‘Right to Join a Union’ Constitutional Amendment Will Likely Sail Through California Legislature

Members of the Service Employees International Union Local 99 strike, leaving more than 500,000 children shut out of school, in Los Angeles on March 23, 2023. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images

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Last month, California state Senator Tom Umberg (D-Santa Ana) introduced Senate Constitutional Amendment 7 (SCA 7), the Right to Organize and Negotiate Act, which gives all Californians “the right to join a union and to negotiate with their employers,” among other changes.