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MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING December 31, 2023 through December 23, 2028
Mayor Bass Releases Balanced Budget Proposal FY 2025-2026
Building on Successful Strategies that Have Lowered Both Homelessness and Crime,
Mayor Bass Proposes to Invest in Emergency Services and Efforts to Immediately Bring People off the Streets
LOS ANGELES – In the face of downward economic trends, Mayor Karen Bass released her proposed budget for the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 today. It is balanced, and builds on successful strategies that have lowered both homelessness and crime since the Mayor was sworn in. It also contains common sense consolidations of related departments and other efforts to improve efficiency of city services.
Mayor Bass discussed the budget during her State of the City address earlier today. Click here for more information. View the budget proposal here.
“This budget makes investments to continue our progress on critical challenges like decreasing homelessness and crime while bringing the City’s finances into balance and driving change including common sense consolidations of related departments,” Mayor Bass said. “Homelessness is down. Crime is down. These are tough challenges, and our progress shows we can do anything in this city of limitless potential.”
Mayor Bass’ budget includes a strategic plan to close a nearly $1 billion gap and the following investments:
No sworn officers or firefighters will be impacted – following direct efforts to retain officers to LAPD, about 20%, or 120, more officers are staying
on the force this year compared with last year.LAFD budget increased with 227 new positions, funding for more paramedics, more fast response vehicles and other resources and support. Protection
for homeless funding so people don’t wind up back on the streets – homelessness is down for the first time in years in LA. Continued
funding for nearly 700 9-1-1 emergency dispatchers to lower wait times. All positions preserved for the Emergency Management Department with a priority to expand with future funding. Using
Special Fund sources and MOUs with City’s proprietary departments to retain trained public works crews. Library,
Recreation and Park facility hours will remain unchanged.Support for capital infrastructure projects are included, such as: Staff
for the planning, coordination of LA Convention Center Funding for Sepulveda Basin improvements Recreation facilities in San Fernando Valley & South LA
The Mayor’s budget also includes:
1,647 layoffs – a decision of last resort. Before layoffs, the Mayor worked to identify new revenue to offset costs, further eliminate “ghost” positions,
and cut her own budget in the Mayor’s Office. She will continue to work to reduce this number – today at her State of the City address, Mayor Bass
announced she will be in Sacramento this week advocating for more resources and exploring ways to bring down liability payments.
6% in the Reserve Fund, above the 5% required City policy, over $200 Million in the Budget Stabilization Fund – helping us brace for continued
unpredictability in Washington.
Mayor Bass said the following in her State of the City address earlier today: “Now, I would like to take a minute to address our city workforce directly: Make no mistake — you are this city’s greatest asset. Every single day, you come to work in dedicated service to the people of Los Angeles, often in challenging working conditions – you help Angelenos and you make our city better every day. But I want to be straight with you – my proposed budget unfortunately includes layoffs, which is a decision of absolute last resort. The City Attorney and I will be in Sacramento this week to meet with legislative leaders and advocate for resources while also working to manage increasing liabilities. So let me assure our hardworking public servants, I will never stop fighting for you.”
The nearly $1 billion deficit was driven by downward economic trends bringing City revenues far lower than previously projected. Turmoil and uncertainty in Washington, volatile stock markets and continued post-pandemic impacts related to tourism and other factors cause extreme budget uncertainty. The wildfires in the Palisades have increased costs related to emergency response and recovery, while lost homes and businesses and other disaster-related negative economic impacts will decrease property tax and other tax revenues. Personnel costs are increased and liability payments have tripled.
Other Strategic Actions:
The Mayor’s budget proposes structural changes to the City’s operations to ensure effective service delivery. Over the last ten years, the City has created 5 new departments.
This budget consolidates four departments – the Departments of Aging, Economic and Workforce Development, and Youth Development will be consolidated
under the Community Investment for Families Department. It also eliminates the Health Commission which is an advisory body, whose purview
is more closely aligned with County services; the Innovation & Performance Commission; and the Climate Emergency Mobilization Commission.
The Commission for Community and Family Services is consolidated under the Community Action Agency – Community Action Board, and the Affordable
Housing Commission is consolidated under the Rent Adjustment Commission. This budget is not final. City Council must consider and approve a budget by June 1, 2025.
