• BNSF Railway Co: $3,500 (Dec. 28)
• Edison Int'l and Affiliated Companies: $7,500 (Dec. 28)
• AES: $2,500 (Jan. 7)
• Long Beach Collective Ass'n: $1,000 (Jan. 22)

Andrews and Austin cast Sept. 19, 2017 against Council enactment of "Claudia's Law," a hotel-worker protective ordinance that would have assisted labor efforts to organize unrepresented LB hotel workers. The measure was opposed by LB hotel industry/hospitality interests, narrowly failed on a 4-5 vote (Yes: Gonzalez, Pearce, Uranga, Richardson; No: Price, Supernaw, Mungo, Andrews, Austin)

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As separately reported by LRBEPORT.com, two independent campaigns funded by organized labor have surfaced supporting challengers to the two incumbents in the 6th and 8th districts.

In the 8th Council district, a "Committee on Behalf of Working Families To Support Tunua Thrash-Ntuk For Council," Sponsored By Labor Organizations," has been funded to date with $75,000 in two Jan. 27 contributions: $50,000 from "United Food and Commercial Workers Active Ballot Club (California)" based in Washington, D.C. and $25,000 from "Dignity California SEIU Local 2015 PAC (based in Sacramento.) Eighth district Council incumbent Al Austin, seeking a third term, faces challenges from Ms. Thrash-Ntuk as well as Reform Ticket candidate Juan Ovalle.

In the 6th district, an organized labor PAC has surfaced funded by $30,000 from the UniteHere! union and operated by the L.A. County Federation of Labor is conducting an independent campaign supporting the electino of challenger Suely Saro.

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Vote by mail ballots began flying Feb. 3. If no candidate receives 50%+1 in the March 5, 2020 race, the top two finishers proceed to a November 2020 runoff.

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