I wanted to wish all our members a very happy – and well deserved – holiday season. I hope you take time to friends and family and celebrate the considerable wins we made in 2024. First are our historic contract gains we made in this latest round. Earlier this year, through hard work and perseverance,…
Unfortunately, working for the city of Los Angeles rarely makes it possible to live within city limits. As the participants in the December 6th Fix LA Alliance rally in Echo Park explained, many of their members must regularly commute several hours to get to work, with some sleeping in their cars to beat traffic. This…
Help make Los Angeles the most affordable, tenant-friendly city in America by joining us on December 6th at 8:30 a.m. at the corner of Glendale Boulevard and Park Avenue near Echo Park Lake. Mighty3090 will stand in solidarity with housing activists, clergy, and the community that constitute the Fix LA Alliance as we advocate for…
November 27, 2023 Since August, we have been meeting with City officials to negotiate a new contract that has strong, competitive wages, addresses the understaffing crisis, expands healthcare, protects our secure retirement, and wins us an even stronger union voice on the job. We can only accomplish this by standing in solidarity with each other,…
As the Thanksgiving holiday approaches, I’m reminded of the importance of gratitude. Specifically, I’m grateful that Commissioner Annie Chao is leading an effort to make sure that retiring L.A. City employees currently covered by LACERS do not start paying hundreds of dollars more per month for Medicare coverage due to a program known as IRMAA,…
Together, we’re bargaining for the biggest raises in LA City history Since August, we have been meeting with City officials to negotiate a new contract that has strong, competitive wages, addresses the understaffing crisis, expands healthcare, protects our secure retirement, and wins us an even stronger union voice on the job. We can only accomplish…
Since August, our AFSCME Local 3090 bargaining team has 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, having provided public safety unions with 20% raises – and we’re fighting for nothing less. Together, we’ve made…
Welcome to FALL everyone! It’s strange to think that one year of my current two-year term as your president is already over. Along with our PLAC Chair Derek Bryson and Treasurer Rickk Montoya, I attended the 2023 AFSCME PEOPLE California conference in San Diego. We were able to meet a few of the U.S. Senate…
