As the effects of this fire continue to impact workers and families throughout the region, Labor Community Services is mobilizing resources to provide emergency assistance, including air purifiers, PPE masks, food assistance, and other essential supplies. We encourage you to review the attached information and consider supporting this important relief effort.

If you are a member or aware of other members who have been directly affected by the fire and may be in need of assistance, please let us know so we can help connect them with available resources.

Thank you for your consideration and continued commitment to supporting working families in times of need.

LCS Lineage Fire Letter.pdf

Gas prices are spiking, grocery prices are still sky-high and workers are struggling just to pay the bills while wages aren’t keeping up.

With a record like that, President Trump and his allies who control Congress are scheming for other ways to secure their power in November’s election, so they’re pushing the Senate to pass a bill that would make it harder for millions of Americans to vote. Trump has even said that he won’t sign any other bills into law until the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (or SAVE America) Act passes. 

The SAVE America Act would require you to have a valid passport or a certified copy of your birth certificate, and present those documents in person at an election office each time you want to register to vote or update your voter registration. If you’ve ever changed your name, such as through marriage, you would need to provide even more documents to convince an election official that you are who you say you are. 

For working people who don’t have the money to get a passport and go on a fancy vacation, or the time to chase down documents and stand in another DMV-style line, this bill could prevent many eligible voters—from every political party—from casting their ballots.  

That’s why your senators need to hear from you. How would you be impacted if they made it harder to register to vote, update your voter registration or cast a ballot?

Only half of Americans have a passport, and many don’t have the time or the $65 to $165 required to get one. Many others no longer have their birth certificates, and getting replacements can be costly and time consuming. Still others, like married women who have changed their names, would need to gather even more documents and may not be successful.

If your senators might vote for this bad bill, your call is important. Let them know the people they represent don’t support schemes to keep eligible Americans from voting. 

And even if your senators oppose this bad bill, they still need to hear from you—because they want to lift up the voices of working people in their state who would be hurt from this legislation.  

This is voter suppression, plain and simple. Could it affect you? CALL your senators and let them know. Dial 844-733-3172 or visit go.aflcio.org/voter-call to be connected.


Your call could go a long way to help protect our democracy and your own voting rights. Thank you for sharing. 

February 18, 2026

Contact: Headquarters@lclaa.org

 

The Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA) strongly opposes the bills collectively known as the “SAVE Act” — including the SAVE America Act, the Make Elections Great Again Act, and the original Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act. Despite their name, these bills do nothing to protect our democracy — instead, they weaken it by creating new barriers that could disenfranchise millions of eligible Americans seeking to exercise their constitutional right to vote.

 

Our democracy depends on every eligible U.S. citizen having a fair and accessible opportunity to participate in our elections. Federal law prohibits noncitizen voting, and states already have systems in place to verify voter eligibility and correct rare administrative errors when they occur. These bills attempt to “fix” a system that isn’t broken. They are rooted in disinformation and false narratives of widespread voter fraud, claims that have been repeatedly disproven by the courts, audits, and independent investigations.

 

By requiring voters to present documents such as passports or birth certificates in person to register or update their voter registration information, the SAVE Act would create unnecessary and disproportionate barriers for millions of Americans — particularly people of color, voters with disabilities, seniors, women, rural voters, and low-income families. This includes the more than 36 million Latinos in the United States who are eligible to vote. 

 

The impact on women would be especially severe. An estimated 69 million married women have changed their last names and may not have a birth certificate that matches their current legal name. As a result, millions of women and others who have changed their legal name could face additional burdens or be turned away from registering to vote, creating a trickle-down effect at the polls.

 

At LCLAA, we know there are no workers’ rights without civil rights. When access to the ballot is threatened, so too are the protections that safeguard workers and their families. These measures would disproportionately harm working-class communities who may be forced to miss work, pay for costly documents, or navigate bureaucratic hurdles simply to exercise their right to cast their ballot. For more information about the SAVE Act and its impact, please see our one-pager here.

 

LCLAA urges the Senate to reject the SAVE America Act and Congress to block any related legislation that weakens our democracy under the guise of protecting it. Our democracy is strongest when it includes — not excludes — the people it serves.

 

In Solidarity and Unity,
LCLAA National

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