ESCONDIDO, CA April 23, 2010 – The California School Employees Association (CSEA) joins the California Federation of Teachers (CFT), the California Labor Federation (CLF) and nearly twenty diverse labor unions from building trades to health care specialists and service employees in their official endorsement of Tracy Emblem for United States Congress in California’s 50th district.

CSEA represents nearly 230,000 classified employees in California public schools and community colleges.

These school support staff, known in California as “classified school employees,” perform a wide range of essential work, including security, food services, office and clerical work, school maintenance and operations, transportation, academic assistance and paraeducator services, library and media assistance, computer services and more.

“I am proud to have the support and endorsement of the working men and women who keep our schools and colleges open and running. California’s Classified Employees work hard every day to ensure that our learning environments are safe, clean and ready for our students, young and old. It is essential that we have a quality, skilled workforce which is why I support rights for employees to organize, pool their resources and collectively bargain for benefits. Investing in our local communities will have lasting results for generations to come,” said the jubilant Tracy Emblem.

These endorsement’s bring the total labor support of Tracy’s campaign to almost 20 unions. Tracy is also the candidate endorsed by the Progressive Democrats of America.

Tracy is running for U.S. Congress in San Diego’s 50th District against Francine Busby, a Cardiff School Board trustee with only one endorsement by labor (California Teachers Association), to unseat the incumbent Republican Brian Bilbray who has no endorsements by labor.