By James Nash, Bloomberg
When Eric Garcetti takes office as mayor of Los Angeles next month, one of his first tasks will be to lead contract negotiations with unions for more than 29,000 city employees that spent more than $2.7 million trying to defeat him.
By Jessica M. Karmasek, legalnewsline.com
The California Supreme Court ruled last month that a union, representing all Los Angeles County employees, is entitled to obtain the home addresses and phone numbers of all represented employees, including those who have not joined the union.
By Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times
Labor gambled and lost.
Wendy Greuel drove away much of her own base.
By Jim E. Winburn, vvdailypress.com
Dr Pepper Snapple Group employees at the Southern California Logistics Airport voted against union representation last week, according to the Los Angeles regional office for the National Labor Relations Board.
By Adrian Florido, kalw.org
As head of the 800,000-member Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, Maria Elena Durazo is one of the nation’s most powerful union leaders, and a key player in the ongoing immigration reform negotiations. But before her current post, she led a hotel workers’ union.
By Rick Berman, The Daily Caller If undue influence in politics piques your interest, then
