June 11, 2008

Leland Yee will bring them to their knee(s)

You may have read or heard that former prez Bill Clinton and former Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez have canceled commencement speeches at University of California campuses because of a long-running labor dispute and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees.

But they're mere dilettantes compared to Leland Yee.

Who?

Leland Yee, the Democratic state senator from San Francisco. Yee's office has released a statement decreeing Yee is boycotting the university until patient care and service workers represented by an AFSCME local "are guaranteed a fair contract."

According to the release, Yee "will not step foot on a University of California (UC) campus, besides to join worker picket lines," until there's a settlement.

Whether that's a promise or a threat isn't clear.

Posted by swiegand on June 11, 2008 1:56 PM