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Summary of 2007-2012 MOU Highlights (PDF format)
2004-2007 MOU Negotiations Information
Librarians 2004-2007 MOU (with salaries) PDF format
Supervisory Librarians 2004-2007 MOU (with salaries) PDF format
MOU RATIFIED
BY MEMBERSHIP VOTE
Results announced at April 22
Membership Meeting
The Election Committee submitted its
report at the membership meeting
at the West Valley Branch on April 22.
The committee was composed of
Lionel Sterne, Bernice Sterne, Doris
Dosser, Judy Donovan, and
Theresa Webster.
The results are:
Total Ballots cast - 183
(Rank and File 123; Supervisory 60)
Rank and File - Yes - 121
No - 1
Abstain- 1
Supervisory - Yes - 59
No - 1
Congratulations on this overwhelming support
of the contract. The next step
is to proceed through the political process:
one hearing at the Personnel
Committee and then approval at a full City
Council meeting.
When these meetings are scheduled we will let
you know so that we can be represented by many
members.
WE HAVE CONTRACT LANGUAGE WE CAN ACCEPT!
Subject: Contract Meeting
Dear Guild Members,
WE HAVE CONTRACT LANGUAGE WE CAN ACCEPT!
After the EERC meeting, the Negotiating Team met today with Susan
Harbach
from the CAO's Office to finalize the contract language.
1. All of the articles previously agreed to are to be honored;
2. There will be no economic emergency letter, (but we must not
shout
it from the rooftops) ;
3. The Guild will drop the impasse and the unfair labor practice
charge;
There will be a SPECIAL CONTRACT MEETING to inform all librarians
of the agreed upon changes, deletions and additions to the contract.
This special contract language MEETING will be FRIDAY, APRIL 7,
at the
Echo Park Branch.
Dinner will be served at 6:30 and the meeting will start at 7:30.
This meeting is open to all librarians, both members and agency fee
payers.
The ratification of the contract is through mail ballots to Guild
members which
will be sent in early April. We hope to have the process
completed so that the results
of the vote can be announced at the April 22nd membership meeting at
West Valley.
The Executive Board and Negotiating Team
Contract SUPPLEMENT...IMPORTANT
The following is supplemental to the M.O.U. information included with
the
ballot that was mailed to members' homes:
ARTICLE 16 PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS AND DUES/AGENCY SHOP
Agency shop now applies to the Supervisory MOU 16, Seniors and
Principal I.
ARTICLE 18 SALARIES
July 1,
2004
0%
July 1,
2005
2%
July 1,
2006
2%
January 1, 2007 2.25%
Salary (Bonus) at second premium level (5.5%) above the appropriate step
rate for 11 Senior Librarians at Central Library Subject Departments
(Art/Music,
Business/Economics, Children's Literature, History-2, InfoNow,
International
Languages, Literature/Fiction, Science/Technology, Social Science,
TeenScape).
GASB (Accounting standards affecting retirement benefits) MS Word format
GASB (Accounting standards affecting retirement benefits) PDF format
Click here for MOU Ratification Cover Letter (MS Word format)
2004-2007 Salaries Unofficial Estimates (MS EXCEL format)
FAQ's Answered (click here for MS Word document)
MOU Petition Signature Sheet (MS Word format)
MOU Petition Campaign Feb 2006 (MS Word format)
City of L.A. Labor MOU's current and recent
City of L.A. Employee Relations Board
SELECTED E-MAIL BROADCASTS RE: MOU
E-MAIL BROADCAST OF MARCH 24, 2006
Subject: EERC MEETING MARCH 28
REMINDER TO ALL WHO CAN ATTEND...
WE NEED YOU IN YOUR GREEN SHIRT IN THE HALLWAY
YOUR ATTENDANCE IS REQUESTED AT THE NEXT EERC
(Executive Employee Relations Committee) TUESDAY, MARCH 28
FROM 7:30a.m. to 8:15a.m. Wear a green Guild shirt or any green
shirt,
or carry a book to greet the Mayor and the City Council members to the
meeting.
