Nunez Sacrifices Labor Rights for Careerism
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.”
Read Morerecord. 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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