L.A. workers set ‘Fight for Good
Jobs’ agenda as 350,000 face
contract negotiations in ‘08
LOS ANGELES — Union mem-
bers here gathered Dec. 6 to set a “la-
bor agenda” for 2008, when 350,000
workers belonging to 30 local unions
will re-negotiate their union contracts
— the largest number of workers in
the history of the Los Angeles labor
movement.
A Delegates Congress to discuss is-
sues and strategy was hosted by the
Los Angeles County Federation of La-
bor, AFL-CIO. About 1,000 workers
including nurses, janitors, actors, fire-
fighters, longshore and teachers at-
tended the Congress.
“In 2008, when it comes to con-
tract fights, organizing and politics,
L.A.’s workers are combining their re-
sources in a single ‘Fight for Good
Jobs,’ ” said Maria Elena Durazo, ex-
ecutive secretary-Treasurer of the Los
Angeles County Federation of Labor.
According to figures released in a
new report by the Economic Round-
table, the economic impact of workers
bargaining for new contracts on Los
Angeles is immense. The earnings of
these workers alone supported
126,700 additional jobs in 2007, ac-
cording to the report, “The Economic
Footprints of Unions in Los Angeles.”
“This is as a result of having more
money to spend on housing, dining
out, health care, shopping, transporta-
tion, entertainment and savings,” Du-
razo said.
According to the report, this is
26,700 more jobs than would be sup-
ported in the local economy if these
workers did not earn union wages. In
addition, the spending of money by
these same workers stimulates $21
billion in sales annually and $3 billion
in taxes to all levels of government.
The labor council is planning “Hol-
lywood to the Docks,” 28-mile march
in the spring. The march will make its
way from Hollywood, where the
Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and the
American Federation of Television
and Radio Artists (AFTRA) contracts
expire in June 2008 to the docks of the
harbor of L.A., where Longshore and
Warehouse Union contracts are set to
expire in July 2008.
Zachary
Zabinsky
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