Posted on 04/29/2025 1:12:50 PM PDT by Salman
While more than 55,000 unionized workers for Los Angeles County are set to strike Monday evening, county officials said there is simply no money to meet the employees’ demands.
The members of Service Employees International Union Local 721, including public works employees, library workers and mental health professionals, were expected to walk off the job for 48 hours, starting at 7 p.m. Monday, accusing the county of failing to negotiate a new labor contract fairly.
“We faced nothing less than disrespect at the bargaining table,” a union leader said during a rally, claiming the county's proposal was a 0% increase for cost of living.
Although Supervisor Kathryn Barger, Chair of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, acknowledged the financial hardships amid inflation, she said the county cannot afford cost-of-living increases to workers amid a massive budget hole.
In addition to the unexpected costs related to the Eaton and Palisades Fires, the country had to pay $4 billion to settle decades-old youth sexual abuse claims as the result of state law that reopened the statute of limitation of such claims.
“Even the union knows that $4 billion has compromised our ability to negotiate,” Barger said. “We need to be able to make sure when we write a check, you can cash it.”
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Bass Tax
They waste plenty of money. Why not waste more. Or you could just realize that your state is bankrupt and tell them to stay on strike as their contribution to balancing the budget.
Probably 30,000+ more employees than there needs to be.
Because they are broke?...................
Who was the nitwit who came up with the idea of government employee unions?
Cali is full of corrupt government employees at all levels.
So dad for them all...
Cause they’re giving it all to the illegals.
Because they are already over paid.
From Grok:
The average salary for Los Angeles County employees in 2023 was $144,630, with a median of $125,441, based on data from 108,436 employees. In contrast, the average salary for private sector employees in Los Angeles, CA, as of April 2025, is approximately $68,371 annually ($32.87/hour), with a broader range between $50,348 (25th percentile) and $84,900 (75th percentile).
My addition: they also get better benefits, time off, and the state pension system
I’ll take “ corrupt and mismanaged government that runs out of money” for 1000 Alex
I escaped LA county years ago.
I was born and raised there.
when I saw what Liberal Democrats were doing to it, I left ASAP!
I went to WA state and subsequently HI county, HI.
so I’m not adverse to living under Democrat tyranny.
I just pick the places where they can’t control as much as they want to.
In a tyranny that is the best you can hope to achieve.
But Cali is the 4th largest economy in the world !
>> had to pay $4 billion to settle decades-old youth sexual abuse claims
$4 billion?
Close all the libraries and cut 50% of the mental health experts to start...
“We faced nothing less than disrespect at the bargaining table,” a union leader said . . .Seems like if the union's behavior was more respectful at work and at the bargaining table, that might change. It's an attitude one must command, not demand.
Between giving all kinds of benefits to ILLEGAL aliens and lining their own pockets there’s nothing left except deficits.
Sooooo much to unpack. Look for cuts to Los Angeles police and fire departments first.
The SEIU is full of Marxist/Leninists that loooove “their” money.
Kalifornia went to all mail-in ballots for every local and State election. As has been stated many times: It is not who votes that counts, what is important is who counts the votes.
The Kalifornia Public Employees Union created the Kalifornia Public Employees Retirement System. They own the State. Any democRAT who publicly states anything they do not like must have received permission to say it out loud, while assuring the SEIU that nothing will really change.
this is the county and not the city
President Kennedy signed Executive Order 10988 in 1962. This order permitted federal employees to form unions and bargain collectively, but it did not grant the right to bargain over wages, which remain under Congress’ control. Unions could not compel federal employees to join, and they cannot strike. This order was strengthened by President Nixon, and finally given a statutory basis by Congress in the Civil Service Act of 1978.
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