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Coalition of L.A. City Unions

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2011

    L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Doesn't Know What The City's Deficit Is

    ​There was an uncomfortable moment at today's City Hall press conference to announce a pension deal with the city's unions. KPCC's Frank Stoltze noted that the deal saves only $69 million next year -- and asked Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa how he planned to cover the rest of the $350 million deficit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2010

    270 At L.A. Community Redevelopment Agency Receive Pink Slips

    ​About 270 workers at the Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency have received notices of possible termination as City Hall negotiates with their union for concessions that would keep its budget in the black. An official with the Coalition of L.A. City Unions tells La Opinion (translated) ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2010

    Can Villaraigosa Furlough L.A. City Workers? In a Word, No

    ​Today the mayor announced a plan to furlough non-public safety employees two days a week, starting next Monday, in order to prevent the city from running out of cash.Sounds impressive, but it won't happen. Under the contract with the Coalition of L.A. City Unions, the mayor has no authority to fu ... More >>

  • News

    March 25, 2010

    Getting It Wrong: The Budget Mess

    Nine things L.A. could have done to avoid it

  • News

    February 11, 2010

    UPDATE: Sending Trutanich to His Corner

    In layoff roulette, mayor aims at city attorney but City Council won't pull trigger

  • Blogs

    September 18, 2009

    Unions Claim Accord With City

    The Coalition of L.A. City Unions is claiming to have reached an agreement with the Los Angeles City Council that will preserve a June 26 accord to permit eligible employees to retire early. "After around-the clock-negotiations resulted in a Tentative Agreement with City unions," said a coalition pr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2009

    City Moves Closer to Layoffs

    There will be blood. That, according to the Coalition of L.A. City Unions, will take the form of a lawsuit to force Los Angeles to honor a pact the coalition says should have gone into effect when the City Council approved it June 26. That agreement postponed city worker cost-of-living raises for tw ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2009

    City Hall Showdown Looms Over Early Retirement Agreement

    Who's got a tourniquet? That seems to be the only tool available to the city of L.A. to stop bleeding money -- according to Controller Wendy Gruel, L.A. is spending $1 million a day more than it takes in. Today the City Council is debating an agreement that had been hammered out between Mayor Antoni ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2009

    City Employees Ratify Budget Pact

    After a week of balloting, an umbrella coalition of city employee unions representing 22,000 members has just announced those members have ratified an agreement recently struck with the city's Chief Administrative Officer. Under its terms, employees belonging to the Coalition of L.A. City Unions wil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2009

    Union Seeks to Block City's Early Retirement Pact

    Bob Aquino must feel a little besieged these days. Not only has the Los Angeles city employees union he heads been the target of membership raids by a rival union, but now his members find themselves on the municipal chopping block as the first municipal employees facing layoff notices. The story h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2009

    Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

    For Whom the Road Tolls L.A. County is considering charging solo drivers for the right to use high-occupancy lanes on the 110 and 10 freeways. Tolls would range between 25 cents and $1.40. L.A. TimesDowntown Protest The Coalition of L.A. City Unions, an umbrella group representing some of L.A.'s 22, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2009

    Villaraigosa Pulls Rug From Unions?

    If L.A.'s unions feel they have a champion in the form of a single politician, that person is Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. Under the Mutual Gains process established by the mayor and organized labor, representatives for nearly 22,000 unionized city employees have been ironing out a plan with the mayo ... More >>

  • News

    May 8, 2008

    Is Antonio Lying About Taxes?

    The mayor says he allowed a record deficit, not knowing the economy had soured

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