New Industrial Relations Chief – May Be Named by Mid-December

Rumors are flying, but as of Dec. 9, Governor-Elect Gray Davis had not decided on a new director for the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR). The conventional wisdom has it that the new DIR chief will be someone closely associated with either the building trades or service employee unions.Michael Bustamante, Davis' press secretary, told COR an announcement was likely in mid-December. He said the governor-elect was proceeding very deliberately with his Cabinet choices, although he h