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‘There is Power in a Union’

"When corporations show a solid front against unionization, the power structure does not criticize such monolithic behavior. But when unions demonstrate solidarity, those in the power structure see the behavior as un-American. How does that compute?"  Learn the source of this quote by reading the entire article.

EAA Disaffiliates from IUPA and Enters Talks to Join AFT

Your Board of Governors is always looking for ways to improve your union.  With ongoing raids occurring by other unions, we need the resources of a large AFL-CIO union presence within California.  The American Federation of Teachers provides those resources.  As you know, they are a major force, not only within California, but throughout the United States.    Therefore, effective August 28th, 2010 we have formally disaffiliated from IUPA and are no longer IUPA Local 8000.  More details are in the full article.

Jobs in Los Angeles City Service Updated Daily

The City has established an additional list to the one we regularly link.  It is called "available special funded vacant positions" updated regularly, and is separate from the regularly published transfer list, also updated regularly.  In addition, we now link the City's list of Civil Service exams, both open and promotional.

EAA Selects Joe Kahraman as Executive Director, Update August 17

Read more about your Board’s announcement in this article.

MOU NEGOTIATIONS – NOW AND IN THE FUTURE

The negotiation process for the EAA Tentative Agreement (TA) for 2010-11 MOU’s and the mutually agreed Letters of Intent (LOI) contained therein provide information about the City’s positions during this bargaining period and, by logical extension, during future bargaining periods.  In many ways, the City’s positions mirror those we all read about daily in the various on-line and print media.  We will present and analyze these LOI in detail.

Changes in Work Schedule - What Are Your Rights?

When Management decides to change the work schedule for a department, bureau, work group, or individual, the affected employees want to know if they have any recourse.   In this article, we explore and explain your rights and Management rights in the setting of schedules.

LABOR NEWS FROM ALL AROUND

Labor either gets some ‘gains’ from Wal-Mart or not, Working in These Times reports the sad statistics regarding unions, and we all can celebrate 75 years of one of labor’s greatest achievements: the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA).

Labor News for the End of June 2010

Revisionist history, largest union representation election in 7 decades, scientists reject the Governator’s offer while doctors, dentists, and operating engineers tentatively accept his offer.

Labor and Union News in California, the US, and the World

The NLRB Board acts, like the Phoenix: Andy Stern arises, class warfare against public employees, Global Labor Congress, and an end to furloughs for some California workers (?) are all in the news about labor issues across the national and international spectrum.

CAO Issues Revised Furlough Plan Guidelines for FY 2010-11

In an inter-departmental memorandum dated June 22, 2010, the CAO issued “FISCAL YEAR 2010-11 PROPOSED FURLOUGH PLANS”.  This is a revision to the May 27, 2010 furlough plan memorandum linked on this website.