Letter from the President: Layoffs Don’t Make Sense for LA
June 1, 2010 By Bob Schoonover SEIU 721 President

In January we were facing a $600 million shortfall as projected by the CAO. Here in late May the ever-changing number seems to be about $100 million.

The City’s adopted a budget with a bunch of holes in it. The city wants to fill those holes with 761 worker layoffs now, add 1,000 more later, and throw 26 furlough days on top of all that–or fill it with worker concessions.

In meetings this spring with the CAO, Mayor’s office, and City Council, union members and leaders have had one consistent message: We won’t take any steps backward, and we have a better solution. Last year we made a tremendous sacrifice, voting to put off our contract raises and give up hours to see our city through this crisis. That’s hurt my family, and I know it’s hurt yours too.

So when politicians talk about how we need to “step up” with concessions, that’s why I told the Los Angeles Times two weeks ago, “We’ve already done that.” That’s why sanitation workers drove trash trucks with signs reading, “Don’t give up on LA, Mr. Mayor”–because to me, that’s what rejecting our sacrifice, cutting services and furloughing workers would mean.

What happens if the city lays off a Coalition member? Under our agreement, if even one Coalition worker is laid off we all get our raises. The City Council voted unanimously for that plan, so they can’t pretend they don’t remember.

Why would we give the city new concessions when we can’t get them to take the one we already gave? Without real leadership at City Hall, there’s no end in sight.

Here’s the alternative: Our work to find new revenues and management cost-savings has already shrunk the shortfall. Some City Council members have really stood strong for city services.  Street Services GM Bill Robertson is already on record saying that the general managers of the city had a plan for cuts without layoffs. This budget hole is not structural–it’s only there because of the recession. So it makes no sense to fill it with layoffs–a structural change that does long-term damage to the city’s ability to deliver the services people need in good times and bad.

Let’s look at the big picture. The city workforce has already reduced itself in just the last year by 3,500 workers through early retirement and normal attrition–down to 1997 levels. If you add those 700 to 1,700 layoffs coupled with furloughs the effects on public service and public safety will be dramatic.

It’s going to take the mayor and elected officials to get us out of this.

The Engineers and Architects Association filed on behalf of 424 named plaintiffs in Los Angeles Superior Court.

EAA Claims, they filed grievances and the City denied or ignored them, and failed to arbitrate any of them, violating their contract.

They also claim furloughs were not implemented to on other unions, however Coalition employees reopened their contract and other employees did not take the COLA resulting in reduced furlough hours.

EAA & the City of LA bargained keeping their cola or taking furlough hours, MCIA inspectors followed suit and took the same path with the same results.

The hope is that the contract called for the increase, and employees should not have a valid contract forced open with a penalty imposed for not reopening, the City of LA had other options and failed to implement them with Sworn personnel instead choosing to take the largest cuts out on civilian employees.

EAA Has retained Trina Roderick with Levy, Stern & Ford to represent them in the case.

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Aubяey Nelson

Janice Macam

David Bland

Naomi Leilani Padron
La Verne

M Diane LaGrone McElroy

Jessica Moreno

Kelley Dixon

Kathy Marshall

Marius Woods

Tonia Reyes Uranga
City of Long Beach, CA

Kevin Lynn

Gina Sanchez Barahona

Annette van Olden

Oshea Vessica Orchid
Tulane

Rosa Valiente

Cynthia Soto

Susan Rubio

Minh Nguyen

James Edson

Larry Ly

Julie Reveles

Olivia Juarez

Shontrell Perkins

SEIU 721 has a newly elected board and President Bob Schoonover is in charge.

Overwhelmingly the membership spoke and got behind Bob Schoonover and his “No Givebacks” message.

Bob Schoonover is now facing a difficult road with the City of LA and LA County Board of  Supervisors, budget woes and furloughs are the situation at hand Bob Schoonover has made the promise of No Givebacks and he has the backing of one of the most powerful labor leaders in Southern California Julie Butcher.

Few people know the workings of LA City hall as well as Julie Butcher and SEIU International has been put on notice that this cash cow of  County and City workers in Southern California is ready to fight.

Julie Butcher needs to get back in control, and be given more responsibility in the running of Local 721, the membership has spoken and they have selected it’s leaders we can’t do it without the gritty tenacious leadership of Julie Butcher and her staff, we have elected local leaders who stand for local control and we expect our staff to be treated well and no longer undervalued.

It’s time the President of 721 tell the international thanks but no thanks and empower the true leaders to run campaigns the way they must be run and Julie Butcher is in the  best position to help LA City workers at this time.

Bob Schoonover working with Julie Butcher & Linda Dent will lead us through these tough times and will allow us to fight the way 347 would have,  gritty blue collar no nonsense.

Labor is down but not out in Los Angeles, the Fight is on!

Below are the official results from the SEIU 721 Election.

Congratulations to all!

President
Bob Schoonover

Vice President
Linda Dent

Secretary
Catherine Eide Nelson

Treasurer
Tony Bravo

LA County
Marlene Allen*
Rodolfo “Rudy” Gaona
Blanca Gomez*
Lucy Guerrero
Fred Huicochea
Lila Johnson-Crenshaw
Linda Mascorro
Tony F. Mendoza
Omar Perez
Jose Sanchez
Arnella Sims
Cindy Singer
Harold Sterker

LA / OC Cities
Joaquin Avalos*
Edwina Chism
Cheryl Elam-Collins
Cecilia Flores
Brian Hollenbaugh
Charley Mims
Andy Morales
Linda Stone*
Simboa Wright

Tri-Counties
Shannon Abramovitch
Tom Johnston
Perry Morefield
Dave Mulvey
Ted Perez
Angela Portillo*
Grace Sepulveda*

Inland Area
Lawrence (Larry) Beal
Tim Burke
Barbara Cayon*
Greg Hagan
Kevin Luke
Jack Porrelli
Glenn Sanders
Wendy Thomas*

We can’t afford more of the same!

Finally Service Employees International Union local 721 members will have the responsibility and the freedom to vote for those who will lead them and their union through some of the toughest times organized labor in the greater Los Angeles area, or the country for that matter has faced. Faced with this daunting task several leaders have emerged who believe it is ok to earn a decent salary and have medical benefits and live without the fear that they will be ripped away from us by politicians who we worked to elect.

“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.” Barack Obama

There is HOPE

We are ready to make history!  No Longer are we going to be kept down and ignored by leaders whose special interests always win out while we lose out. Los Angeles County & the City of Los Angeles along with our brothers and sisters in Ventura, Orange, Inglewood, Riverside and across Southern California  must come together and elect leaders brave enough to stand as a union as a labor force and make the tough calls.

VOTE FOR CHANGE!

We have put together a listing of the candidates statements which were willfully left out of the mailing in order to keep you in the dark.  SEIU Fat Cats and Andy Stern have fought us having our own elected board members and officers for years fighting tooth and nail to hold onto power at any cost, this willful attempt to keep the truth away from it’s members will only backfire on them once the voters read the positive message of change they have for us.

Ask yourself this. Can you afford to keep the same leadership around that has brought you furloughs givebacks and increases in what you pay for medical & retirement while giving back hard fought cost of living increases?

We need leaders who will lead and fight for our future, all of our futures, we need positive change for Southern California and our Local 721.

Yes We CAN!

Brothers and Sisters this is no ordinary time and this is no ordinary election this may be the last chance we have to reclaim our union local together we can make this change your vote is your voice speak up and we can make this change, YES WE CAN!

Read the Candidates statements here!

721.lacityworkers.com Or http://bit.ly/bHlo17

WE Support Members for a Democratic Union or MDU on your ballot