Dolores Huerta, la icónica organizadora laboral que cofundó Trabajadores Unidos del Campo (United Farm Workers) junto a César Chávez, ha respaldado al presidente de la Junta de Supervisores, Aaron Peskin, en la contienda electoral por la alcaldía de San Francisco. A finales de septiembre, Huerta también respaldó a la alcaldesa London Breed para su reelección, lo que convierte esta situación en un respaldo conjunto.
Cuando Huerta respaldó a Breed, citó específicamente su liderazgo durante la pandemia del COVID-19. El apoyo de Huerta a Peskin se centra más en los derechos laborales y la asequibilidad de la vivienda. “Aaron Peskin es un defensor de los trabajadores y las familias; lo ha demostrado una y otra vez”, escribió Huerta en un comunicado. “¡Animo a todos a votar por Aaron Peskin para alcalde si quieren una ciudad efectiva, saludable y asequible que apoye a sus familias, inquilinos y trabajadores que luchan por un futuro mejor! ¡Sí se puede!”
“Crecí en un hogar donde, de niño, no comíamos uvas frescas debido la UFW”, declaró Peskin hoy. “César Chávez, el movimiento de los Trabajadores Unidos del Campo y Dolores Huerta fueron parte de mi educación en la mesa de la cocina durante mi infancia”. Peskin señala que él y Huerta se han cruzado en varias ocasiones a lo largo de los años, aunque solo de manera breve.
Recientemente, el Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Salud, que representa a los empleados del Mission Neighborhood Health Center y otras instituciones de salud en la ciudad, se puso en contacto con Huerta y presentó a ambos de manera formal. “Ella y yo intercambiamos llamadas y mensajes de texto, y luego me anunció, anteayer, que estaba honrada de respaldarme”, comentó Peskin. “Me siento honrado y encantado; es uno de los respaldos más significativos que he recibido, estoy muy orgulloso”.
La presentación de Huerta fue el acto más reciente del Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Salud para respaldar la campaña de Peskin. El 11 de octubre, donaron $75,000 dólares a un PAC a favor de Peskin y recientemente revocaron su respaldo de segundo lugar al oponente de Peskin, Ahsha Safaí, porque Safaí estableció una alianza con Mark Farrell. El sindicato declaró que Peskin era “el mejor candidato con diferencia cuando se trata de defender a los trabajadores de San Francisco”.
Particularmente, en la Misión, el respaldo de Huerta es muy valioso. Cuando el equipo de campaña de Breed anunció el apoyo de Huerta, Tracy Gallardo, fundadora de la Latino Task Force, lo describió para Mission Local como un as bajo la manga. “He trabajado en otras campañas donde, en el momento en que [Huerta] daba su respaldo, todos los votantes latinos lo mencionaban. Oh, ¿Dolores Huerta? Claro que sí. ¿Por quién quieres que vote? Bien. “Mencionas a Dolores Huerta, lo escribes en un volante y lo distribuyes, y ya tienes el voto”.
(Huerta también se ha pronunciado en contra de la elección de Breed para el fiscal de distrito: ha respaldado a Ryan Khohasteh, un exfiscal que trabajó bajo la administración de Chesa Boudin, el predecesor de la fiscal actual, Brooke Jenkins, y que se postula en contra de Jenkins con una plataforma de reformas.)
Michael Rouppet, el copresidente del Club Demócrata Latinx de San Francisco, criticó el respaldo de Huerta a Breed (aunque no a Huerta) con el argumento de que Breed se ha negado a reunirse con el grupo, el único club demócrata latino en San Francisco, o a escuchar sus preocupaciones sobre la policía, la caótica situación de los vendedores ambulantes en la calle Misión y el desplazamiento. Rouppet expresó que estaba encantado de saber del respaldo de Huerta a Peskin, a quien el club ha apoyado para la alcaldía. “Dolores Huerta es un ícono en nuestra comunidad”, continuó Rouppet. “Este respaldo apoya a los inquilinos, apoya a nuestras poblaciones más vulnerables en San Francisco y respalda nuestros esfuerzos por organizar a nivel comunitario para dar voz a quienes no están en la mesa de discusión”.
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