City & State | Apr 5, 2023
…rejected the governor’s proposal with their one-house budgets. The governor’s office did not respond to the request for comment in time for publication.
Of course, this isn’t the first time a labor union has added its two cents into budget negotiations. Democratic consultant George Arzt asserted leaders tend to, at the very least, listen to the perspective of labor unions because of their great impact. “You’re always going to sit down with the labor unions and listen to them,” Arzt said. “Labor unions have great influence, great clout, in Albany.”
Why is it important for unions…
