Coalition of LA City Unions

Marching and Testifying for a
Better Way

June 10, 2009

Hundreds of City workers marched to City Hall Tuesday to urge City Council to abandon short-sighted plans that would devastate City services and impose pay cuts through furloughs and layoffs, but instead to embrace a Better Way for LA held out by workers.

   • Workers from every union and almost every civilian job joined
     the march.
   • Whole shops and worksites shut down for the day.
   • Workers testified for two hours, filling Council chambers and      overflowing into the halls and onto the western City Hall steps.

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“The timeline is now short, but we believe that we can succeed in finding a Better Way for LA. We can and we must.”
– Dave Bunjac, Principal Storekeeper and President of LA Chapter, LIUNA 777

"You're not just furloughing individuals, you’re furloughing families.”
– Simboa Wright, Wastewater Collections Worker II, SEIU Local 721

“Please don’t furlough my dad.”
– Elijah Wright, 3 years old, Simboa’s son

“We’ve got to get a better budget by working together to save
this City”
– Gerald Harris, Recycling Ambassador