Come Join Your AFSCME Members: L.A. City Hall Council Chambers Brothers and Sisters, AFSCME needs your help. Negotiations are under way and the Green Machine needs to be present and heard at the Los Angeles City Council. Beginning Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023, and every Tuesday following, we will start filling the council chambers. We would like the council…
On Friday, Aug. 25, Local 3090 hosted a Paint & Sip member event. It was a great time with good wine and friends. We appreciate each and every one of you. Thank you for coming out, and be on the lookout for our next event.
By Kelly Hartog Kimberly Ganier is a Renaissance woman. She’s been with the City of Los Angeles as an LAPD 911 dispatcher for the last 27 years – the same amount of time she’s been a 3090 member. For the last six years she’s worked the night shift from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. and…
By Kelly Hartog Derek Bryson has been working as an administrative clerk for the security credentials section for the City of Los Angeles for the past five years. He’s been with 3090 for the same period of time. Now 62, Bryson made his career shift after time spent working on political campaigns and prior to…
By Kelly Hartog Stephanie Smith is steeped in union values. She’s been a 911 operator with the LAPD and a 3090 member from the first day she was hired by the City of Los Angeles 21 year ago. Prior to that, Smith worked for United Airlines for 10 years, first as a reservations agent and…
By Kelly Hartog Treasurer Rickk Montoya is coming up on 20 years with 3090 — the same time he’s spent working for the City of Los Angeles as police service representative (also known as a 911 dispatcher). Being a member of a union, you could say, is in Montoya’s blood. Aside from being raised in…
By Kelly Hartog Newly-elected AFSCME 3090 Vice President Adda Murillo has spent 34 years working for the Los Angeles Police Department. A single mother and a self-described wearer of all hats, she has a challenging full-time job in community relations for the 911 operators’ department, and recently received the 2022 Civilian of the Year Award…
Without the Union’s Plans, I Wouldn’t Have Been Able to Care for My Family By Kelly Hartog Cheryl Evans was elected last October to the AFSCME 3090’s executive board as recording secretary. After 28 years in the union working for the City of Los Angeles’ police department, and the union being there when she went…
Communications Information Representative, Department of Sanitation Debra Durham still recalls one of the first cases she worked on as a union steward. A city employee who was converting from contractor to full-time status was given permission to book a cruise with her family, Durham said. But after the employee became full time, management reversed itself…
Communications Information Representative, Bureau of Contract and Administration When a huge water main burst in Hollywood last year, Danielle Jupiter was part of the team that helped deal with the high-profile incident. “That day we had to send so many inspectors out to that site,” she said. “If the inspectors aren’t there, they can’t close…
