California Nurses Association Endorses Kamala Harris for Attorney General
SAN FRANCISCO – Today the California Nurses Association, a leading labor organization that represents thousands of California nurses in hospitals, clinics and home health agencies throughout the state, announced their endorsement of San Francisco District Attorney Kamala D. Harris as their candidate to be California’s next Attorney General.
“The nurses of California are proud to endorse Kamala Harrisfor Attorney General, because we are confident that she will play an important role in the national drive to guarantee healthcare for every one of our patients. She is the type of leader we need for the future of California,” said Malinda Markowitz, RN, co-President of California Nurses Association.
“Improved education, dedicated and trained staff, and a commitment to sensitively dealing with child abuse, including sexual abuse, is long overdue in our criminal justice system, and nurses applaud Kamala Harris for having created such a program in San Francisco,” commented Zenei Cortez, RN, co-President of CNA.
“The California Nurses Association represents thousands of hard-working nurses throughout California, and I am honored for their support,” said District Attorney Harris. “The California Nurses Association (CNA) has always been willing to take such bold stands and to follow up with action. They have worked for health care reformeven when it was not popular, and when the odds seemed devastatingly long. This is why I am proud to earn the endorsement of these nurses who have done so much to change the debate in California and in Washington.”
The California Nurses Association is the second labor association this week to endorse Harris. SEIU –California, representing thousands of public employees throughout the state, also announced their support of Kamala Harris this week. Other labor organizations who have previously endorsed Kamala Harris for Attorney General include United Farm Workers Co-Founder Dolores Huerta, California Federation of Teachers, United Educators of San Francisco, Carpenters Local 22 and San Francisco Firefighters Local 798.