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CITY OF LOS ANGELES
CITY OF LOS ANGELES
EMPLOYEE RELATIONS BOARD
EMPLOYEE RELATIONS BOARD
R. Douglas Collins, Chairperson
Dr. Rosalinda Lugo, Ed D., Vice-Chairperson
Christine Diaz-Herrera, Board Member
Brenda Suttonwills, Board Member
Dianne Baquet Smith, Board Member
The Employee Relations Board was created in January 1971 when the Los Angeles City Council adopted the Employee Relations Ordinance [Chapter 8, Division 4, Sections 4.801 through 4.890 of the Los Angeles Administrative Code.] That ordinance establishes policies and procedures for the administration of employer-employee relations in City government. It provides for the formal recognition of employee organizations that represent City employees and establishes procedures for the resolution of disputes regarding wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment. The Employee Relations Ordinance was adopted pursuant to California Government Code Section 3500, et. seq., which is also known as the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act. That law mandates meeting and conferring between local government agencies and organizations of the employees of such agencies.
The Employee Relations Board has five part-time members, "who shall have broad experience in the field of employee relations and shall possess the impartiality necessary to protect the public interest including the interests of the City and its employees." They are appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the City Council and serve terms of five years. The Board's staff is headed by Executive Director Najeeb Khoury.
The Board's Mission ...
The Employee Relations Board administers the City's Employee Relations Ordinance (the "ERO"). Its functions in so doing include determining employee representation units, arranging for elections in such units, determining the validity of claims of unfair practices filed against management and employee organizations, acting on requests for mediation, fact finding and arbitration to resolve bargaining impasses and grievances and assisting employees to obtain access to their personnel file pursuant to California Labor Code section 1198.5
From: Chad Boggio <cboggio@laocbuildingtrades.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2024 11:06 AM
To: Chad Boggio <cboggio@laocbuildingtrades.org>
Subject: MOU 2 & 13 Update
Hello Brother and Sisters,
I want to update you on the status of our two MOU’s at the City. There was a delay in getting the “redlined” version of the recently negotiated improvements to MOU’s 2 & 13 back from the City. The delay was due to the back and forth between the City and the Coalition of City Unions regarding the specific language needed to effect the changes we mutually agreed to and ratified during our vote. This process took more time than usual. The next step is for each of the Unions in our Coalition of City Unions to review a “redline” version of the new MOU’s to make sure they include all of the changes/improvements negotiated. I am doing that now and should have it back to the CAO by the end of the week. Concurrently, the City Attorney is reviewing the redlined version of the MOU to make any technical changes necessitated by new laws, etc.
Once the redline process is complete the MOU’s will be put before the City Council for adoption.
I did ask the CAO if there was an approximate date for implementation of the new rates. Unfortunately they do not have one they could share with me, however I was reassured that all of the improvements that we agreed to at our small table (specific to MOU’s 2 & 13) will be retroactive to January 1, 2024. Also the general salary increase will be retroactive to March 24, 2024. The addition of a graveyard shift- will be implemented the first full pay period following the adoption of the MOU by the City Council. The changes to Personal Leave will go into effect on March 24, 2024, but the changes will be effective for the whole calendar year of 2024. A maximum of 24 of the 40 hours that you were credited with on January 1, 2024 will remain as Personal Leave Time. A maximum of 16 hours in excess of the 24 hours cited above shall be converted to “Hourly Unspecified Holiday Time.” This time can be used in one hour increments. Any member with balance of hours remaining for Personal Leave time at the end of 2024 shall be compensated by cash payment at 100% of the employee’s salary rate for each member’s total remaining Personal Leave Bank.
I hope this update on the status of the implementation of our successor MOU’s is informative for you and goes to answer many of the questions you and your fellow brothers and sisters have raised over the last few weeks. Thank you for your patience during this process. Nothing happens quickly at the City I am afraid. This email was not intended to cover 100% of all of the improvements to the MOU’s 2 &13. I included the specifics of the most asked about items and provided their effective dates. I will circulate the full MOU as soon as it is adopted. Please forward any questions you may have that were not covered in this email to your Business Agent or you can always shoot me an email too.
