More than 1,000 outraged residents, religious leaders and city workers descend on Bunker Hill financial district and city hall and declared “LA is not Wall Street’s ATM.” They urged city leaders to restore vital city services and middle-class jobs.
The LA County Regional Council Summit inspired us. Maybe it was that spectacular view high in the foot hills of Los Angeles at the Mount St. Mary’s campus? Or maybe it was the action pack day? Whatever it was the members of LA County took a moment to pause, strategize and commit themselves to Fix LA.
This year’s annual member assembly and picnic served to celebrate the successful efforts of all our hard working families across southern California.
The Fix LA coalition–with the backing of SEIU 721 members and LA City Traffic Officers–blanketed the City Hall area Thursday to feed parking meters and place faux tickets on cars, then traveled to Bunker Hill deliver a giant parking violation to Bank of New York Mellon, which takes in $5 million a year in taxpayer money as a result of a bad bank deal.
Their message: Get back taxpayer money from Wall Street so we can use it to restore city services such as street repair, removal of abandoned cars, alleyway clean-up, and traffic control.
Today SEIU 721 and our partners in the Fix LA coalition scored a huge victory: the Los Angeles City Council voted 14-0 Wednesday to hold big banks accountable and bring millions of dollars back to our streets instead of Wall Street! The measure, sponsored by Councilmembers Paul Koretz, Gil Cedillo … Read More
On August 5, the coalition of LA City Unions and Fix LA Partners sponsored a “Kids Swim Free” event at Exposition Park to expose Wall Street giveaways and unnecessary budget cuts in human and neighborhood services. The free access to the pool was paid for by donations from City workers and clergy.
On July 1, hundreds of SEIU Local 721 members, community leaders, taxpayers, city workers and clergy marched from Bunker Hill’s Financial District to City Hall to demand that city leaders hold Wall Street accountable.
On July 1, SEIU Local 721 members will march alongside community leaders, taxpayers, city workers, and clergy to tell Mayor Garcetti and the LA City Council to stand up to Wall Street and recover the resources we need to save middle-class public sector jobs and restore vital neighborhood services.
The meeting started sharply at 5.00 p.m. with the introduction of 14 Steward Members from various departments such as Public Works, LAPD, LAWA and others.