tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post110670377285089298..comments2024-01-13T00:27:20.813-08:00Comments on Mayor Sam's Sister City - Home of Los Angeles Politics: New Blog on the BlockMayor Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16280670018437708708noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1107799509506613512005-02-07T10:05:00.000-08:002005-02-07T10:05:00.000-08:00I read the editorial you posted against my organiz...I read the editorial you posted against my organization (Engineers & Architects Association / IUPA Local 8000, AFL-CIO) with great interest. Unlike the 2 or 3 uninvolved idiots that you based your whole report on, I am a Sr. Rep volunteer and have been greatly involved with my unions activities. One of the reasons that the members overwhelmingly supported the direction EAA is taking is because EAA is the only representative body that is acting as a true union should, unlike most of the other city unions. Their officials are so busy taking care of themselves with Jim Hahn that they don’t have any time left to take care of their members. You also failed to mention that there have been 2 union wide elections conducting by independent agencies like the FMCS where the little group of idiots you spoke to were able to garner .275% of the vote. We, who are involved in EAA, rely on our annual elections to settle issues that you presume to pontificate over without any factual information. You mentioned SEIU 347 and you called it a re-organization attempt when it was a blatant raid that the citys employee relations board already ruled was facilitated by city management. God, are we lucky we didn’t end up with that organization selling us out the same way they do their own members. The attack you’ve posted on your website does not surprise me or any of my fellow Sr. Rep’s and unit council members. We already know, first hand, that the city’s management doesn’t like us, but then why would they when our union is the only one that stands up for its membership and won’t sell out to the mayor. <br /><br />Worker BeeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1106765818943528482005-01-26T10:56:00.000-08:002005-01-26T10:56:00.000-08:00EAA is a member of the National Union of Police Of...EAA is a member of the National Union of Police Officers (NUPO). So is the PPL. What would be the response of the PPL if a fellow member (EAA) were to engage in a job action? How would they deal with a picket line thrown up by EAA?<br /><br />P.S. EAA is the only local in NUPO which is not made up of sworn officers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-1106765291293803112005-01-26T10:48:00.000-08:002005-01-26T10:48:00.000-08:00EAA is affiliated with the National Union of Polic...EAA is affiliated with the National Union of Police Officers (NUPO). So is the PPL. Can the PPL belong to a union that also represents non-sworn officers? And what if EAA workers institute a job action? How will a brother union (PPL) respond to a picket line of fellow NUPO members?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com