Assemblymember Alberto Torrico is the majority leader of the California Assembly. Assemblymember Torrico was first elected to the State Assembly in 2004, and has served as Majority Leader, chair of the Governmental Organization Committee, Director of Majority Affairs, and chair of the Assembly Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security (PERSS).
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3/1/10
by Assembly Majority Leader Alberto Torrico
American workers benefit when their foreign counterparts in the labor movement have the power to enforce rules and to operate in a system that holds people accountable. Unfortunately, this is not the case in Colombia. Workers attempting to organize there lose more than their jobs. Many lose their lives.
