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278 LA City Workers to Receive Layoff Notices Wednesday

The exact quotation from the 89.3 KPCC article of June 16, 2010 is “Personnel Department Assistant General Manager Phyllis Lynes said 254 of the employees are members of the Coalition of Los Angeles City Unions, whose contract protected them from layoffs only in the current fiscal year.  She said the other two dozen employees are either members of other unions, such as the Engineers and Architects Association, or are not members of any unions. . . Councilman Bernard Parks seemed doubtful of a positive outcome.” [He is referring to negotiations for more union concessions.] “Personnel Department is processing additional layoffs of 156 coalition members and 121 non-coalition members, who are expected to receive pink slips over the next several weeks.” [As noted in the article of June 15, 2010, the total number of EAA-represented employees included in the complete layoff list for FY 2010-11 is 36, with the remainder coming from the COCU, other non-COCU unions, or unrepresented.] 

VERY IMPORTANT:  As noted in EAA’s article posted on June 15, 2010:  If management notifies you that your position will be eliminated or that you will be laid off, immediately contact your EAA Labor Representative.  You and your Labor Representative have the right to meet with the City about the effects of their decision to eliminate the position, but any request to meet must be made in a timely fashion.