Why labor supports Connie Chan for Congress

It’s a common misconception that organized labor is a monolith. This is hardly the case. Our movement is comprised of individual unions grounded in their crafts or industries, with different histories, traditions and demographics.Indeed, often with our varied interests and alliances, it is common for labor to support different candidates and issues. And when our movement overwhelmingly endorses one candidate over another it requires the vote of at least two-thirds of the delegates of the affiliated local unions.In the congressional race to succeed Nancy Pelosi, Connie Chan has won the endorsement and overwhelming support of the S.F. Labor Council, the S.F. Building and Construction Trades Council, and the California Federation of Labor, representing 2.1 million working people across the state. In a recent debate between Chan and state Sen. Scott Wiener, Wiener invoked or implied labor’s support several times. Yet Scott Wiener has been the single most divisive SF elected official