AFSCME 3090

• More than 1,600 people signed up already

Nov. 2, 2009 - If you are interested in ERIP and haven’t signed up – get on the list now (instructions below). Slots are disappearing fast. Even if you are thinking about signing up, fill out an application. You will have a chance to change your mind if you are accepted, but you won’t have a chance if you wait until ERIP slots are full.

• ERIP Window to Open Monday, Nov. 2

On Friday, Oct. 30, the City Council took up the second and final reading of the ERIP ordinance, following the 30-day period required for all pension changes.

• Vote Tallied at Local Office Oct. 22

By an overwhelming margin, Local 3090 members voted Yes for Early Retirement, NO for layoffs and furloughs. The vote was tallied at the Local 3090 office on Thursday, 10/22, with members and officers helping to count the vote. A state mediator certified the vote count.

The final vote was 1,355 yes to 357 no. We are still awaiting final outcome of the vote from the rest of the bargaining units of the Coalition of LA City Unions. We will announce the news as soon as it is available.

Thank you to all the members who voted and participated in the democratic process. We will keep you posted on any developments.

LA City workers in five of the Coalition unions made their voices heard by ratifying the agreements that move forward with early retirements instead of massive layoffs and preserves hard-won protections against furloughs and layoffs for the rest of this fiscal year and next. (Crossing guards will count their votes next week.)

Local 3090 endorses Christine Essel over Paul Krekorian in the race for City Council Second District runoff, December 8.