Top Calif. Official: States Using Budget Woes As Smokescreen For Anti-Public Union Drive
Monday, January 31, 2011(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)
State officials around the country are using state and local
budget woes as a smokescreen for campaigns against public unions and their
workers, a top California state official says. In a Jan. 24 telephone press
conference, hosted by the Economic Policy Institute, California Treasurer Bill
Lockyer (D), said if those pols succeed, the cuts would devastate not only
workers but services. EPI scholars added the devastation would spread to
the private sector, imperiling the fragile recovery from the Great Recession.
Locally, labor, community and religious allies have formed the Metro-Washington
Alliance For Progressive Solutions, a coalition designed to develop research
capabilities to enable participants to analyze and understand budget and tax
issues affecting regional government workers. CLICK
HERE for the complete report on Lockyer’s comments or email rpowell@dclaborarchives.org for
info on MAPS. - Mark Gruenberg, Press Associates, Inc.