Fraternally,
Chad Boggio
Council Representative
Los Angeles /Orange Counties
Building & Construction
Trades Council AFL-CIO
1626 Beverly Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90026
Mayor Karen Bass at negotiations
Facing shortfall, L.A. targets vacant jobs
LA Times (3/21/24)
By David Zahniser
Faced with a steadily worsening financial picture, Los Angeles officials are moving forward with a plan to eliminate up to 2,000 vacant positions, or about 5% of the total vacancies.
To balance the city budget, Mayor Karen Bass and the City Council will need to consider removing those unfilled positions from the books, while also increasing city fees, delaying public works projects and cutting back on consulting work, City Administrative Officer Matt Szabo said in a 136-page report released Monday.
Although a list of targeted jobs is still being prepared, it could include unfilled positions at the police and fire departments, the Bureau of Sanitation and agencies responsible for parks, recreation programs and transportation, among others.
To close the short-term financial gap, the council will probably also need to dip into city reserve funds, leaving fewer dollars on hand for any potential crises, Szabo said.
The report on the city’s gloomy financial outlook comes about a month before Bass is scheduled to release her 2024-2025 budget. As she finalizes that spending plan, she and her team will need to decide whether to seek an additional $250 million for Inside Safe, her program to move Angelenos indoors from street encampments.
The mayor also must determine whether to continue her focus on expanding the ranks of the Los Angeles Police Department, and if so, by how much.
Although she pushed last year for the LAPD to grow to 9,500 officers, the department has continued to shrink, and now has 8,866 officers, according to an update provided to her appointees on the Police Commission.
Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez, who represents part of the Eastside, voiced alarm at the idea of cutting so many unfilled posts . The council, she said, needs to take a fresh look at areas where the city has been “overinvesting,” such as LAPD overtime, staffing and liability costs.
If police spending were scaled back, city leaders could cut down on the time it takes to repair sidewalks, trim trees and fix broken lights, Hernandez said.
“When my community’s thinking about public safety, it’s like: Are the lights working so we can walk on the sidewalk? Is the sidewalk not broken so our elders aren’t tripping and falling? Is there no light because the trees haven’t been trimmed in 17 years?” she said.
Bass did not rule out the idea of cutting the 2,000 unfilled jobs, saying through spokesperson Zach Seidl that “some of these positions have been sitting vacant for multiple years.” Seidl said the mayor is not looking to cut public health and safety positions, such as police, firefighters, refuse collection truck operators and sanitation workers.
“This process will involve difficult decisions, but the city will continue to provide needed services for Angelenos,” he said.
San Fernando Valley Councilmember Bob Blumenfield sounded open to the idea of cutting at least some vacant positions, saying it would not immediately affect public services.
“When you’re in a hole, the first step to getting out is always to stop digging,” he said in a statement.
Blumenfield said state and federal governments are no longer providing as much financial help to cities as they were during the pandemic. He also pinned some of the city’s budget woes on inflation, saying it had increased expenses and “required salary increases.”
Szabo said in his report that the city had overspent by $288 million to date this budget year, with about half of the overruns incurred by the police and fire departments. Part of that overspending stems from police raises and retention bonuses approved by the mayor and council last year.
Complicating matters further, the city is seeing lower-than-expected revenue in areas including hotel and business taxes. Documentary transfer taxes derived from property sales have been coming in at 25% below projections, Szabo said.
“We’re seeing the effects of inflation on consumer behavior and high interest rates on the housing market,” he said.
If those numbers do not improve, the city could be left with a $475-million shortfall for this budget year, which ends June 30. That gap does not include the added costs expected from raises negotiated with the Coalition of L.A. City Unions, which represents 24,000 workers.
Service Employees International Union Local 721, the largest of the coalition’s unions, said in a statement Tuesday that it was “heartened” that Szabo is looking at increasing fees and limiting contracts for outside services. However, the group voiced concern about cutting city jobs.
Eliminating “up to 2,000 vacant positions within the city isn’t a feasible long-term solution when we’re just years away from the Olympics — a once-in-a-generation event poised to put enormous strain on front-line services across Los Angeles and beyond,” said David Green, SEIU Local 721’s president and executive director.
The cuts to vacant positions would not affect the city’s three so-called proprietary departments — the Department of Water and Power, the Port of Los Angeles and Los Angeles World Airports, which operates LAX. They operate separately from the general city budget.
