Strike two?Strike Two?: The head of the Engineers and Architects Association union that struck the city Aug. 22-23 has asked the 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 Federation of Labor for its blessing in authorizing a second strike. Robert Aquino, the executive director of the union, told a Labor Day Labor Day, holiday celebrated in the United States and Canada on the first Monday in September to honor the laborer. It was inaugurated by the Knights of Labor in 1882 and made a national holiday by the U.S. Congress in 1894. gathering that he intended to seek the backing of the federation. During the strike, Aquino, who did not seek the federation's sanction before the strike in August, said he did not seek an endorsement because 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. , a former union organizer, controlled the federation, a remark Aquino later apologized for. The union represents 7,500 city employees and has been without a contract for more than two years. 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 has been holding out for raises comparable to what were granted to Department of Water and Power employees under the former administration. |
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