LABOR

Former State Labor Chief Gets New Post: Gov. Pete Wilson this week appointed his former state labor commissioner, Victoria L. Bradshaw, as director of the state Employment Development Department, the agency that handles unemployment claims, keeps labor statistics and collects payroll taxes. Bradshaw, 46, was the first woman to serve as labor commissioner, from 1991 until September, 1995, when she resigned to head a group supporting Wilson’s now-defunct presidential campaign. The former retail industry executive gained attention for directing the August raid of an El Monte garment factory where, authorities say, 72 Thai workers were forced to work in near-slavery conditions.