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Labor/Employment,
Government

Jul. 29, 2022

New labor leader targets former colleagues in Legislature

Lorena Gonzalez, the fiery author of California’s gig worker law AB5, is now head of California Labor Federation. In a speech she said Democrats in Sacramento only pay “lip service to unions.”

Lorena Gonzalez, until recently one of the most prominent Democrats in the California Legislature, is ready to do battle — including against other Democrats.

As a member of the California Assembly, Gonzalez was in the center of many of the most prominent legislative and legal battles in recent years. When she took the helm of the California Labor Federation at the group’s convention on Wednesday, the UCLA School of Law graduate outlined a ...

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