COMBATING JOBS' FLIGHT SOUTH : CITY, UNION PRESSURE PRICE PFISTER.Byline: Deborah Deborah (dĕb`ōrə), in the Bible, prophetess and judge of Israel, the only woman to hold that office. Under her guidance Barak conquered Sisera and delivered Israel from the oppression of the Canaanite King Jabin. Adamson “Adamson” redirects here. For other uses, see Adamson (disambiguation).
The Adamson was an English car manufactured in Enfield, Middlesex, from 1912 to 1925. Daily News Staff Writer 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. City officials and union leaders separately have launched a full-scale assault to stop more Price Pfister Price Pfister is an American manufacturer of faucets and other plumbing products since 1915. It is known most by its odd name, and its advertisements which make note of its "pfaucet with a pfunny name". jobs from leaving the area. They have used a carrot and stick Carrot and stick (also spelled "carrot-and-stick")[1] is an idiom used to refer to the act of rewarding good behavior and punishing bad behavior. The carrot represents the edible reward, while the stick refers to a punishing switch. approach toward the faucet maker: an incentive package of loans, tax credits and other sweeteners, combined with demonstrations at the company's Pacoima plant. ``We have tools in our arsenal and we can have some impact,'' said Rocky Delgadillo Rockard John "Rocky" Delgadillo (born July 15 1960) is the current City Attorney of Los Angeles, California. Career
On Thursday, hundreds of Price Pfister workers, union leaders and community activists marched outside the Paxton Street plant and delivered a list of demands, including an end to layoffs, extended health benefits and job training funds. Local union negotiators also are asking that management provide pensions for employees who are within one year of qualifying for the plan. Price Pfister executives did not return calls for comment. But city officials and union leaders have described management's attitude in negotiations as ``cooperative,'' ``receptive'' and ``civil.'' The fight focuses on the flight of an estimated 500 assembly, polishing and packaging jobs to Price Pfister's plant in Mexicali, Mexico. The company already started transferring these jobs earlier this year. It has said its costs have been driven up by environmental laws reducing the use of lead. Now Price Pfister is considering moving its remaining operations out of the area, taking an additional 900 jobs. The city's incentive package includes many benefits given to enterprise zone firms that invest in and create jobs within distressed areas. Price Pfister is in the Northeast Valley Enterprise Zone. The incentives include: A hiring tax credit of $3.25 an hour for every employee living in the enterprise zone. It lasts for five years, declining each year and disappearing in the last year. Employers can save up to $19,000 per worker. A state sales tax sales tax, levy on the sale of goods or services, generally calculated as a percentage of the selling price, and sometimes called a purchase tax. It is usually collected in the form of an extra charge by the retailer, who remits the tax to the government. credit for new equipment. A 50 percent refund TO REFUND. To pay back by the party who has received it, to the party who has paid it, money which ought not to have been paid. 2. On a deficiency of assets, executors and administrators cum testamento annexo, are entitled to have refunded to them legacies for federal job training costs, providing trainees are hired by the company. Typical savings are $2,500 per employee hired. Up to $10 million in industrial development bonds to finance corporate needs. The interest rate is assessed below the prime or bank lending rate. Loans with prime-or-below interest rates from the Community Development Bank, the Los Angeles Local Development Corp. and other entities. A 25 percent discount on electric rates from the Department of Water and Power also was thrown into the deal, but with current rules, Price Pfister would not qualify. To get the rate break, the company must be new, or use at least 50 percent more power in a corporate expansion. But Councilman Richard Alarcon, who represents the Pacoima area, is not counting out an effort to modify or expand the terms of the incentive package if Price Pfister retains or create more local jobs. ``I'm not willing to extend credits, discounts and benefits to a company unless I know it will retain or expand its job base or opportunities,'' he said. However, Alarcon remains optimistic op·ti·mist n. 1. One who usually expects a favorable outcome. 2. A believer in philosophical optimism. op about the city's efforts. ``Yogi Berra Noun 1. Yogi Berra - United States baseball player (born 1925) Berra, Lawrence Peter Berra, Yogi said it best: `It ain't over till it's over,' '' he said. ``We're not going to give up.'' CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: (Color) Employees of the Price Pfister plant in Paco ima protest against news that the firm plans to move operations to Mexico. Workers at the plant receive support from passing truckers during the rally. Gus Ruelas/Daily News |
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