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Midterms Labor Candidates are Shaking Up the Status Quo and Standing Up for Workers

Yvanna Cancela — the former political director for UNITE HERE’s Local 226, the Culinary Workers Union, which is Nevada’s largest labor union — who was appointed to the Nevada State Senate and is now running for a full term. Both Omar and Cancela are running to stave off Republican opponents this year, and both credit the lessons learned through organizing within the labor movement as instrumental preparation for an office run.

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