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On Friday, June 26, just days before the new fiscal year, the LA City Council voted 14-0 to approve a landmark agreement between the City and the Coalition of LA City Unions that will avert layoffs and furloughs and prevent major service reductions. Ratification Votes Coming. Ballots will go out this week.

(LA Times, 6/27/09)

The Los Angeles City Council voted Friday to move ahead with a plan to give early retirement to 2,400 employees while postponing raises for thousands of others, hoping to balance the budget without laying off workers or closing City Hall two days a month.

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Tuesday, June 23 - More than a year of action by workers with the Coalition of LA City Unions workers has paid off with a win: an early retirement incentive plan that would save the City hundreds of millions of dollars and could help prevent layoffs and furloughs with their terrible impact on worker pay and city services. It would help up to 2,400 city workers retire with dignity in recognition of their decades of service.

LA City Workers One Step Closer to Securing a Better Way for LA