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Councilmember Garcetti introduces resolution after rec assistants urge end to 1,000-hour cap
Summary
Rec assistants and union representatives urged the Los Angeles City Council to end an intermittent classification and a 1,000-hour cap that deny many workers pay and benefits; Councilmember Eric Garcetti introduced a resolution asking city departments to renew negotiations with AFSCME.
More than a dozen recreation assistants and union representatives asked the Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday to move quickly to end a longstanding classification and the so-called 1,000-hour cap that they say denies many workers pay, benefits and promotions.
The group’s supporters included AFSCME and SEIU representatives and clergy. Councilmember Eric Garcetti introduced a resolution, seconded by Council President Antonio Padilla and Councilmember Mark Ridley-Thomas, directing the Department of Recreation and Parks, the Department of Cultural Affairs and the City Administrative Officer to renew efforts to negotiate with AFSCME on the rec assistants’ classification and terms.
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