Mayor/City management at it again

The Mini Mayor and City management are again trying to steal your civil service protection and eliminate your seniority as the key criteria in layoff situations or temporary lay-off situations (work furloughs). They tried this back on May 8th but it failed. Make no mistake they are doing everything in their powers to force it through this time around. They've gone back to the drawing board and have modified the wording in Civil Service rule 8.7 again. Thieves one, thieves all.
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BOARD OF CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSIONERS

REGULAR MEETING

THURSDAY - MAY 22, 2008, 10:00 A.M. (TODAY)
ROOM 350, PERSONNEL BUILDING
700 EAST TEMPLE STREET
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90012

Item #7. REVISION TO CIVIL SERVICE RULE 8.7

The General Manager recommends that the Board give 21 days notice of intention to amend Section 8.7 of the Civil Service Rules as follows (additions in red, deletions in blue):

Section 8.7. If work is temporarily interrupted due to a financial emergency as declared by the City or due to if because of inclement weather or other unforeseen reason, work is temporarily interrupted, it is not necessary that layoff seniority order be followed in assigning employees. The interruption of work must be known to be temporary, the appointing authority must act in good faith, and an employee must not be deprived of his/her rights or gain an advantage with respect to his/her employment in the classified civil service.

File No. 52254

COMMISSION ACTION:
(On May 8, 2008, the motion to give 21 days’ notice of intention to amend Rule 8.7 failed by a 2-2 vote.)
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Good faith? Do you really expect that from this management team?

In ITA, this will impact from ISM II level down. So if you aren't on the "friends of Randi" list, odds are no matter how many years of service you have in your civil service class or with the City, temporary lay-offs (work furloughs) will be imposed on those she and the AGM's see fit.

For example an ISM with 15 years of seniority could be furloughed while a newly appointed ISM would not be impacted.

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Thanks to Rumblings favorite buccaneer for the great image of Mayor Bonaparte.

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The Civil Service Commission voted on 5/22, 4-1, to approve posting the 21 day notice of intent to change the wording of Civil Service Rule 8.7.

The employee unions have already engaged legal counsel on this.