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  • CA: Assembly speaker ready to fight over workers' comp-Núñez threatens to delay budget talks ..

    04/20/2005 8:48:10 AM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 7 replies · 202+ views
    Sac Bee ^ | 4/20/05 | Gilbert Chan
    Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez threatened Tuesday to hold up budget talks unless Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's administration reworks rules to carry out last year's workers' compensation legislation. "Democrats would have never signed onto a deal that puts injured workers in harm's way," Núñez told more than 500 workers and labor union advocates during a rally on the east lawn of the Capitol. Marking the one-year anniversary of the enactment of the workers' compensation law, SB 899, Núñez joined a parade of Democratic lawmakers, union leaders and workers accusing Schwarzenegger of breaking a pledge to protect benefits and medical treatment for those...