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Cerritos council directs staff to negotiate community workforce agreement with building trades
Summary
After hours of testimony from labor unions, the Cerritos City Council authorized staff to negotiate a Community Workforce Agreement (CWA) with the Los Angeles & Orange County Building & Construction Trades and appointed an ad hoc negotiating team of two council members.
The Cerritos City Council on May 22 directed the city manager and staff to enter negotiations with the Los Angeles and Orange County Building and Construction Trades Council and associated affiliates on a Community Workforce Agreement (CWA), a project-labor-style pact aimed at promoting local hiring, apprenticeship pathways and stable labor standards on public works projects.
The item drew lengthy public comment from trade union representatives and apprentices who said a CWA would bring local hiring, reduce long commutes and improve construction quality. After discussion the council gave staff direction to negotiate terms and the mayor named Mayor Pro Tem Linda Johnson and Council Member Mark Pulido to serve as the council’s representatives to the city negotiating team.
A CWA is a tailored project labor agreement that typically sets hiring…
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