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Nunez Sacrifices Labor Rights for Careerism

by Randy Shaw via Beyond Chron
Tuesday, July 3, 2007 : Fabian Nunez’s ascension to Speaker of the California Assembly was seen as a landmark achievement for the state’s Latino-labor alliance, and for progressive interests. But with his three-terms in the Assembly ending in 2008, Nunez has apparently decided to sacrifice his longstanding commitment to progressive principles in order to help passage of a February 2008 ballot initiative that would give him three additional terms.
Last week, Nunez dropped his longstanding opposition to new casino compacts for Southern California Indian tribes, despite the tribes’ refusal to facilitate union organizing. Having been elected to the Assembly as a strong labor ally, Nunez has now betrayed the labor movement so that he can potentially have three additional terms as Speaker.

Late last week, Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez betrayed the hotel workers union, UNITEHERE, in order to prevent wealthy Indian tribes from spending millions to defeat a term-limit extension ballot initiative in February. Nunez had long held up the Governor’s plans to dramatically expand Indian gaming until the tribes agreed to card-check neutrality, but made a sudden about-face last week that shocked and angered his labor allies.

Jack Gribbon, a longtime fixture with San Francisco’s UNITEHERE Local 2 who is now state political director for the union, said his group was “outraged” by Nunez’s move. “For the speaker to say he is some kind of big hero, like he fixed something---he knows he didn’t," said Gribbon. "We know he didn’t. The voters are going to figure it out.”

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by Learning From The Democrats
It seems that Randy is surprised about the sell-out of Democrats such as Nunez but this has a long long
record. The Democrats have sold out on rent control, have supported deregulation of energy,
deregulation of Workers Compensation and SF Demos who Randys supports including Leno have
supported the media monopolies in taking away local control of cable franchises and putting it
the hands of the corporate controlled PUC. The blantant corruption of all the Nunez to corporate
bucks is not the exception but the rule. Who does Randy think is preventing the legislature
from seriously backing single payer except the insurance companies who fund these Democrats.
Who does he think help get the governor re-elected except these same Democrats.
The corruption and crookery of people like Perata who the progressive Democrats elected a "leader"
should be obvious to all.
The so called "progressives" when push comes to shove line up with big business and Randy has
yet to learn this important bit of reality politics.
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Peace and Freedom Party and the Green Party are the viable parties; the Democrat Republicans are clearly not viable. We now have 3 multi-million dollar elections in 2008, with the presidential primary election in February, requiring campaigning in December, thanks to Nunez and his cronies who wanted an extension of their terms. We should certainly vote No on any extension of term limits and clearly we need the pro-labor, pro-single payer, for rent control, for regulation Peace & Freedom party and Green Party. Friends of Gov. Schwarzenegger are no friends of the workingclass and are certainly not viable. Gambling is always a sign of extreme capitalist decay and should never be supported. This state is filled with millionaires and billionaires and the income taxes on the rich, those who make over $200,000 a year, must be raised. The Democrats and Republicans have been cutting the taxes on the rich. Do you want single payer health care now so we do not have the horrors of the American medical system as seen in Sicko? Then you have to vote for people who support single payer and never take any money from any companies, namely Peace & Freedom Party and the Green Party. See:
http://www.peaceandfreedom.org
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