Which Way, L.A.?
LA City Unions Vote on the Mayor's Labor Deal
LA Mayor Villaraigosa has been telling the anti-labor Governor of Wisconsin that "collective bargaining works." He gave 19,000 city workers a choice between a four percent pay cut to finance health benefits when they retire as opposed to seven weeks of furloughs that would cost them even more.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readLA Mayor Villaraigosa has been telling the anti-labor Governor of Wisconsin that "collective bargaining works." He gave 19,000 city workers a choice between a four percent pay cut to finance health benefits when they retire as opposed to seven weeks of furloughs that would cost them even more. Today, the vote was announced, and more than 6,000 of the 19,000 said, "no deal."
Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Christian Bordal
Managing Producer, Greater LA
Sonya Geis
Senior Managing Editor
Andrea Brody
Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast
David Zahniser
LA Times reporter covering City Hall
Matt Szabo
Deputy Chief of Staff to Mayor Villaraigosa
Julie Butcher
SEIU Local 721