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T08:52:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T08:52:21","slug":"ca-labor-fed-backs-special-election-to-redraw-congressional-maps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/125905\/","title":{"rendered":"CA Labor Fed backs special election to redraw congressional maps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timesofsandiego.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/AP19351717207301-scaled.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"482\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AP19351717207301.jpg\" alt=\"People demonstrating in support of AB 5 with signs for union rights.\" class=\"wp-image-327821\"  \/><\/a>Then Assemblywoman Gonzalez speaks at a rally at the Capitol in Sacramento. (File photo by Rich Pedroncelli\/Associated Press)<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/calaborfed.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">California Federation of Labor Unions, AFL-CIO<\/a>, has unanimously endorsed holding a special election this year to redraw the state\u2019s congressional district boundaries, a move in response to Republican-led gerrymandering efforts in Texas.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/gavin-newsom\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom<\/a> said he will call a special election for the first week of November to let voters decide on a new congressional map unless Texas pauses its partisan redistricting plans. <\/p>\n<p>That push comes as California Democrats announced they are <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofsandiego.com\/politics\/2025\/08\/04\/dems-eye-redistricting-plan-to-flip-5-gop-seats-including-issas-in-san-diego-county\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">weighing new political maps<\/a> that could eliminate up to five Republican-held House seats in the state, including Rep.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/issa.house.gov\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Darrell Issa<\/a>\u00a0(R-Escondido), while shoring up Democratic incumbents in key battleground districts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Trump has said that Republicans are \u2018entitled\u2019 to five more congressional votes in Texas. Well, they aren\u2019t entitled to steal the 2026 election. California\u2019s unions refuse to stand by as democracy is tested,\u201d<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>said federation President Lorena Gonzalez, a former state Assemblymember based in San Diego.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cCalifornia Labor is unified in our resolve to fight back against President Trump\u2019s anti-worker agenda,\u201d Gonzalez said Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The labor organization represents more than 2.3 million workers across 1,300 unions in industries including construction, health care, education, entertainment and logistics.  <\/p>\n<p>Gonzalez said the federation plans to mobilize its members to campaign for the redistricting effort.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Then Assemblywoman Gonzalez speaks at a rally at the Capitol in Sacramento. 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