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This Labor Day, Our Struggle Continues

This Labor Day Local 3090 members, along with working people in general, are facing serious challenges. Not only are we fighting back against layoffs and furloughs, recently City Administrative Officer Miguel Santana tried to circumvent the process and force health care cost increases on us. For many years, the Joint Labor-Management Benefits Committee has been the body through which the unions and management have worked cooperatively to construct the health care plans and keep premiums affordable. This method has been beneficial to the workers and also to the City.

Latest City News

L.A. to begin takeover of golf cart concession

(LA Times, 9/2/10)
The board that oversees the Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks voted Wednesday to cancel its search for a company to handle its golf cart rental concession, ending a seven-year bidding process that was derided as both heavily politicized and painfully slow. The department's unionized workforce will rent out the carts at seven 18-hole courses.
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Los Angeles, the mass layoff capital of the United States

(PSL web, 9/1/10)
In this year's first fiscal quarter, October 2009 through December 2009, the Los Angeles-Orange County region led the state in mass layoffs accounting for 19,000 newly unemployed workers, with the Los Angeles-Long Beach area accounting for 15,000 layoffs.
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Cooperation on Benefits Upheld by Employee Relations Board

(LA City Coalition, 8/25/10)

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Since 1989 the Joint Labor-Management Benefits Committee (JLMBC) has designed health care plans that hold down costs for workers, their families and taxpayers. On Monday August 23 LA's Employee Relations Board (ERB) voted 4-1 to uphold the integrity of the JLMBC's process of collaboration.

City Administrative Officer Miguel Santana had attempted to declare "impasse" because he wasn't able to use the JLMBC to push through health care costs increases to Coalition members that must be negotiated during contract bargaining.

One L.A. employee union agrees to pay more for healthcare; others resist

(LA Times, 8/24/10)
Los Angeles city employee unions have blocked Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa from seeking to impose higher healthcare costs on its members, even as a seventh labor organization agreed to a wide range of concessions.
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LA's Librarians Demand Noise

(Huffington Post, 8/24/10)
For something to reach out and grab me, it has to have the effect of Changing My Life, and right away. Just say: The Public Library is closing on Mondays... There's a rally at the downtown Central Library called 'Unslam the Door.' This is the first time in 187 years that these doors are shut on a Monday. "Let us In!" "Let Us Read!" Cars and buses honk as they drive by. "It's the first time you'll hear us telling people not to be quiet," one woman shouts in thanks.
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The creeping threat of backdoor privatization

(Salon, 8/23/10)
Bit by bit, financial responsibility for some of the most important public services is being passed on to you... This backdoor privatization diminishes the quantity and quality of the services available to the general public while nurturing the growth of a parallel profit-making infrastructure for those who can afford supplementary services.

Facing Budget Gaps, Cities Sell Parking, Airports, Zoo

(Wall Street Journal, 8/23/10)
Cities and states across the nation are selling and leasing everything from airports to zoos-a fire sale that could help plug budget holes now but worsen their financial woes over the long run.

Garage Plan Advances, With Few Fans

(LA Downtown News, 8/20/10)
The City Council last week advanced a controversial plan to lease out nine public parking facilities, including the garage at Pershing Square, for 50 years. The Aug. 18 decision paves the way for the city to begin soliciting bids.
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LA Council votes to solicit bids for parking garage leases

(KPCC, 8/18/10)

The Los Angeles City Council voted Wednesday to solicit private bids to run 10 city-owned parking garages... Santana's said the city may be forced to lay off as many as 1,000 more employees if it can't find someone to take over 10 parking facilities.

GOP Vilifies Workers Who Serve the Public

(Huffington Post, 8/17/10)

Government workers are the latest victims of a GOP smear campaign. Right-wing strategists have revived the tactic of false accusation in a vain attempt to keep voters from noticing that the policies of the current batch of Republican candidates mirror those of the batch who laid waste to our economy.

