The union representing Los Alamitos City Staff officially changed hands last week at Los Al’s monthly city council meeting.
Teamsters Local 911 was officially named the union representative for approximately 19 Los Al city employees on March 21 following a unanimous 5-0 vote to decertify City Employee Association (CEA), which is Los Al employees’ former representation.
Although this formal change occurred last week, a few councilmembers believed the organization held that role already.
“I thought Teamsters was representing them all along,” said Los Alamitos Councilmember Dean Grose. While the decertification was up for discussion, both Grose and councilmember Troy Edgar expressed they’ve only dealt with a Teamster representative on any union issue in the past, which is why the official change surprised them.
The source of the confusion during the meeting stemmed from the old union representation.
For over the past couple years, Teamsters Local 911 was representing Los Al’s now former union CEA on a consulting basis, explained Jason Al-Imam, Los Al’s Administrative Services Director, at the meeting.
On Feb. 18, CEA submitted a Decertification Petition to no longer represent Los Al City workers. That began the process for the change and Los Al’s City Council authorized the petition last week, which made it official.
The change looks to be a good fit as city staff expressed employees already had a working relationship with union leaders.
Teamsters will now be in charge of representing city employees for purposes of wages, hours, and terms and conditions of employment.
The positions now represented by Teamsters are: Accountant, Assistant Planner, Associate Planner, Building Official, Code Enforcement Office, Department Secretary, Finance Assistant, Maintenance Foreman, Maintenance Worker, Master Mechanic, Mechanic, Planning Aide, Receptionist, Records Clerk, Records Specialist, Recreation Coordinator, Secretary, Senior Finance Assistant, Senior Maintenance Worker.
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