Hernandez, the Eastside council member, said the city still has not recovered from job cuts approved 15 years ago during a budget crisis triggered by the Great Recession. During that era, the city eliminated thousands of civilian jobs — 2,400 of them through early retirement — while increasing the number of police officers.
The city should take a different approach this time, Hernandez said.
“I think right now we’re in a place in the budget where it’s like red-alert time,” she said. “Drastic decisions have to be made.”
Times staff writer Libor Jany contributed to this report.
City set to give series of pay raises (LA Times) 1/17/24
Package for L.A. workers is similar to a 2007 deal that helped spark budget crisis.
By David Zahniser
Thousands of Los Angeles city workers are on track to receive a package of raises that would exceed 24% over five years, a deal similar to one that contributed to one of the city’s most wrenching budget crises more than a decade ago.
The new pay proposal, negotiated last month by Mayor Karen Bass, would award seven cost-of-living increases between April 2024 and July 2028 to workers represented by the Coalition of L.A. City Unions, according to summaries circulated by union leaders.
The proposal, which requires a union ratification vote and approval from the City Council, also would give workers the ability to cash out 100% of their unused sick time when they retire, up from 50%. And it would raise the minimum pay of coalition workers — many of them part-time employees —to $25 per hour by 2026, union officials said.
“The feedback I’ve gotten from our members is that they’re enthusiastically going to vote yes on this, because it is the best deal that city workers have ever gotten,” said David Green, president of Service Employees International Union Local 721, one of the coalition’s six unions.
The terms of the salary proposal bear some resemblance to a public employee contract negotiated in 2007 by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa — one he later described as a mistake. That deal, also reached with the coalition, delivered salary increases of nearly 25% over five years.
The 2007 coalition deal was finalized shortly before the onset of the Great Recession, which brought a slowdown in tax proceeds and rapid growth in public employee retirement costs. The coalition contract’s increased salary obligations further widened the city’s massive budget gap.
Over several tumultuous years, city leaders imposed furloughs and eliminated thousands of city positions, including some through layoffs. They also secured concessions from the coalition, such as the postponement of some raises and larger employee healthcare contributions.
Before leaving office in 2013, Villaraigosa voiced regret over his support for the salary agreement, saying it had been the biggest mistake of his eight-year administration.
Villaraigosa declined to comment when reached by The Times. Bass, in an interview, said the conditions facing the city are different from those that existed during Villaraigosa’s tenure.
If the city experiences a major economic downturn, it will have a larger pool of reserve funds to cushion the blow, Bass said. At the same time, city workers are facing much higher inflation than they did during the Great Recession, a situation that warrants cost-of-living increases that can keep workers from seeking employment elsewhere, she said.
“We have a quality workforce now. We want to retain that workforce,” she said.
Jack Humphreville, who volunteers with the city’s Neighborhood Council Budget Advocates, had a more skeptical view, warning that Bass and the council are repeating the mistakes of the past. To pay for the upcoming raises, the council will almost certainly have to shrink the size of the workforce, depriving the public of needed city services, he said.
“You want [city workers] to be paid well. But you just also want to make sure you’re getting the bang for your buck, and I don’t think we are,” he said.
The City Council met Friday behind closed doors to receive an update on the contract talks.
City Administrative Officer Matt Szabo, who worked for Villaraigosa in 2007 and is now the city’s top budget analyst, said he does not yet have a precise figure for the cost of the new coalition contract, since portions are still being negotiated. But he confirmed that the cost of the planned salary increases, combined with changes in healthcare benefits, would likely exceed $100 million in the agreement’s first full fiscal year.
Asked if the budget can absorb the proposed increases, Szabo said the city would take “all necessary measures” to ensure the budget is balanced and “resilient to recession.”
Councilmember Bob Blumenfield, who heads the powerful budget committee, said he expects that city leaders will need to eliminate some vacant city positions to help cover the cost of the coalition deal.
“You can’t make the numbers work, paying people more, and have the same number of positions. That’s just math,” he said. “But the magnitude of all that, we’ll figure that out.”
Blumenfield said he expects the upcoming contract will force city leaders to refocus on the city’s “core responsibilities.”
The coalition contract is being finalized amid a major labor shortage at City Hall, with 1 out of every 6 positions vacant last fall, according to a city controller’s analysis. Some offices, such as the Bureau of Street Services and the Recreation and Parks Department, had vacancies of more than 20% last fall, the analysis said.
