California Democrats Are Reliably Pro-Labor. But One Union Is Testing Their Patience.

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June 29, 2021

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State lawmakers are losing patience with powerful labor ally, The State Building and Construction Trades Council of California, known as “the Trades,” which has deterred some of the Democrats’ most ambitious bills to tackle climate change and the state’s housing crisis.

By Jeremy B. White and Debra Kahn | 28 June 2021

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