http://www.halfwaytoconcord.com Contra Costa News, Politics, Business, Events Calendar Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:55:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 en hourly 1 http://www.halfwaytoconcord.com/california-legislature-and-unions-block-volunteer-help/ http://www.halfwaytoconcord.com/california-legislature-and-unions-block-volunteer-help/#comments Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:51:51 +0000 admin http://halfwaytoconcord.com/?p=2651 Look for the Union Label, California! Dan Weintraub reports that the California State Legislature has held up an exemption for volunteers that want to help public works projects that receive government money; for instance library, hospital, and school field trip volunteers, to name just a few. Democratic Assembly opponents, looking to protect public employee unions, have held up a vote for an exemption for volunteers (Assembly Bill 2537) by requiring a $4,000,000 study to make sure libraries just aren’t trying to cut down on union labor hours. With the budget the way it is, such an outrageous price tag for a study that won’t cost that much unless Senator Perata does it will not even get to the floor for a vote. Since we know Messers DeSaulnier and Torlakson can’t explain this one to their dumbfounded constituents, perhaps Assembly District 15 candidates Abram Wilson or Joan Buchanan can make sense of this buffoonery?

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