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CAO Busy: Letter to EAA, Filing of Impasse, Instructions to Departments

On August 10, 2010, the CAO sent EAA a letter stating the City’s intent to implement a Last, Best, and Final offer on any bargaining unit rejecting the Tentative Agreement, filed a Notice of Impasse with the ERB over lack of progress in Joint Labor-Management Benefits Committee negotiations regarding changes to the health plans, and issued a memorandum encouraging all departments to return members of MOU 21 to the alternate work schedules.

BECAUSE YOU ASKED – RE: TENTATIVE AGREEMENT

EAA answers the questions its members ask about the Tentative Agreement (TA) for a successor MOU.  This article is intended to assist members in their reasoned consideration of the second ratification vote.

UNIONS IN THE NEWS FOR AUGUST

Intimidation, threats, court orders, hostile take-over, mega-negative dollars, and all of a Local’s Shop Stewards resign at once!  Who else could generate all those stories in such a short period?  Innoculation anyone?

Furloughs Suspended for EAA-Represented Employees in MOU 21

The Mayor follows through on the furlough article of the Tentative Agreement ratified by the members of MOU 21.  Details in the full article.

Recent News Reports About Your City

Today, we can all catch up on some recent articles.  Incentives, outsourcing, transparency (?), a new department head, and more are in the news of Los Angeles.

SEIU Lies and Cheats so They Can Steal (EAA’s Dues)

Reports from outraged EAA members and articles from various on-line sources confirm that SEIU is once again invading the privacy of EAA members at home and lying to EAA members at home and at work.  This once again verifies that you can trust nothing that comes from the Purple Plague.  Nor can you trust the shills who would be unable to recognize the truth were it ever to invade their personal spheres.

ADVISORY MESSAGE TO ALL EAA MEMBERS

EAA, since its inception in 1894, has been a white collar, professional union.  On that basis, it is well-known (and assumed) that EAA-represented employees tend to follow state and local news more closely than most people - including other City employees.  This article details the concepts that led to your negotiating team working with the City to achieve the best possible sustainable future for all EAA-represented employees.

EAA Provides Documentation - - SEIU Provides Hot Air

Sustainability, facts, documentation, analysis, representation, responsibility, black ink, integrity, democracy:  products of EAA.                

Rhetoric, shills, lies, divisiveness, ‘interpretations’, empty claims, fog, high dues, red ink:  products of the Purple Plague.

IMPLEMENTATION OF FY2010-11 CIVILIAN FURLOUGHS

On July 23, 2010, the CAO issued an interdepartmental correspondence to the City Council titled “IMPLEMENTATION OF FY2010-11 CIVILIAN FURLOUGHS”.  This document confirms all correspondence issued previously by the CAO, and, more importantly, confirms all articles EAA has provided to its members.

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.