INDUSTRY-BY-INDUSTRY OUTLOOK : The Year in Preview

California came several years late to the nation’s economic recovery party, but the state should be celebrating all through 1997.

Here is what key industries will be up to:

LABOR: Organized labor, which contributed millions to the reelection campaign of President Clinton and to aid other Democrats in November, will be looking for legislative and regulatory payback in 1997. Among its goals: rules making it easier for unions to organize workers, including temporary employees, and the development of federal workplace safety standards to protect workers from carpal tunnel and other injuries from repetitive tasks or motions.