Labor II, Intergovernmental Lobby

 

 "I'm not satisfied when I see men like Jimmy Hoffa - in charge of the largest union in the United States - still free."  -- JFK, first Kennedy-Nixon debate, 1960

Anti-Union Activity

Background

Data on the true size of government 

Intergovernmental Lobbying (Cigler, ch. 6)

MORE THAN 90,000 GOVERNMENTS

Governments in the US

• Counties
• The list
• Water boards in California
• Intergovernmental organizations in the United States

Regional Governors

• CONEG
• MGA
• GSGP

Partisan Governors

• RGA
• DGA

Partisan AG

• DAGA
• RAGA

Other Examples of Government lobbying Government

• Los Angeles County
• San Francisco
• University of California (and a familiar face at Berkeley)

Case studies:

• Governors and Medicaid