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Measure A: Public safety labor disputes

Los Angeles County Charter Amendment Reiterating Good Faith Negotiation Obligations and Establishing Impartial Binding Arbitration for Certified Public Safety Employee Disputes

County Charter Amendment. A change to the LA County Charter, the county's basic set of rules.

In plain English

Measure A would change the LA County Charter. It bans strikes by covered public safety workers, such as firefighters and lifeguards. Those who willfully join an illegal strike could face discipline, up to firing. If good-faith talks on pay, hours, or conditions fail, a three-member panel would decide. On each open issue, the panel picks one side's final offer. The panel weighs factors such as cost of living and the County's finances. The decision stays private for 30 days, or longer if both agree. Any agreements the sides reach in that time are added to it. After that, the decision becomes public and binding. No Board of Supervisors or voter approval is needed or allowed. The County and the union would share arbitration costs equally.

What your vote means

The County materials we have do not include an official "A Yes vote means / A No vote means" statement for this measure. The official ballot label below is the exact question on your ballot.

Official ballot label

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LOS ANGELES COUNTY CHARTER AMENDMENT REITERATING GOOD FAITH NEGOTIATION OBLIGATIONS AND ESTABLISHING IMPARTIAL BINDING ARBITRATION FOR CERTIFIED PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYEE DISPUTES Shall the measure amending the Los Angeles County Charter to prohibit strikes by district attorney investigators, medical examiners, and lifeguards; their supervisors; and nonadministrative civilian employees working in the Fire Department, Sheriff's Department, and the Department of Medical Examiner, reiterate existing legal obligations for good faith negotiations, and establish an impartial binding arbitration process for resolving labor disputes with certified public safety employee organizations representing County employees including firefighters, sheriffs, and the abovementioned employees, as specified in the charter amendment ordinance, be adopted?
Source: LA County Registrar, measures on the ballot

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Official arguments

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Argument for

Signed by:

  • LA County Firefighters Local #1014
  • Association of LA Deputy Sheriffs
  • LA/OC Building Trades Council

Argument against

No argument against was filed.

Supporters as listed by the LA County Registrar. Individual signer names will be added from the County sample ballot booklet.

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