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One of the hardest hit groups from the revenue shortfall of City of Los Angeles' budget were women and children. The two services that cut the deepest are  the closing of 24 of 26 city-operated licensed Childcare Centers and the new schedule that cuts the days and hours that libraries are open are both female dominated professions that serve children (in addition to other patrons) . Shutting down the day care centers resulted in dozens of families, many of which are single moms, losing quality affordable child care and 75 workers laid off. 

We believe that childcare should be readily available to all families who need it. With more and more single parent families, childcare availability becomes a major obstacle to getting and keeping a job.

The District Council's White Paper discusses  ways to raise revenues and increase enrollment.The paper was prepared by Lashon Wiggers, Martha Flores and Mark Siegel of the District Councils' staff. Lashon and Martha were both Childcare Site Directors Both were laid off, effective July 1.

 

Statement of AFSCME President Gerald W. McEntee on the U.S. Senate’s 61 to 38 vote this morning to end the filibuster on the Jobs Bill

Big turnout, great speakers shine light o the plight of the libraries.

Approximately 150  librarians, library staff and community supporters turned to draw attention to the recently adopted hours of operation which closes libraries throughout the City on Mondays.

Delegates to the 39th International Convention of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, (AFSCME), today elected Lee Saunders to be the next Secretary-Treasurer of the union representing 1.6 million public service workers.

AFSCME activists rallied Wednesday on Boston Common, in solidarity with Council 93, to prevent the loss of critical public services and to pass the jobs bill now stalled in Congress.

The recent statewide primary yielded few surprises. It did set up a showdown between conflicting ideologies and commitments to working families on the November ballot. The two marquee races are for Governor and the US Senate. In both cases the distinction between candidates is clear and cutting.

After months of working to preserve jobs and services by AFSCME and the Coalition of LA City Unions, the Mayor has chosen to move forward with the layoffs. If you are laid off the union continues to work in your behalf.
Continued Opposition

We continue to oppose layoffs and furloughs and will take legal action to defend our contract.

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On the first day of LA City Council’s budget hearings city workers held a panel on public safety at City Hall and later addressed the Council’s Budget & Finance committee hearing, to tell the public and city leaders how we contribute to the prevention of crime and other dangers to Angelenos.

.AFSCME Locals 619, 741, and 2076 were the first to post a website useing LaborWeb. Read on to find out how your Local can get on line.