SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LABOR GROUPS FORGE STRONG LOCAL ALLIANCE

摘要

Unions representing public employees in the League's Inland Empire and Riverside County divisions were among the first to get involved with the LOCAL coalition when it was organized two years ago to protect local funds from state budget take-aways. The unions have played an increasingly important role over the past year as LOCAL focused more directly on qualifying an initiative for the November 2004 ballot to strengthen constitutional protections for local revenues. For Fred Lowe, business manager and secretary-treasurer of Laborers' International Union of North America (LIUNA) 777, involvement with LOCAL was a natural.