GOP lawmaker seeks to end unions' collective bargaining power
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SACRAMENTO, CA - It's happening in Wisconsin and Indiana: Legislation to limit the right of public employee unions to engage in collective bargaining. Now a California Republican lawmaker has introduced a similar bill.
Assembly Bill 961, authored by Assm. Allan Mansoor, R-Orange County, would end collective bargaining for pension benefits. The bill's text does not indicate how that would be achieved.
The intent of the bill, according to Mansoor, would be to give lawmakers the tools to help close the budget deficit.
"We cannot fix our State's problems unless we are willing to address public employee unions," said Mansoor in a news release. "As a former Deputy Sheriff and former union member, I know very well how