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"It is clear that what we are facing is the need for more good jobs, for an economic rebound," said Maria Elena-Durazo, secretary-treasurer of the Los Angeles County Federation hotels on bourbon street new orleans louisiana of Labor, AFL-CIO, the umbrella group representing some 800,000 workers.
"We need to have a better economy to create the jobs we need if we are to come back as a city, as a nation," Durazo said, echoing comments made not only by people in the labor movement, but from the business and political realm as well.
And on the political front, the union's greatest strength is being challenged with Proposition 32, which would ban paycheck deductions and contributions to any politician who decides a contract under their control.
"It seems like it's a seven-year itch (in trying to limit unions' political power), but there has never been anything like this," Durazo said. "This is not even a slippery slope, this is a complete wiping out of the unions. It is undemocratic because it would eliminate the collective voice of men and women who work every day."
One of the biggest fights hotels on bourbon street new orleans louisiana facing labor this year is over pension reform. hotels on bourbon street new orleans louisiana Lowering the cost of pension systems is a top priority of the business community, said Gary Toebben, president of the Los Angeles Area Chamber hotels on bourbon street new orleans louisiana of Commerce.
"The Chamber has presented a proposal that would begin to address the unfunded liabilities of the existing pension plans," Toebben said. "This proposal would begin to reign in the city's growing obligations and leave more money in the budget for city services like police, fire, parks and libraries."
"So, they had to answer if the best way forward is to stay the same and hope for improvements or to make a change to recognize they have a new set of challenges. If you are a union, you have to rethink what you have been doing."
"There is pressure there," he said. "There is a lot less work out there for union members and many people are simply out of work. From a political perspective, those unions don't have the same protections as public unions. And, public unions, more and more are seeing their contracts decided by the voters."
"We recognize that some of it is real in terms of financial pressure and governments everywhere are feeling the pressure," Koffroth said. "While funding pensions is a fiscal problem, I am not sure it is as much of a problem as it is hyped up to be In terms of unfunded liability."
"I also think we need to do a better job in communicating," he said. "The average pension for a worker is $30,000 hotels on bourbon street new orleans louisiana a year and most don't get Social Security. The complaints we see in public are about the high pensions, but those mostly go to executives. The average worker doesn't get that."
"Politics is what labor does best and it has paid off," Wong added. "Even with what the state and city have been doing, labor maintains good relations with Gov. Brown and Mayor Villaraigosa. hotels on bourbon street new orleans louisiana They are better off having a Gov. Brown in Sacramento rather than a Gov. (Arnold) Schwarzenegger."
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