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CAPE Endorsed Hilda Solis In First District, Third District Drawing A Crowd of Candidates

West Hollywood City Councilman John Duran, former LA City Controller Wendy Gruel, former State Senator Sheila Kuehl and former Santa Monica Mayor Bobby Shriver are all reportedly interested in running for the Los Angeles County Board of...

2013 was a tough year by any measure. Your CAPE Board of Directors and staff had an overly full plate starting on January 1, and more was added as each month passed.

Back to back salary and fringe benefit contract negotiations drew most of our attention and efforts. The extraordinary efforts of CAPE staff and our bargaining teams kept our efforts...

December 5, 2013

The Coalition of County Unions -- CCU - leaders announced a tentative agreement on a new Fringe Benefit Contract with County management on December 5, 2013.  The new agreement arrives after months of stalled negotiations that followed the County's eleventh hour demand for changes to County Retiree Health...

New Pension Reform Ballot Initiative Aims for November 2014 Ballot By Tim Yaryan, CAPE Legislative Counsel and Advocate

One of the biggest issues facing CAPE members in the next year may be a proposed ballot measure about public employee pensions which is sponsored by San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed.  You may remember Mayor Reed as...

Retro-active pay increase of 2% to be implemented following approval by County Board of Supervisors – November 14, 2013

All six of CAPE's Los Angeles County bargaining units have overwhelmingly ratified the tentative salary contract agreement that provides for a 6% total across-the-board cost-of-living-adjustment pay increase for...

L.A. County Refuses to Cover Cost of Health Care Inflation Unless Labor Agrees to Plan That Will Bankrupt Retirees – November 7, 2013

On Friday, Nov. 1, the Coalition of County Unions (CCU), SEIU Local 721, and the 800,000-member Los Angeles County Federation of Labor publicly announced a unified front to protect affordable...

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