Posted by Jill Buck at 12:00 am on Mar 06, 2007 Comments Off on Villines in the Bay
Last night, the Bay Area Chapter of
CWLA (California Women’s Leadership Association) hosted Assembly
Leader Mike Villines at their annual meeting in the posh Banker’s
Club of San Francisco. As the sun set over the Bay, audience
members were treated to a panoramic view of the most gorgeous city
in the world (no bias on my part), and the Leader’s speech entitled
“Straight Talk from the Capitol.” Last year, Assemblyman Villines
authored the workplace flexibility bill, which would give non-union
workers the same right to a four day, ten hour day work week that
union members can currently negotiate. Several CWLA members,
including yours truly, testified in committee alongside Cal
Chamber, but not surprisingly, the Democratic legislators whose
bread and butter comes from unions did not allow the bill onto the
floor.
This was the Leader’s first Bay Area appearance, and from start
to finish, he had the crowd eating out of the palm of his hand.
Just before he came onstage, the annual officer election took place
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