All They Want for Christmas Is Affordable Healthcare

We are sharing this from AFSCME District Council 36:

LA City Housing Authority Employees Unite to Fight for Fair Contract

Local 143 (Housing Authority of the City of LA) members have been actively mobilizing to secure a fair contract with affordable and adequate medical coverage. But so far, Management has turned a blind eye to them, threatening to impose severe cuts to health plans that would mean a huge dent in the workers’ pocketbooks to get the same medical coverage that they had before.

Undeterred, the Local is holding a series of unity demonstrations at worksites from the Valley to South LA, including wearing AFSCME green on selected days. Dozens of workers also packed a HACLA hearing in mid-November, where they shared powerful stories of their dedication day in, day out to shelter residents in need. Some also noted the irony of HACLA’s mission to assist the needy, even as the agency is pushing their own workers into financial despair.

HACLA has responded by declaring an impasse in negotiations and is trying to impose the cutbacks on the workers before Jan. 1st. In an apparent case of bad faith bargaining, Management has openly declared that further negotiations would only be “futile.”

The Union has since filed charges to assure that bargaining continues – for as long as it takes to reach a settlement. 

Published December 19th, 2016

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