AGREEMENT REACHED IN STRIKERS' CASE CITY WORKERS WILL NOT BE DISCIPLINED.Byline: KERRY CAVANAUGH Staff Writer Twenty city workers who violated vi·o·late tr.v. vi·o·lat·ed, vi·o·lat·ing, vi·o·lates 1. To break or disregard (a law or promise, for example). 2. To assault (a person) sexually. 3. a court order and took part in a recent strike by the Engineers and Architects Association will not be punished, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a settlement Friday between the union and Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Antonio Ramon Villaraigosa (born Antonio (Tony) Ramon Villar, Jr. on January 23, 1953) is the mayor of Los Angeles, California. He is the first Latino mayor of Los Angeles since Cristobal Aguilar in 1872. . As part of the deal, the union agreed that about 200 of its members at the airport, police dispatch center and sewage treatment Sewage treatment Unit processes used to separate, modify, remove, and destroy objectionable, hazardous, and pathogenic substances carried by wastewater in solution or suspension in order to render the water fit and safe for intended uses. plant would be deemed ``essential workers'' in any future strike and would be barred from participating. ``Today's agreement is a fair resolution to a peaceful disagreement between the city and EAA EAA Experimental Aircraft Association EAA European Aluminium Association (Brussels, Belgium) EAA European Acoustics Association EAA Export Administration Act EAA Everglades Agricultural Area EAA European Association of Archaeologists employees -- one which codifies our shared commitment to the health and safety of the people for whom we work,'' Villaraigosa said in a statement. The EAA called the Aug. 22-23 strike to try to pressure the mayor for larger raises for its 7,500 members. The effort ended with no movement on either side. Prior to the strike, City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo Rockard John "Rocky" Delgadillo (born July 15 1960) is the current City Attorney of Los Angeles, California. Career
EAA Executive Director Robert Aquino had said those workers were never served court papers ordering them to work and therefore shouldn't be punished by the court. Nevertheless Delgadillo initiated contempt-of-court proceedings last week, which led to Friday's settlement. Aquino said earlier this week, however, that the EAA still is unhappy with its contract. The City Council voted earlier this month to impose a contract on the EAA that calls for no raise the first year, but subsequent hikes totaling 6.25 percent -- an agreement accepted by the 17,000 other city workers. But EAA members are insulted by the fact there is no raise in the contract's first year. They are seeking parity with Department of Water and Power workers, who received increases of 3.25 percent a year. Aquino has said the two-day strike could be an appetizer to future actions, though he has not said whether that means another strike. He said he intends to speak to the City Council when members return from a two-week break. ``If the city's position stays the same, there will be follow-up events.'' kerry.cavanaugh@dailynews.com (213) 978-0390 |
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