April 14, 2011
Dan Morain: Brown courts union and wins over old foe
Jerry Brown spent the better part of an hour in the noonday sun at a rally of family members of murder victims, organized by California's prison officers' union.
"Governor Brown, I can't tell you enough how much it means to have you here," Mike Jimenez, the Correctional Peace Officers Association president, said in his remarks.
Brown's appearance at the rally Monday was the least of what he has done for the union and for its proxy group, Crime Victims United. In his three-plus months in office, Brown has given the 30,000-member union much of what it has sought, most importantly a new labor contract...
LINK - SacBee.com
