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After refusing to settle for less than they deserve, AFSCME Local 1895 members secure a fair contract with the City of Lawndale.

On Saturday, April 13, AFSCME District Council 36 held an amazing new steward training with more than 50 members from over a dozen different locals unions.

Six AFSCME Local Unions representing more than ten thousand Los Angeles City employees have ratified new union contracts with robust wage increases.

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May 25, 2022
Contact: Natalia Pérez Santos, nperezsantos@afscme.org

AFSCME’s Saunders: It’s time to turn ‘anguish into action’ on gun violence

WASHINGTON – AFSCME President Lee Saunders released the following statement about the gun violence epidemic after yet another school shooting this week:

AFSCME Local 126 members have ratified their first Union contract with the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA).

AFSCME Local 18 and Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts have reached a tentative agreement.

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.

As National Crime Victims' Rights Week begins, the Coalition of Probation Unions, which includes AFSCME Local 1967 and AFSCME Local 685, called on state and local officials to strengthen and modernize the Los Angeles County Probation Department at a press conference Monday.

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.