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Government

Sep. 19, 2013

Brown plans challenge to federal rule on transit workers' pensions

Brown wants his pension reform and his federal transit money, too. That's why he's gearing up to fight a U.S. Department of Labor opinion that would withhold federal transit grants.


By Laura Hautala


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Gov. Jerry Brown wants his pension reform and his federal transit money, too. All $1.5 billion of it for the coming fiscal year.


That's why he's gearing up to fight a U.S. Department of Labor opinion that would withhold federal transit grants based on a finding that Brown's recent pension reform restricts federally-protected collective bargaining rights involving transit workers. A regio...

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