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Councilmember Garcetti introduces resolution to negotiate with rec assistants after public pleas for hours and benefits
Summary
Councilmember Eric Garcetti introduced a resolution asking city departments to resume negotiations with AFSCME on the status, hours and benefits of more than 2,000 recreation assistants after multiple public comments and labor speakers urged action.
Councilmember Eric Garcetti introduced a resolution Wednesday asking 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 classification, hours and benefits of recreation assistants.
The introduction followed an extended public-comment block in which recreation assistants and union representatives described long-term part-time work, caps on hours, denied benefits and verbal abuse at city work sites. John Barton of AFSCME told the council the…
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