Labor Law Enforcement Neglected by GOP Governors
As someone who has lobbied members of the state Legislature to increase funding for more personnel in the Department of Industrial Relations, the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement and the Bureau of Field Enforcement, I wish to point out that the most severe declines in personnel and labor law enforcement took place during the administrations of former Govs. George Deukmejian and Pete Wilson [“Study Cites Drop in Enforcement of Labor Laws,” June 30].
These two law-and-order Republicans were anything but, when it came to enforcing labor laws.
Adding more than 100 personnel to the DIR is a great start. Is there a need for more? Absolutely! The real travesty occurring is the ever-increasing number of businesses that justify willful violations of labor laws as “just a normal and therefore necessary part of doing business.”
Michael T. Massey
Assistant executive director
Piping Industry Progress
and Education Trust Fund
Los Angeles
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