The Region - News from Jan. 30, 1987

Calling Gov. George Deukmejian’s plan to abolish the state’s occupational health and safety agency a “political ploy” to save money, Mayor Tom Bradley called on labor leaders to actively oppose the plan. “We will be left hanging high and dry, and the fate, the health, the security of the people of California will be the victims in this political ploy just to save that money in the budget,” Bradley told a group of labor leaders gathered in San Pedro this week. Bradley, who unsuccessfully challenged Deukmejian last fall, said the governor’s plan would “turn back the clock” on worker safety in California. Bradley said he did not want his remarks to sound like “political commentary,” but said he could not remain silent about such an important “human issue.” Deukmejian has said the move would save the state $8 million next year and would result in no reduction in worker safety.