55,000 LA County employees go on strike as county cuts spending, avoids layoffs
Story by Kenneth Schrupp • 11h
(The Center Square) - Fifty-five thousand Los Angeles County employees are on their second day of their 48-hour strike, citing “unfair labor practices” amid ongoing labor negotiations.
The median employee for LA County makes nearly two and a half times more than the median private sector employee in the county, which is home to 10 million residents.
Facing a $4 billion lawsuit loss from earlier this month, LA County has proposed $1.3 billion in budget cuts for the coming year, while still adding 14 new positions that would bring the county’s total employees to 117,100.
According to Transparent California, the median pay and benefits for employees working for the county is $141,508 per year, or nearly two and a half times more than the median private sector pay in the county of $57,815.
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