Bass is scheduled to release her next budget proposal in April. That spending plan will also need to make room for new raises and bonuses approved last year for about 9,000 officers represented by the Los Angeles Police Protective League. That contract is expected to add $400 million to the city’s annual budget by 2027 — a fact that drew criticism from three of the council’s 15 members.
The Coalition of L.A. City Unions represents 24,000 full- and part-time city workers, including clerks, mechanics, custodians, gardeners and an array of other nonsworn city positions. About 8,000 of those are part-time, with about a third of the part-timers working in a given year, Szabo said.
Green, the SEIU president, said his union is still determined to make sure vacant positions are filled at City Hall. And he dismissed the idea that the proposed salary agreement would create budget problems, saying “the city can afford it.”
The city’s budget experts have already voiced support for the contract terms, Green said.
“That tells me this is a financially feasible deal,” he said.
The five-year salary proposal comes several months after the SEIU staged a one-day walkout at City Hall. In recent months, the union had been setting the stage for a second.
That showdown never happened. Instead, Bass agreed to participate in “intensive bargaining,” bargaining with coalition leaders until 3 a.m. at the Bonaventure Hotel last month, Green said.
If approved by union members and the council, the new salary agreement would remain in effect until well after the next mayoral election in 2026. Perhaps more critically, it would expire in December 2028, after the staging of the Olympic Games that year in Los Angeles.
Bass said the Olympics were not a factor in the decision to negotiate a five-year contract. At the same time, she said, the timing would provide some benefit.
“It would be very difficult to be in labor negotiations when we are hosting more leaders from around the world than have ever happened before, and when the spotlight of the world is on L.A.,” she said. “But that was not a factor.”
Good Morning Brothers and Sisters,
Please find attached the Settlement Summary for the Tentative Agreement for successor to MOU 2. At 9:00 am this morning, you will receive an invitation email to participate in the above mention ratification vote. The deadline to vote virtually will be this Friday, January 19th at 5:00 pm. Anyone choosing to vote in person may do so this Saturday at the LA/OC Building Trades Council Auditorium from 8:00 am until 11:00 am. Your Virtual Ballot will only be sent to one email address. If you have two email addresses on file with the Council, it is important for you to check both email inboxes as the invitation to participate virtually may be sent to either of the two, but not both. Should you or a fellow union member fail to receive a virtual ballot/invitation, please contact me or have them contact me via email as soon as possible before the deadline Friday and I will arrange for the ballot to be sent to your corrected email address. If you happen to talk with any City employee in MOU 2 or MOU 13 that would like to join up so they may participate please have them email me. We grow stronger with every unit member that joins our Union.
I guess I should mention that you may only vote once, either online or in person. Results of the ratification vote will be emailed to you Monday, January 22, 2024.
About the Tentative Agreement-
You bargaining committee is very proud of what we were able to accomplish on your behalf. It is the result of several months of intense negotiations which saw Mayor Bass facilitate the final common table bargaining session, which is unheard of. In general I believe the settlement summary and Tentative Agreement speaks for its self. However, I wanted to mention briefly the significance of the DWP wage parity reopener that will begin in July. While not guaranteed, we are expecting to make significant progress to closing if not eliminating the disparity in wages for those classifications that have comparable or same classifications at DWP in the summer.
Thank you for your support throughout this process. It was your active participation that made it possible. I look forward to a record number of members participating in the ratification process.
Sincerely,
Chad Boggio
Council Representative
Los Angeles /Orange Counties
Building & Construction
Trades Council AFL-CIO
Good Morning Everyone,
I have now heard back from all of you regarding our plan for members to vote to ratify our newly executed TA with the City for a successor to MOU’s 2 & 13. We will be holding the vote primarily virtually via Election Buddy with two exceptions. IUPAT 1991 and SW Carpenters are not allowed to ratify contracts virtually. Therefore we will be holding in person voting at the Building Trades Council the Morning of January 20, 2024 from 8:00 am until 11:00 am. It is important that each of you attend in person, as that day will serve two purposes. It will be the only way IUPAT 1991 and SW Carpenters members will be able to vote, (unless I hear differently by Friday) and it will be a way for the members of affiliated unions that were offered the ability to vote virtually but could not (due to technology issues) or preferred not to, to be able to cast a ballot.
