By Kelly Hartog Jerald White has been a proud 3090 member since 2019, a year after he joined Parks & Recreation. He switched to LAPD’s metropolitan division in 2022, where he now works as an admin clerk. After almost 19 years working blue-collar jobs (including at various hospitals and with Southwest Airlines), White said he…
By Kelly Hartog Jaime Alcala is proof that you don’t have to wait to get involved. The senior admin clerk with the LAPD joined Local 3090 in 2020 but, in the last five years, has gone from being on his department’s negotiating committee to becoming a steward and a Volunteer Member Organizer (VMO). Now, he’s…
The LAPD Dispatchers of Mighty3090 made the news by demonstrating their support for a new, stronger contract on November 27th with a rolling rally in front of LAPD Headquarters. As KFI posted on their social media channel: “9-1-1 for @lapdhq dispatchers have rallied outside of LAPD headquarters demanding more staff and better pay. Workers say some…
Secretary, Central Traffic Division, LAPD Leticia Loredo, 58, remembers the exact day she joined AFSCME 3090. “It was back in the day,” she said with a chuckle over the phone. “It was July 10, 1989.” In her three decades working for the City of Los Angeles, Loredo has worked as a secretary in various departments,…
Secretary, LAPD During her nearly 20-year career with the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), Edwina Hunter, 57, has seen it all – the crime lab, the substation at Los Angeles International Airport, the patrol division and different bureau stations. She’s bounced around in administrative roles throughout LAPD, but in October she found a home as…
Senior Administrative Clerk, LAPD Norma Graziano, a senior administrative clerk in the LAPD’s records and identification division, often finds herself arguing with co-workers over the importance of being a part of a union. “They say, ‘what does the union do for us?’” To Graziano, the answer is obvious. “I’m a strong believer in unions because…
Police Service Representative, LAPD When Angelenos dial 911 with an emergency – or even a barking dog or illegal parking complaint – it’s dispatchers like Local 3090 member Sharon Dormitorio on the line ready to help. During each eight-hour shift, Dormitorio fields over 100 calls, dispatching the appropriate response units and calming callers down. With…
Police Service Representative, LAPD “We’re the lifeline of the public”, Albert Nelson says, “and if they didn’t have us, they’d have mayhem.” He’s probably right. For nearly three decades, Nelson has been with the LAPD as a police service representative (PSR) filling various roles, including spending 20 years as a 911 dispatcher answering emergency calls…
