Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego) announced that she will resign Jan. 5 from the 80th District seat and lead the nation’s largest labor federation of unions. During an Assembly meeting Monday, Gonzalez said she will become the Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the California Labor Federation, with 2 million workers in industries including manufacturing, retail, construction, hospitality, public sector, health care, and entertainment. “I’m grateful for the timing because I’d rather do this than be Secretary of State,” Gonzalez said Monday. “Redistricting was tough. I had tough decisions to make. It would have worked itself out. That’s part of life.” Gonzalez is anticipated to take the role of Chief Officer of the Federation, after the federation’s current Executive Secretary-Treasurer Art Pulaski’s anticipated retirement in July, according to the labor federation. In the past eight years, Gonzalez has been fighting aggressively on raising the minimum wage, ensuring paid sick leave, and expanding overtime laws and …