The meeting is in City Hall; use the Main Street entrance; wear your ID
badge
for easy entry; go to the third floor towards the rotunda, at the
rotunda take the
hall on the left and continue down to the end, go through the
double-doors on
the right. We will gather there and welcome our elected officials
(E.Garcetti,
W. Gruel, D.Zine, B. Parks, A. Villaraigosa).
This is an IMPORTANT MEETING, so please try to attend. The Guild
will pay
for transportation fees. There is parking on 2nd St. and Los Angeles
St. across
from the New Otani Hotel, near the Little Tokyo branch.
E-MAIL BROADCAST OF MARCH 21, 2006
Subject: EERC MEETING MARCH 28
YOUR ATTENDANCE IS REQUESTED AT THE NEXT EERC
(Executive Employee Relations Committee) TUESDAY, MARCH 28
FROM 7:30a.m. to 8:15a.m. Wear a green Guild shirt or any green
shirt,
or carry a book to greet the Mayor and the City Council members to the
meeting.
The meeting is in City Hall; use the Main Street entrance; wear your ID
badge
for easy entry; go to the third floor towards the rotunda, at the
rotunda take the
hall on the left and continue down to the end, go through the
double-doors on
the right. We will gather there and welcome our elected officials
(E.Garcetti,
W. Gruel, D.Zine, B. Parks, A. Villaraigosa).
This is an IMPORTANT MEETING, so please try to attend. The Guild
will pay
for transportation fees. There is parking on 2nd St. and Los Angeles
St. across
from the New Otani Hotel, near the Little Tokyo branch.
E-MAIL BROADCAST OF MARCH 2, 2006
Subject: IMPORTANT NOTICE
IMPORTANT NOTICE TO MEMBERS….MOU UPDATE AND
MEETING ANNOUNCEMENTS
PLEASE SHARE WITH ALL LIBRARIANS IN YOUR AGENCY
1. The February and March membership meetings will be rescheduled.
2. The ‘LETTER OF SUPPORT SIGNATURE GATHERING' will
CONTINUE THIS WEEKEND and for the following weeks. The locations
are Central Library and Edendale (Sat. 1-5); Hollywood Farmers Market
(Sun. 8-12), and Larchmont Farmers Market (Sun. 9-1). If you are
near a city
council or mayoral field office or fire station or any city office take
the petitions
on your lunch break and get signatures. Remember the City
Librarian does not
allow us to be on library property while gathering signatures.
Sat: Central Library coordinator will be Sue Oppenheimer, Playa Vista.
Sat: Edendale coordinator will be Judy Donovan, Edendale.
Sun: Hollywood Farmers Market coordinator will be Shirley Matulich,
Pio Pico/Koreatown, 213-385-7079 - home.
Sun: Larchmont Farmers Market coordinator will be Verdel Flores,
Mar Vista, 323-251-8384 - home.
Please call if you can help. WE CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOU.
3. MOU UPDATE – A new action was taken recently which is the
FILING OF AN UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICE charge against the City.
There is case law on our side of this and if the hearing officer does
find in our
favor, the City will have to comply. The hearing date has not
been set yet, for
this, but the scheduling process and preliminary meetings have already
begun.
In addition the hearing on the ‘IMPASSE’ of the negotiations will take
place on
April 3. A fact-finder will hear our case and make a decision
within approximately
thirty days after the hearing.
AFSCME’s Willie Pelote will be setting up council visits soon so we can
give them
our petitions.
4. We have collection almost 2500 SIGNATURES. Bring your
completed petitions
to the Adult Order Meeting, or give them to your Senior, to give to Roy
during break.
5. The PROFESSIONAL CONCERNS meeting scheduled for Sunday, March 5 is
CANCELLED; please watch for a new date.
E-MAIL BROADCAST OF FEBRUARY 23, 2006
Subject: Urgent Notice
Members,
The membership meeting scheduled for Saturday, February 25 at Westwood
at
7:30 is postponed.
Petition signature gathering for this weekend is also postponed.
Continue to check your email for future updates.
Please print, post and distribute to all librarians in your agency.
E-MAIL BROADCAST OF FEBRUARY 15, 2006
Subject: Gathering Signatures in Support of Librarians
Calling all librarians, spouses, library school students, interns,
friends and family....
