Comments on: Press-Enterprise: Shameful vote

By: Yohan

Yohan — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:15:33 +0000

How much did the Union give to Mary Figueroa, Jose Medina and Mark Takano for thier campaigns? Is this public record? How can I find out? Something here is fishy.

By: IFC News California’s Class Warfare: PLAs Pit Union and Non-Union Workers Against Each Other

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 02:10:44 +0000

[...] who oppose the PLA, have attended to publicly comment on the proposal. Two of the board members have never even seen the PLA prior to today, and have asked for a special session to review it. Despite opposition from the [...]

By: » California’s Class Warfare: PLAs Pit Union and Non-Union Workers Against Each Other - Big Government

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:42:41 +0000

By: Harry Stricklin

Harry Stricklin — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:48:43 +0000

I found out this evening at the city of Long Beach council meeting this exact set of circumstances in dealing with a proposed PLA agreement for contruction on the city owned airport. The way these politicians try to push through these agreements is scarry. One coucil person tried to get pulic hearings on what a PLA is. Truthfully prior to tonight I’d never heard of it. She was shot down 6 to 2, and the measure to go foward with the city managers recomdations passed 7 to 1. Needless to say she was the only opposing vote.
I belong to the citys union, and I think this is bunk. To pay unions to not represent workers is assanign! Isn’t that what a union is for. Our union is one of the weekest I’ve ever be assoiated with, we don’t make the monies that the surronding city empoyees make due to budget constraints. This project isn’t out of the general funds so they can spend willy nilly without raising many eyebrows. The liberals are paying back the unions for getting them back in to power, I for one hope it blows up in there face. These PLA’s are just wrong!