Author Archives : Angela Tamayo

An Open Letter to Someone Thinking about Taking Action


Perhaps you marched (or wanted to), donated to a candidate (or meant to), signed a petition (or almost did), or attended a community meeting (or you are looking for one). I am writing this letter to you. I was you, and I want to share my story about how I took action so that you can too. Many people associate…

The Creation of the Young Workers UHW Caucus


In 2016, my union, the Service Employees International Union – United Healthcare Workers-West (SEIU-UHW) saw that we had a gap in our leadership. At SEIU-UHW, young workers are twenty-eight percent of our union’s membership, and it is growing every day. At that time there were less than five leaders under 35 on our 300 seat executive board. So we hosted…

California health care under attack by Congressional Republicans


Last week, thanks to a sustained effort by many people and organizations throughout the South Bay and the United States, we succeeded in our collective work to get Congress to pull back from the brink and vote down a series of Senate bills which would have taken health insurance from tens of millions of Americans, including many millions of Americans…