Los Angeles City unions today will assert a dramatic new approach to collective bargaining that goes beyond labor contracts to include collaborating with community organizations in a drive to "Fix LA." In addition to bargaining for their members on wages, hours, and working conditions, the new alliance will seek to bargain over the root causes of inequality and lack of a serious community voice in meeting neighborhood needs.
Call it a Labor-Neighbor alliance.
Published on July 30, 2014 09:08