Stafford also announced her campaign is endorsed by Courage California and one of the larger labor unions in the state, California’s branch of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU). The SEIU has collective bargain agreements across a variety of organizations nationally and has advocated for things like the Affordable Healthcare Act and increases in minimum wages.
In making the announcement, Stafford said their endorsement was “courageous even for that organization because what you will find it that most unions stay out of it rather than get involved” in the time leading up to primaries. Stafford added along with financial assistance, the SEIU will phone bank and walk precincts.