For Immediate Release

Contact: Nick Voutsinos
Email: nvoutsinos@afscme.org

AFSCME’s Saunders: With Laphonza Butler, ‘working people have a new world-class fighter in the United States Senate’

AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement after California Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed Laphonza Butler to fill the state’s vacant U.S. Senate seat: 

“Working people have a new world-class fighter in the United States Senate. As president of SEIU California, Laphonza Butler won the nation’s first statewide $15 an hour minimum wage law. And as former president of SEIU Local 2015, she understands the care economy and the need for fair wages and dignity for home care providers across the country. Laphonza Butler is not just a labor leader; she is a labor organizer. I have no doubt that these values will guide her in her role as California’s newest United States senator.” 

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AFSCME’s 1.4 million members provide the vital services that make America happen. With members in communities across the nation, serving in hundreds of different occupations — from nurses to corrections officers, childcare providers to sanitation workers — AFSCME advocates for fairness in the workplace, excellence in public services and freedom and opportunity for all working families. 

AFSCME’s 1.4 million members provide the vital services that make America happen. With members in communities across the nation, serving in hundreds of different occupations — from nurses to corrections officers, child care providers to sanitation workers — AFSCME advocates for fairness in the workplace, excellence in public services and freedom and opportunity for all working families.

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American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO
1625 L Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036-5687
Telephone: (202) 429-1145
Fax: (202) 429-1120

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