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Posted on 04/30/2025 3:50:21 AM PDT by DFG
More than 50,000 Los Angeles County workers were on strike again Tuesday, closing libraries and disrupting administrative operations in the nation's most populous county and organizing a large march in downtown LA.
The two-day walkout that began Monday followed failed negotiations with the county for a new contract after the last one expired in March, according to the Service Employees International Union Local 721.
The union represents employees including public health professionals, social workers, parks and recreation staff, custodians, clerical workers and others serving a county of 10 million residents. It will be the first time all of its about 55,000 members go on strike, the union said.
“This is the workforce that got LA County through emergency after emergency: the January wildfires, public health emergencies, mental health emergencies, social service emergencies and more," union leader David Green said in a statement. "That’s why we have had it with the labor law violations and demand respect for our workers.”
The labor action is set to last until 7 p.m. Wednesday. During this time, libraries, some healthcare clinics, beach bathrooms, and public service counters at the Hall of Administration are expected to be closed. Some other services in the medical examiner's office and public works department may also be affected, according to the county.
By late Tuesday morning, a large crowd -- most wearing purple SEIU 721 shirts -- with picket signs had gathered in downtown Los Angeles. The union bused members to a rally that began outside the Hall of Administration on Temple Street, which was closed to traffic for a march.
Chanting workers carried banners at the head of the march, reading "LA County Workers on ULP Strike," and "We are the Safety Net."
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SEIU = Illegal alien union
LA couldn’t be any worse off that it it so strike away dimwits
With them on strike the county may be able to make some progress, DEI dead wood no shows
They are not “workers”, they are government employees. In other words, they are parasites.
They want you to think they are coal miners slaving away in the dangerous pits, while in actuality most of them work from the comfort of home.
Give them NOTHING. Fire them and let them rot. /spit
I wonder what “mental health emergencies” and “ social service emergencies” the SEIU had to power through to save LA County.
This is bordering on Kamala word salad territory.
EC
I know someone who used to work for LA County.
If the workers striked, nobody’d notice.
I think the Mayor should just take another work-cation abroad until they settle down and learn their place.
Thank you for the enlightening, albeit depressing, look in the mirror.
“..public health emergencies, mental health emergencies, social service emergencies and more,” union leader David Green said in a statement. “
IE, babysitting illegal migrants.
It’s only depressing if we refuse to learn from history.
In One "1" County ??????????
Libraries and bathrooms
Not too much done for 50,0000 people.
Fire them all! But, that’s CA.
Excellent resource.
“We are the Safety Net.”
strike that
Closing libraries? Who uses libraries anymore? The Internet has the answers at your fingertips.
“Who uses libraries anymore?”
Street derelicts.
It is.
We owe our Founding Fathers so much.
They were students of history and applied what they learned.
Anyone drawing a paycheck from Tax dollars should not be allowed to unionize. Federal, State, and Local.
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