Unions, Lawmakers Line Up Against Koch Brothers
Posted: 5/9/2013 | By: Patrick McGreevy and Chris Megerian | Los Angeles Times
SACRAMENTO — California legislative leaders and 10 public employee
unions announced opposition Wednesday to any sale of the Los Angeles
Times and other Tribune Co. newspapers to a pair of wealthy brothers who fund conservative causes throughout the country.
In a letter dated Tuesday to Bruce Karsh, president of Oaktree Capital Management, the largest shareholder in Tribune Co., and chairman of its Board of Directors, the unions said David and Charles Koch are “anti-labor, anti-environment, anti-public education and anti-immigrant.”
In a letter dated Tuesday to Bruce Karsh, president of Oaktree Capital Management, the largest shareholder in Tribune Co., and chairman of its Board of Directors, the unions said David and Charles Koch are “anti-labor, anti-environment, anti-public education and anti-immigrant.”