The online vote will be segregated by local union just as we have done previously with paper ballots. For example, only members of UA 78 will receive ballots for the plumber classifications at the City. I will be using the email addresses I have on file sorted by Local Union to circulate the invitation to vote along with the Settlement Summary outlining the Tentative Agreements. Online voting will take place starting January 15 and end at 5:00 pm on the 19th. This way we will have the totals to carry over into the in person voting on Saturday morning and we will be able to announce the results at the end of the meeting.
I will be sending out an initial email to the members explaining the process and asking them to keep an eye out for an invitation to vote via election buddy starting Monday, January 15th later today.
Thanks!
Chad Boggio
Council Representative
Los Angeles /Orange Counties
Building & Construction
Trades Council AFL-CIO
Hello Brothers and Sisters,
By now a lot of you have received the invitation to vote to authorize a strike that I promised would be held virtually starting yesterday. Unfortunately I learned yesterday that the way we store email addresses was not compatible with the software we needed to use so it took me longer to import the data than it should have. My apologies for the delay. I have fielded a lot of questions so I thought I would try to answer them here for efficiency.
Why are we doing this?
Because we are not done negotiating yet (unit table negotiations continue) and while we have made a lot of progress last Thursday and Friday we need to have a backup plan in case things fall apart. We are holding the strike authorization vote in conjunction with our Coalition of City Unions.
Is Voting to authorize a strike the same as calling for one?
No- just because you vote to authorize leadership to call for a strike if necessary does not mean that a strike is inevitable or guaranteed.
Why did some members not receive the invitation to vote even though they are members in good standing and have received email from me in the past?
This could be due to a few reasons. Many of you have more than one email address on file. I had to filter those out the duplicate email addresses or some members would have been able to vote twice. I tried to send emails to personal email addresses when I had two address on file for a individual member. Check your personal email if you are used to getting email from me at your City email address. Another reason is that about 10% of emails I send out get bounced back to errors. Some members do not have any email addresses on file. If you did not receive an invitation from me to vote, and you receive this from someone forwarding it to you, please send me an updated email address and I will try and get you a ballot at your correct email address.
Is the Ballot Secret?
Yes, we will know who voted but not how anyone voted. We will only know the totals and not until the end of the election on Friday at 5 pm.
If I send you an updated email before Friday can I vote.
Yes, the system allows me to send a limited but rather large number of additional ballots out.
How important is it for me to vote?
Very important- You really shouldn’t leave this to your fellow brothers and sisters without weighing in and having your voice heard. Now is not the time to take anything for granted, we are not done yet.
Can we vote to ratify our contract, once we get a finalized TA approved by the City, online like this?
We are looking into that now. Most likely we will need to have at least one in person meeting in addition to online voting, assuming we can do it.
I have a coworker that has not signed up yet but wants to join now in order to participate in the process and have their voice heard.
Have them call me and we will get them signed up.
Look for another status update email later this week or early next week.
As always, feel free to reach out with questions or concerns.
Sincerely,
Chad Boggio
Council Representative
Los Angeles /Orange Counties
Building & Construction
Trades Council AFL-CIO
1626 Beverly Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90026 Cell-213-317-1004
Phone: 213 483-4222 Fax: 213 483-4419
Mayor Karen Bass with DC 36 Local 1991 Representative Chris Graeber
City of Los Angeles Building Trades Members
Together, We’re Bargaining for the
Biggest Raises in LA City History
Since August, our LA City Bargaining teams have been Meeting with City officials daily to negotiate a strong new contract with the largest wage increases in LA City history. We know the City can do it. Public safety unions have won 20 percent raises—and we’re fighting for nothing less.
Since August, our LA City Bargaining teams have been Meeting with City officials daily to negotiate a strong new contract with the largest wage increases in LA City history. We know the City can do it. Public safety unions have won 20 percent raises—and we’re fighting for nothing less.
Join Us at a Rolling Rally:
Join Us at a Rolling Rally:
November 8th, 2023
November 8th, 2023
5:30am -7am
5:30am -7am
North Central Area
North Central Area
140 N. Ave. 19
140 N. Ave. 19
November 8th, 2023
November 8th, 2023
9:30am -11 :30am
9:30am -11 :30am
Sanitation CLARTS, 2201 E. Washington Blvd.
Sanitation CLARTS, 2201 E. Washington Blvd.
