Juan Rey

Juan Rey's career experience includes working as an union steward.[1]

Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I have worked as a train mechanic at L.A. Metro for 23 years and served as an elected union steward for nine years. Like many others, in the past I was laid off several times and unemployed for long stretches of time.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

Working people have to fight to get what we need and take the money from big corporations’ profits.Both the Democrats and Republicans serve the interests of the wealthy.Workers need their own independent working class party.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Democrats and Republicans are taking us to war from Venezuela to Iran. They are behind the Israeli war against the Palestinians and the war between Ukraine and Russia. They are also threatening war with, China and Greenland. These wars serve the interest of big business, to further their profits and domination. All workers pay for these wars with our tax money today and they expect us to sacrifice our lives in the future. Workers have a lot of power because we produce everything and make the economy run. We can use that power to oppose the wars and the ruling class that is behind them.

Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I have worked as a train mechanic at L.A. Metro for 21 years and served as an elected union steward for nine years. Like many others, in the past I was laid off several times and unemployed for long stretches of time.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

Working people have to fight to get what we need and take the money from big corporations’ profits.Both the Democrats and Republicans serve the interests of the wealthy.To unite all workers, we need a working-class party.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

The social crises the working class face. Corporate profits are at record highs and the stock market is booming. But the working class is getting robbed. Homelessness continues to increase, housing costs skyrocket and wages don't keep up with rising prices.

Campaign website

Rey's campaign website stated the following:

I am running because:

Big businesses inflate prices to steal from the workers.

Only low wage/part time jobs with little or no benefits.

Rent and mortgages are too damn high.

Public education and essential services are destroyed.

The U.S. spends our money on their gigantic military and their wars of domination.

To address these problems, working people need:

To build our own independent political party.

A Working-Class Party for all workers: ​union and non-union, black and white, immigrant, and native-born.

To stand together to defend our class interests.[2]

—Juan Rey's campaign website (2024)[3]