AFSCME District Council 36 stands in solidarity with SEIU Local 721 as they prepare for a potential unfair labor practice strike.

Last week, SEIU Local 721 members voted in favor of authorizing a ULP strike, with a resounding 98% voting YES. The more than 50,000 frontline, Los Angeles County workers represented by SEIU Local 721 are asking that the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors show that they care about frontline workers and bargain in good faith.

Frontline workers from various public sector unions throughout LA County – including AFSCME District Council 36 – demanded cost-of-living increases to fight inflation at a press conference on Tuesday held outside a Shell gas station in Chinatown near downtown LA, where prices at the pump were as high as $6.94 a gallon.

UPDATE: The AFSCME LA City Locals have voted 'yes' to ratifying the cash payout agreement.

AFSCME Locals 741, 901, 2006, 2626, 3090, and 3672, along with the LA City Coalition of Unions, have reached a tentative agreement regarding cash payouts. Full-time and civil service half-time employees will receive a 4.77 percent payout. Half-time employees and intermittent part-time employees will receive a flat $1,000 payout.