Lorena Gonzalez has served as secretary-treasurer and CEO for the
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Labor's Edge Articles by Lorena Gonzalez
5/14/10
Prop G Stands for Ground Zero in Chula Vista
by Lorena Gonzalez
If passed by voters, Proposition G would ban the City of Chula Vista from funding or contracting on any public works or construction project that
included a project labor agreement, used union construction workers, or included prevailing wage requirements.
To California’s Labor movement, the fight over Proposition G is about more than the impacts on one city. For the first time that anyone can recall, a city’s voters are being asked whether they should ban a group of workers who live, pay taxes and are part of that city’s community from working on public works projects just because they joined a union. It’s wrong and it’s dangerous for our workers.