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Angie Wei on Organized Labor's Clout in Sacramento and Life After Janus

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Scott ShaferMarisa Lagos
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Union members protest the Janus case at the California Democratic Party convention in San Diego.  (Laurel Rosenhall/CALmatters)

California Democrats meet in San Diego but leave without endorsements in the Senate and Governor’s race. (00:50). In Oakland, Mayor Libby Schaaf draws the Trump administration’s ire for warning of an immigration raid (6:00)

Angie Wei, chief of staff for the California Labor Federation, joins Marisa Lagos and Scott Shafer to talk about learning of her immigrant past (9:20) the potential impact of the Janus Supreme Court case on organized labor in California (16:30), union support in the 2018 Governor’s race (23:15), and Governor Brown’s relationship with labor (25:05).

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