BLUE FLU SCRAMBLES ROSTER SOME LOCAL SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES FILLING IN.Byline: Greg Botonis Staff Writer LANCASTER - Some sheriff's deputies from Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley stations were sent Tuesday to stations elsewhere in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County where staffing has been seriously affected by a sickout sick·out n. An organized job action in which employees absent themselves from work on the pretext of illness. that started more than two weeks ago, officials said. A half-dozen deputies usually assigned to Palmdale and Lancaster were sent to the Lennox and East Los Angeles East Los Angeles, uninc. city (1990 pop. 126,379), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a residential suburb of Los Angeles, in an industrial area. It has a large Mexican-American population. There is a performing arts center and a cultural center. A junior college is there. stations, hard hit by deputies calling in sick to protest delays in contract negotiations. ``It's kind of a mutual-aid thing to make sure their stations have a full force of deputies,'' said Deputy Dave Miklos of the Palmdale sheriff's station. ``We still have a full force up here, though.'' Some off-duty Antelope Valley deputies were called in on overtime to fill in for those sent to other stations. Palmdale and Lancaster officials were unsure if some of their deputies would need to be sent to other stations again today. The job action began Sept. 22 in courthouses. For two weeks, the sickout was limited to deputies working in jails and courthouses. The Lancaster courthouse was among those affected Friday. On Tuesday morning, however, nearly 100 deputies called in sick at the Lennox, Century, Carson, Compton, Industry and East Los Angeles patrol stations. Also on Tuesday, courts in Pomona, El Monte El Monte (ĕl mŏn`tē), city (1990 pop. 106,209), Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1912. A residential, industrial, and commercial city in the San Gabriel Valley, El Monte manufactures furniture, electronic equipment, semiconductors, and West Covina West Covina, city (1990 pop. 96,086), Los Angeles co., S Calif., in the San Gabriel valley; settled 1905, inc. 1923. Before World War II, West Covina was a small rural community where walnuts, wheat, and livestock were raised. were shut down because 46 of their 74 deputies called in sick, sheriff's officials said. A judge issued a restraining order restraining order: see injunction. last Wednesday barring union leaders from encouraging deputies to call in sick. Most deputies had been presented with copies of the order as of Tuesday, officials said. Calling it a grass-roots action, union leaders say they have not endorsed or instigated the sickout. Union officials said they have asked for a 3 percent merit raise and a 3 percent cost-of-living increase for each of the next three years - or 18 percent total - plus money to offset increases in health-care premiums and co-payments. Sanctions against deputies who call in sick but cannot prove they are sick may be imposed upon their return to work, officials said. |
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