Volunteer Organizing Committee In Action

Members of the D-4 Organizing Committee and their kids helped serve popcorn, cotton-candy and snow-cones at the 12th Annual IBEW Local 11, Picnic. All of the items were provided free of charge. The organizing committee booth was well received. Over 1000 snow-cones were given out, 700 cotton-candy and 500 bags of popcorn. The event featured a barbeque, games, raffles, bingo, face-painting and more. Two attractions were added this year, a mechanical bull-ride and a king-of-the-mountain jumper. The weather was perfect for a family picnic.

Mayor Addresses Solar Volunteers

Los Angeles Mayor, Antonio Villaraigosa joined community volunteers for a rally Saturday to support Measure B, the green jobs, solar energy initiative. Environmentalists, labor and community groups combed the streets of Los Angeles speaking with voters about clean air and good jobs for local residents. While Measure B has broad based community support, it is strongly opposed by big oil and other right-wing republican groups. 

Union Workers Support Obama

Union volunteers in San Fernando made good use of their free cell phone minutes. Members from several unions gladly gave up their weekend and logged over 6,000 calls to voters in key swing states for Obama. With just two days to go until Super Tuesday, the wind seems to be at our backs. You can feel the momentum with every call. This is by far the best ran campaign ever. We will not rest until the last union vote is cast.

Annual Union Picnic

The IBEW Local 11, 10^th Annual Local-Wide Picnic took place at the LA Police Revolver and Athletic Club on Saturday September 27^th. This family event includes games, food, prizes, Bingo, rock climbing, horse-shoe tournament, etc. The weather was great! Two In-And-Out Burger trucks providing free hamburgers to all that attended. Organizing committee volunteers served free cotton-candy to over 500 people.

2 Million Dollars Recovered for Workers

The Los Angeles Unified School District Work Preservation Group announced $2,000,000.00 in back wages were collected so far this year for workers and $800,000.00 in penalties were paid by contractors who cheated their employees. Over 465 cases were closed and an additional 400 cases are still pending. The Joint Compliance Monitoring Program allows volunteers access to prevailing wage school projects for the purpose of conducting compliance interviews. The district provides identification badges to authorized persons for activities related to the enforcement of the payment of prevailing wage rates. Representatives of the LA/OC Building & Construction Trade Council, Dept. of Labor Standards Enforcement, and Labor Compliance Dept. acknowledged the hard work of the union volunteers. Several unions have participated in the program over the years including the electricians, laborers, carpenters, painters and ironworkers.

EWMC Community Day

Here is a video showing work performed by EWMC volunteers in the San Fernando Valley. Members came from all over the country to participate in the EWMC Conference in Los Angeles. Thursday was designated as Community Day. With some 160 participants performing gardening, clean up, painting and other work to help kids.