COURT CLERKS' STRIKE SLOWS PROCEEDINGS.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Nearly 75 percent of 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's Superior Court clerks A court clerk, in British English clerk to the court or in American English clerk of the court is an officer of the court whose responsibilities include maintaining the records of a court. Another duty is to swear in witnesses, jurors, and grand jurors. stayed off the job Thursday, the second day of a strike over stalled negotiations with the county over a pay raise. All courts remained opened, but the walkout is having a ``significant effect on court operations,'' said spokeswoman Juanita Blankenship. Of 353 Superior Court clerks scheduled to work, only 84 showed up, she added. Picketing picketing, act of patrolling a place of work affected by a strike in order to discourage its patronage, to make public the workers' grievances, and in some cases to prevent strikebreakers from taking the strikers' jobs. Picketing may be by individuals or by groups. Superior Court clerks were joined by Municipal Court clerks outside the county's courthouses. The clerks, who have not had a raise since 1991, are asking for a 20 percent pay hike over the next three years. The county is offering 10 percent. The clerks' absence has hobbled the court system in the nation's most populous pop·u·lous adj. Containing many people or inhabitants; having a large population. [Middle English, from Latin popul county. Court managers and judges filled in where they could, but there is a definite slowdown, officials said. About 48 percent, or 72 out of 150 Municipal Court clerks were absent Thursday, said Municipal Court spokesman Rob Quist said. |
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