WE NEED HELP IN SETTLING OUR CONTRACT
We have been gathering signatures on a petition of support for our
fight. It's time to go to the public for help!
For the next several weeks we will be gathering signatures outside
various branches.
The more people we have gathering signatures the more signatures we'll
collect.
At this point it's necessary to show the Mayor and the Council how much
support we have!
This activity is one of the actions that needs to be taken so that no
opportunity is missed in our efforts to obtain a secure contract.
This weekend we will be at 7 branches (one per region). If you
are
available for any of the 3 shifts please contact the coordinator to let
them know you'll be joining them.
Locations and coordinators….
Saturday 1 p.m.-5 p.m.
Central
Library
Robert Thornhill (Central-Science)
Billie Connor-Dominguez
(Central Business/Science)
Central Southern Wilmington Branch
Theresa Webster (Wilmington)
Corinda Humphrey (J. Serra)
East Valley
Sherman Oaks Branch Verdel
Flores(Mar Vista)
Hollywood
Hollywood
Branch Shirley Matulich
(Pio Pico)
Adele
Wallace (J.C.Fremont)
Northeast
Echo Park
Branch Ivan
Corpeno-Chavez
(Lincoln Heights)
West Valley
Granada Hills Branch Angelica
Gracia (Pacoima)
Western Area
West L.A. Branch Roberta Frye
(Westchester/Loyola Village)
Sunday 8:30 a.m.- 12:30p.m.
Hollywood Farmer's
Market
Shirley Matulich(Pio Pico)
Adele Wallace(J.C.Fremont)
Sunday 11:30 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Larchmont Farmer's
Market
Verdel Flores (Mar Vista)
Sunday 1 p.m.- 5 p.m.
Central
Library
Robert Thornhill (Central
Business)
Billie
Connor-Dominguez
(Central- Business/Science)
E-MAIL BROADCAST #2 OF JANUARY 23, 2006
Subject: guild UPDATE the attached
if you prefer an attachment, which is nicer to look at, here is the
LIRARIANS' GUILD UPDATE as a word document.
[see UPDATE page on web site]
E-MAIL BROADCAST OF JANUARY 23, 2006
Subject: Update BY EMAIL
LIBRARIANS' GUILD UPDATE...THE EMAIL
Prepared by Roy Stone and Verdel Flores
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MOU…Contract…Impasse….Patience…..Petitions
The current information remains that the Guild’s efforts
to resolve and settle the contract were rejected by Mayor
Villaraigosa, and the EERC members who voted against us.
Librarians are asked to continue the signature petition
drive i.e., obtaining community support for our position. A
Fact-Finder has been selected by the Guild and the City to
handle the impasse that was filed against the City and he
and the lawyer will be selecting dates for the hearing.
There will be a hearing of one or two days and then about
thirty days for the Fact -Finder to make and give his
decision. We will also be working on lobbying the City
Council. There will be an end to this process …
eventually. Your petitions and community contacts are
extremely important at this point to make the conclusion
favorable for you.
E-MAIL BROADCAST OF JANUARY 16, 2006
Subject: Contract Update
Guild Contract Update
Background: The Guild and the City negotiated the contract for a
year
and a half, and got to the end of the negotiations. The City demanded
that
the Guild agree to a letter that allows the City to reopen negotiations
on
all financial issues if the City Council and Mayor declare an economic
emergency. The letter further states, if agreement is not reached
after 90 days of negotiations the City Council would then determine the
settlement. Every financial aspect of our contract would no
longer be secure.
This very anti-worker concept was started during the term of Mayor
Hahn, and is being continued by our ‘labor mayor’ Villaraigosa.
We lobbied and met with several City Council members over the past
several months, but in the end the Guild chose to go to impasse on the
negotiations. A fact-finder will hear both sides of the issue
and make a decision
that then goes to the Employee Relations Board.
The holidays slowed the official process but we are now moving forward.
The fact-finder has been selected and is in the process of selecting
hearing dates.
The unofficial process has also continued with lobbying and discussions
with various City Council members. We will be distributing the
petitions to
City Council within the next few weeks.
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