November 8th, 2023
November 8th, 2023
2pm -3pm
2pm -3pm
Sanitation LSD, 2649 E. Washington Blvd.
Sanitation LSD, 2649 E. Washington Blvd.
November 9th, 2023
November 9th, 2023
5:30am -7am
5:30am -7am
Pipertech, 555 Ramirez Street
Pipertech, 555 Ramirez Street
November 13th, 2023
November 13th, 2023
12pm -12:30pm
12pm -12:30pm
Near C&M (Construction & Maintenance), 500 Pier A, Berth 161
Near C&M (Construction & Maintenance), 500 Pier A, Berth 161
November 14th, 2023
November 14th, 2023
11am -1pm
11am -1pm
Public Works Building, 1149 S. Broadway
Public Works Building, 1149 S. Broadway
November 15th, 2023
November 15th, 2023
11:15am -1pm
11:15am -1pm
LAWA C&M Yard,
LAWA C&M Yard,
7411 World Way West
7411 World Way West
The Building Trades supported the 24-hour SEIU 721 strike on Aug. 8, as part of the Coalition of LA City Unions. Thousands of LA City workers walked off the job in a historic show of worker power that made national headlines. Our on-the-street action gave us unprecedented momentum at the bargaining table, momentum we’ve captured to continue advancing the most pro-worker platform the City’s seen in decades.
Together, we’ve made our priorities at the bargaining table clear: strong and competitive wages; solving the understaffing crisis; defending and expanding healthcare, protecting our secure retirement, and winning an even stronger union voice on the job.
We’re at an unprecedented moment in City history. Our members are more in demand than ever before. Los Angeles is making huge infrastructure investments as it gets ready to host the 2028
Olympics, at the center of the world stage. Our skills are necessary to keep this massive system running.
Only a landmark investment in LA City members— the largest wage increases in the City’s history—can ensure that the City meets this moment. But it’s going to take each and every one of us holding City management’s feet to the fire to make our demands a reality.
Tuesday, October 31, 2023
Good Evening Brothers and Sisters,
We have been bargaining every Friday since late August with representatives of the CAO, City of Los Angeles along with our City Coalition of Union partners for successor MOU’s for our respective Units. The recent ULP strike by SEIU 721 and your solidarity in sympathy by honoring the picket lines have paid dividends. Typically over the last couple of bargaining cycles the City has made an initial proposal of zero, ($0.00) general salary increase proposal. This cycle was different with the City offering general salary increases in each year of the three year term. While that is generally good news, the City’s current offer is not fair, and is not sustainable for you and your family.
In response the City Collation of Unions are planning concerted activity events in the coming weeks to leverage your collective voice in helping us demand wages, working conditions and benefits that are fair and equitable for all City union members, not just public safety. We absolutely need you to take an active role in joining us in this fight for equity in the City of Los Angeles. The coalition has planned several rolling rally’s over the next several weeks that you must attend in support of your Bargaining Team! Details of the rally’s which will be held either before the start of the work shift, or during lunch breaks will be announced in the next day or so. Additionally I hope to be in a position to provide more details about our proposals at the Common Table (Coalition Common Table) and our proposals for our small table specific to Units 2 and 13 in the coming days.
We will continue to meet at least every Friday with the City and more often as the need and opportunity arise. With the initial meetings out of the way, things will be progressing more rapidly and you should be on the lookout for more frequent correspondence and updates from me and your business agents about the status of our negotiations. Thank you for your patience.
As always, feel free to contact your business agent or me with any questions or concerns you may have. I look forward to seeing you at an upcoming rally soon!
Sincerely,
Chad Boggio
Council Representative
Los Angeles /Orange Counties
Building & Construction
Trades Council AFL-CIO
1626 Beverly Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90026 Cell-213-317-1004
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City Attorney - Hydee Feldstein Soto
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City Controller - Kenneth Mejia
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Councilmember District 1 - Eunisses Hernandez
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Councilmember District 2 - Paul Krekorian
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Councilmember District 3 - Bob Blumenfield
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Councilmember District 4 - Nithya Raman
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Councilmember District 5 - Katy Yaroslavsky
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Councilmember District 6 - Imelda Padilla
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Councilmember District 7 - Monica Rodriguez
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Councilmember District 8 - Marqueece Harris-Dawson
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Councilmember District 9 - Curren D. Price, Jr.
