SEIU Local 721
Negotiator for SEIU Local 721, which is a member of the Coalition of LA City Unions
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Julie Butcher
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FROM Julie Butcher
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.
Which Way, L.A.?
LA Tries an Anti-Wisconsin Approach to Unions This Friday, some 19,000 Los Angeles workers will vote to accept or reject what Mayor Villaraigosa calls "a watershed moment" in city history. A coalition of six union leaders agreed last week to increase their members' contributions to pension funds and to establish retiree healthcare contributions for the first time.
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What charter school growth has to do with the LA teachers strike The Los Angeles’ teachers strike entered its fourth day today, with talks scheduled to resume this afternoon at City Hall.
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Politics, the World Order and Donald Trump’s New Year Newly divided government could mean change in this new year… or not. House Democrats don’t always stick together--and presidential campaigns could get in the way. The GOP might not heed Mitt Romney’s call for respectability. Meantime, will America’s allies unify to sustain world order without America’s leadership?