Business federation forms to fight labor: group will lobby as counterweight to union power.(POLITICS) From: Los Angeles Business Journal | Date: January 28, 2008| Author: Fine, Howard | COPYRIGHT 2008 CBJ, L.P. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Frustrated by organized labor's growing domination of local politics, a group of business leaders is forming an umbrella federation of local business groups that would take on labor on key issues.

The Los Angeles County Business Federation, which has been in development over the past year, is intended to be a counterweight to the powerful Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, and to present a unified voice for business before the Los Angeles City Council and other loca...