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Contractors and airport workers urge council review of project labor agreement and worker retention questions
Summary
Contractors, labor representatives and airport security employees urged the council during public comment to scrutinize a proposed project labor agreement for LAX and to clarify whether the city's worker retention ordinance applies to a Terminal 2 contract change.
Several members of the public used the non‑agenda public comment period to urge the council to consider concerns about project labor agreements (PLAs) and to request review of the City’s worker retention ordinance after a Terminal 2 security contract award.
Larry Tyler, president of Terra Cal Construction, and speakers representing Associated Builders and Contractors (Shane Hoggard) urged the council to hear opponents of a PLA proposed for LAX and to review points they say are "not in the best interest of the city." One commenter described being a local independent contractor and said nonunion workers already receive prevailing wages under the Davis‑Bacon Act but expressed concerns about union vesting rules affecting retirement benefits.
Security-screening employees and organizers also spoke. Denisha Robinson (Ajenbryde Security) said Ajenbryde had settled with a union and faced a canceled Terminal 2 contract that was awarded to another vendor, Aviation Safeguard; she asked the council to support keeping her employer on that contract. Organizer Isaac Nuru, speaking with SEIU, asked the council to note the city’s worker retention ordinance and requested a review because Aviation Safeguard asserted the ordinance did not apply to them. Participants provided written materials to councilmembers.
After the public speakers, Councilmember Goldberg requested a formal opinion from the City Attorney on whether the city's worker retention ordinance applies in the Terminal 2 contract situation. The clerk acknowledged the oral request and the City Attorney's office indicated it would take up the matter.
The council did not take a formal vote or change contract awards during the meeting; the action was an oral request for a legal opinion and an expression of interest from council members to examine the PLA and worker-retention questions before the council considered related items.