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Councilmember District 10 - Heather Hutt
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Councilmember District 11 - Traci Park
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Councilmember District 12 - John Lee
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Councilmember District 13 - Hugo Soto-Martínez
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Councilmember District 14 - Kevin de León
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Councilmember District 15 - Tim McOsker
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Good Afternoon Brothers and Sisters,
The results of today’s Ratification Vote are as follows:
MOU 2- Tentative Agreement was adopted 59.6% in favor, 40.4% opposed
MOU 13- Tentative Agreement was adopted 84.6% in favor, 15.4% opposed
From: Chad Boggio
Sent: Monday, May 1, 2023 7:18 AM
To: Chad Boggio <cboggio@laocbuildingtrades.org>
Subject: MOU 2 & 13 Negotiations
Brothers and Sisters,
During our negotiations last year, one of our primary goals was to conclude bargaining on time so that our members would receive pay increases during a time of high inflation. One of the results of the compressed bargaining schedule was that the CAO was unable to fully consider most of the inequity/bonus requests we and our fellow City Coalition of Unions presented back in October. However, as part of our tentative agreement, the City made a commitment to the Unions to begin bargaining over these postponed proposals as soon as this January (2023) and to implement any proposals that we reached agreement on immediately, prior to bargaining for a successor agreement which would typically go into effect in January of 2024.
However, in a meeting between the CAO and the Coalition of Unions Bargaining Chairs and Principals held last Friday, the CAO announced that the City had decided not honor its commitment to us and further postpone negotiations over our inequity/bonus proposals until later this year during successor negotiations for possible implementation in January, 2024. In response, the Coalition is consulting with council to determine if an obligation exists on behalf of the City to complete our negotiations verses the City’s desire to simply wait until the summer when successor negotiations would otherwise begin. We will take the appropriate steps to enforce our 2022 TA based on the advice of counsel.
I am very disappointed that the City has decided not to honor its commitment to us, which was a large part of what we considered when reaching our TA last year. Please find attached an informational flyer that is being distributed by the City Coalition of Unions that further describes the situation.
It is my intention to continue to keep you informed as our efforts continue. If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to reach out to your business agent or myself.
Sincerely,
Chad Boggio
Council Representative
Los Angeles /Orange Counties
Building & Construction
Trades Council AFL-CIO
1626 Beverly Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90026
Dear Brothers and Sisters:
We have scheduled a meeting to ratify our tentative agreement for MOU’s 2 & 13. The meeting will be held at the following place and time:
Date: Saturday, November 5, 2022
Time: 9:00 am - 12:00 PM
Location: LA/OC Building Trades Council
1626 Beverly Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90026
Overflow
Parking: United Fire Fighters of Los Angeles City
1571 Beverly Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90026
In order best manage our parking limitations we will be using the following schedule:
9:00 am TA review, ballot distribution to eligible members by Local Unions, cast ballot
10:00 am TA review, ballot distribution to eligible members by Local Unions, cast ballot
11:00 am TA review, ballot distribution to eligible members by Local Unions, cast ballot
12:00 PM Ballot tally, Results emailed to membership
You do not have to stay the whole time. You can cast your ballot in any segment and be free to enjoy your weekend.
The following is a summary of the TA I sent to you previously:
Term: January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023
Salary increase: 3% effective January 1, 2023
5% cash bonus as calculated in July 2023, based on your annual salary (including base wage and regularly assigned bonuses) paid on July 26, 2023
Salary inequity adjustments for the following classifications:
Elevator Mechanic Helper
Elevator Mechanic
Elevator Mechanic Supervisor
Elevator Repair Supervisor I & II
Building Maintenance Supervisor
The addition of two new paygrades:
Police Surveillance Specialist III
Police Surveillance Specialist IV
In addition your Bargaining Team was successful in pushing back on the City’s attempt to take away the 40 hours of personal leave.
We were also successful in negotiating for Juneteenth to be added as a permanent holiday, without giving up another holiday in exchange as the City proposed.
As always, feel free to contact me or your Business Agent with any questions you have.
Sincerely,
Chad Boggio
Council Representative
Los Angeles /Orange Counties
Building & Construction
Trades Council AFL-CIO
1626 Beverly Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90026 Cell-213-317-1004
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