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Union coalition warns layoffs will cut essential services; urges workforce restoration and transfer portal
Summary
Union leaders told the City Council that eliminating vacancies in the coming fiscal year will reduce essential city services and increase liability; they urged immediate workforce planning, targeted local hiring and a transfer portal to preserve jobs and services. The council voted 14-0 on item 27 after the presentations.
Union leaders told the Los Angeles City Council that recent budget choices and proposed eliminations of vacant civilian positions risk significant cuts to essential services and increased long‑term costs.
Speakers from SEIU Local 721 and AFSCME 3090 urged the council to restore workforce investment, to avoid contracting out services that civil servants currently provide, and to convene a strategic workforce development effort immediately. After the presentations the council adopted item 27, the required labor hearing on vacancies, by voice vote (recorded 14 ayes).
Why it matters: Council staff, unions and the personnel committee said chronic…
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