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LABOR DAY 2010

Events:

Labor Day Breakfast with Jerry Brown, 7 am, Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels
Labor Day Mass, 10 am, Cathedra of Our Lady of the Angels
Labor Solidarity March & Picnic in Wilmington - Parade starts at 10 am at Broad & E St., Picnic in Banning Park at 12 noon - come show your Labor Spirit!

Message from AFL-CIO President Richard Trumpka this Labor Day

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"I WOULD JOIN A UNION"

By Richard Trumka
More than 70 years ago, President Franklin Roosevelt said, "If I were a worker in a
factory, the first thing I would do would be to join a union."

Are You Registered to Vote?

This November, so much is at stake for working families – particularly city, county & state employees. Be sure you have a voice! Register to Vote!
Register online: http://www.sos.ca.gov/nvrc/fedform/

UCLA Community Scholars Program 2011: Green City Games

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UCLA's Community Scholars Program will be running a 20-week program from Jan. 5 - June 1, 2011 for community and labor leaders, organizers, and artists who are interested in participating in an educational project that will help make LA more green, more fair and more fun: Green City Games.

Breaking News

Check Your Next Paycheck – 3% Raise Went into Effect July 1

As a result of moving ahead with the furloughs, the city was required to institute 3% pay raises for remaining City Coalition members effective July 1. You will notice a slightly higher paycheck on your July 28th paystub, but remember, you will also have hours reduced as a result of the furlough days. On Jan. 1, 2011, the city will be required to institute an additional 2.75% step increase. We will keep you posted.

Get the Help You Need: Employee Assistance Program

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Click here to find out more.

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Membership Meetings:

No meetings in July or December

Oct. 2010
The Oct. membership meeting will be: Wednesday, Oct. 6 – 6:30 pm at the Local 3090 office
Nov. 2010
The Nov. membership meeting will be: Saturday, Nov. 6 – 10 am at the Local 3090 office

Furlough Waiver Form

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Sign the form to help us protect your rights against the city's illegal furlough plan.

Latest Labor News

New Job Means Lower Wages for Many

(NY Times, 8/31/10)
With the country focused on job growth and with unemployment continuing to hover above 9 percent, comparatively little attention has been paid to the quality of the jobs being created and what that might say about the opportunities available to workers when the recession finally settles.
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Lawmakers approve bills on pension spiking, slavery, sick prisoners

(LA Times, 8/30/10)
The state Senate approved a bill aimed at preventing the spiking of public pensions in California and prohibiting state employees and other government workers from retiring one day and going to work for another state agency the next.
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Demonizing the public sector harms the middle class

(The Hill, 8/26/10)
The nation's middle class is under attack. The recession hit private businesses and public budgets hard, but Americans' ability to attain or hold onto a middle-class standard of living may be the ultimate victim.
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Time to Be Proud of What We Stand for

(Huffington Post, 8/25/10)
Economic development agencies such as the CRA are charged with doing their part to realize the great American vision of a society built on good jobs, thriving communities and a healthy environment. But too often, public officials subsidize developments without considering these goals... I don't work for a union, but I've looked at the facts. Union jobs almost always offer better pay, better benefits and better conditions than non-union jobs, Moreover, unions are good for the overall economy.
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EFCA’s Dead, but Fear of It Still Driving Anti-Worker Measures

(In These Times, 8/24/10)
Across the country, the right wingers are going on the attack against all workers. Arizona and eight other states have measures on their respective ballots that would block any changes to labor law made by federal passage of the proposed Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA).
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State defers schools, welfare program payments

(SF Chronicle, 8/24/10)
State leaders on Monday used a recently passed law to delay payment of nearly $3 billion in funds to K-12 public education and a welfare program, a decision that officials acknowledged will exacerbate difficulties for school districts and counties that already have had to lay off workers.
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LA County raises property tax rate to help pay for ER, trauma care

(LB Press-Telegram, 8/24/10)
Property owners will pay a few more dollars in taxes this year to help offset the rising cost of emergency and trauma care in Los Angeles County. The tax hike will bring in an additional $17 million, the bulk of which will go toward offsetting the LA County Department of Health Services' soaring budget deficit.
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