From within GOP, labor chief sees attack
Photo credit: Newsday/Kathy Kmonicek, 2007 | Jerry Laricchiuta, president of CSEA, Nassau Local 830, in his Mineola office.
Speaking as union leader for 10,000 public employees in fiscally troubled Nassau -- and as a registered Republican like many of his members -- Jerry Laricchiuta declared Friday: "We find ourselves under attack by those in our party, mostly over to the far right."
"They have convinced many people in this country that the reason for the economic crisis is the pensions and benefits and salaries...
