DISPUTE ESCALATES FOR UNION EAA ALLEGES SPYING BEFORE PROTEST AT LAX LAST WEEKEND.Byline: Beth Barrett Staff Writer A labor dispute between the city and one of its unions escalated Thursday with new allegations of unfair labor practices Conduct prohibited by federal law regulating relations between employers, employees, and labor organizations. Before 1935 U.S. labor unions received little protection from the law. , including possible spying at a union gathering last month. The 8,000-member Engineer and Architects Association, which has threatened to strike if the city doesn't boost its contract offer, said it also anticipates filing an unfair employee relations claim today over overtime rules at the Fire Department's information systems division. The allegations are the latest in the battle between the city and the union, which represents workers in various agencies, including airports and harbors. The 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 is seeking a contract similar to that granted to Department of Water and Power workers, which includes a 16 percent salary boost over five years with an escalator clause A stipulation contained in a union contract stating that wages will be raised or lowered, based upon an external standard such as the cost of living index. A term, ordinarily in a contract or lease, that provides for an increase in the money to be paid under certain conditions. that could increase it to 30 percent. But 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. has said the city cannot afford that for the EAA and instead has offered a three-year, 6.25 percent increase with some ``special compensation adjustments.'' The union held a protest over Thanksgiving weekend at Los Angeles International Airport “LAX” redirects here. For other uses, see LAX (disambiguation). “KLAX” redirects here. For other uses, see KLAX (disambiguation). Los Angeles International Airport (IATA: LAX, ICAO: KLAX, FAA LID: LAX and the union's executive director, Robert Aquino, said Thursday that talks with the city have bogged down and that the union's patience is waning. Officials with Los Angeles World Airports Los Angeles World Airports or LAWA is the airport oversight and operations department for the city of Los Angeles, California. This department owns and operates Los Angeles International Airport, LA/Ontario International Airport, Palmdale Regional Airport, and Van said the union's complaint that airport police Officer Larry Henderson Larry Henderson (born 1917 in Montreal - died November 27, 2006 in London, Ontario) was the first regular newsreader on the CBC Television's The National News, later rebranded as The National, from 1954 to 1959. misrepresented himself as an EAA member at a gathering at the union's offices prior to the LAX protest has been referred to acting airport police chief Brian Walker. Henderson did not return calls seeking comment, and it couldn't be determined Thursday whether he was acting on his own or at the direction of supervisors. Airports spokesman Paul Haney said he could not comment on the pending investigation. Aquino also charged the fire division with changing how vacations and sick time are approved, as well as how overtime is paid in the event of a work action, which the union interprets to include union protests. ``They are simply trying to use public funds See Fund, 3. See also: Public to try to keep EAA members from participating in their own events, a protected activity,'' he said. A Fire Department spokesman did not comment directly on the claim Thursday, but said Chief William Bamattre has emphasized that city services not be interrupted if there is a strike. The union's attorney, Adam Stern, said even if the move was intended only to address strike conditions, work rules can't be changed unilaterally. Beth Barrett, (818) 713-3731 beth.barrett(at)dailynews.com |
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