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The ART buses and Toy Story Lot closed for the UNITE HERE Protest
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The tourists are having a hard time liking the west side of Harbor between Katella and Convention Way.
What a nice way to treat the people who pay their paycheck.
Well, the Crazy Guy over the 101 freeway has been taken into custody. So hopefully we can get the protest in the streets started
What a nice way to treat the people who pay their paycheck.
Well, the Crazy Guy over the 101 freeway has been taken into custody. So hopefully we can get the protest in the streets started
It's over. Dr. Moreno got arrested in the middle of the Harbor/Katella intersection.
What a traffic mess. I truly feel for the NAMM attendees and the Tourists who were totally clueless and couldn't figure out how to get around, especially the pedestrians.
Photos and videos later.
What a traffic mess. I truly feel for the NAMM attendees and the Tourists who were totally clueless and couldn't figure out how to get around, especially the pedestrians.
Photos and videos later.
Jiggsawpuzzle35
Well-Known Member
How come we don’t ever see these people protest the apartment owners who raise the rents on their tenants? Why are they only targeting Disney and the hotels?
https://ktla.com/2019/01/24/council...rker-protest-that-blocked-traffic-in-anaheim/
Interesting to note, The KTLA Helicopter got there too late, and the intersection had reopened after the event. You can tell the pilot is confused if you listen carefully.
Interesting to note, The KTLA Helicopter got there too late, and the intersection had reopened after the event. You can tell the pilot is confused if you listen carefully.
http://www.anaheimblog.net/2019/01/...ted-for-joining-illegal-union-protest-action/
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Since the protesters were arrested for a misdemeanor offense, the decision to prosecute will be made by the Anaheim City Attorney’s Office – with the exception of one arrestee: Jose F. Moreno. Moreno’s status as an Anaheim councilmember makes it a conflict for City Attorney Robert Fabela, so Moreno’s case is being referred to the Orange County District Attorney’s Office – where the decision to prosecute will presumably be made by newly-elected DA Todd Spitzer.
A Taxpayer-Subsidized Union Negotiating Tactic
As Sgt. Mundy said, the police resources consumed by this protest were substantial. All told, there were more than 50 Anaheim police officers in the skirmish line and on the scene – and that’s not counting support personnel backing them up. Other costs included deploying the mobile command center to process the arrests of Moreno, Briceno and their comrades – not to mention a number of officers were certainly being paid overtime.
The union’s illegal shutdown of the Katella-Harbor intersection forced the OCTA to re-route buses along those busy corridors – inconveniencing workers who depend on public transportation.
If a charity or event or other private entity wanted to shut down a public street to hold a rally or an event, it would have to reimburse the city for the associated costs – not to mention obtaining a permit. Disneyland is the target for much invective by Moreno and his political allies – but Disneyland cuts a check to the city to cover the costs of providing police and emergency services to its theme parks.
UNITE-HERE Local 11 – with the active participating of Anaheim Councilman Jose F. Moreno – illegally shuts down a busy intersection in the economic heart of the city – and its Anaheim taxpayers who are picking up the tab. It’s ironic given constant harping by Moreno and UNITE-HERE Local 11 about taxpayer “giveaways.”
Anaheim would be in its rights to send UNITE-HERE a bill.<<
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Since the protesters were arrested for a misdemeanor offense, the decision to prosecute will be made by the Anaheim City Attorney’s Office – with the exception of one arrestee: Jose F. Moreno. Moreno’s status as an Anaheim councilmember makes it a conflict for City Attorney Robert Fabela, so Moreno’s case is being referred to the Orange County District Attorney’s Office – where the decision to prosecute will presumably be made by newly-elected DA Todd Spitzer.
A Taxpayer-Subsidized Union Negotiating Tactic
As Sgt. Mundy said, the police resources consumed by this protest were substantial. All told, there were more than 50 Anaheim police officers in the skirmish line and on the scene – and that’s not counting support personnel backing them up. Other costs included deploying the mobile command center to process the arrests of Moreno, Briceno and their comrades – not to mention a number of officers were certainly being paid overtime.
The union’s illegal shutdown of the Katella-Harbor intersection forced the OCTA to re-route buses along those busy corridors – inconveniencing workers who depend on public transportation.
If a charity or event or other private entity wanted to shut down a public street to hold a rally or an event, it would have to reimburse the city for the associated costs – not to mention obtaining a permit. Disneyland is the target for much invective by Moreno and his political allies – but Disneyland cuts a check to the city to cover the costs of providing police and emergency services to its theme parks.
UNITE-HERE Local 11 – with the active participating of Anaheim Councilman Jose F. Moreno – illegally shuts down a busy intersection in the economic heart of the city – and its Anaheim taxpayers who are picking up the tab. It’s ironic given constant harping by Moreno and UNITE-HERE Local 11 about taxpayer “giveaways.”
Anaheim would be in its rights to send UNITE-HERE a bill.<<
SuddenStorm
Well-Known Member
Didn't the Living Wage Initiative pass?
I guess I'm out of the loop or something, I thought the union got what they wanted. Why are there still protests?
I guess I'm out of the loop or something, I thought the union got what they wanted. Why are there still protests?
The UNITE HERE Unions nationwide have been striking/protesting Hotels, demanding a $25 per hour, plus tips and full benefits for its workers.
Here is a few paragraphs from the Anaheim Blog article I posted earlier.
>>UNITE-HERE Local 11 represents hotel workers, primarily housekeepers, employed by the Anaheim Hilton and the Sheraton Park Hotel. Those two hotels – plus the three Disney properties – are the only unionized hotels in the Anaheim Resort.
Housekeepers at those two hotels make $17 on hour. UNITE-HERE Local 11 is demanding an increase to $25 an hour by 2023, and at the same time reduce their workload – the same deal they’ve wrung out of 14 luxury hotels in Los Angeles. However, the economics of the two situations is very different: the LA hotels charge significantly higher room rates than the Anaheim Hilton and Sheraton Park Hotels.
Moreno In Political Debt To UNITE-HERE
Interestingly, UNITE-HERE does not publicly specify its wage demands, and instead talks wanting “fair wages.” What is clear is their intent to take Anaheim’s biggest convention event – The NAMM Show – hostage in an attempt to use this unrelated trade show as unwilling leverage in the union’s negotiations with the Anaheim Hilton and the Sheraton Park Hotel.<<
And a news article with more details.
https://www.dailynews.com/2018/12/0...-southern-california-hotels-poised-to-strike/
>>Stanford earns a base salary of $11 an hour, which lands below the city’s minimum wage of $13.25 for businesses with 26 or more employees. But she gets supplemental funding through a 25 percent service charge the hotels charge clients for banquet events and that typically boosts her pay above $25 an hour.
But others, she said, aren’t as lucky.
“Some of the food runners and support staff work 40 hours a week, but they only make $19 an hour,” Stanford said. “We want them to earn $25 an hour, too.”<<
Anaheim Independent - Civic affairs in OC's largest city.
Civic affairs in OC's largest city.
www.anaheimblog.net
Jiggsawpuzzle35
Well-Known Member
What a waste of taxpayers money with that lame protest. I’m not sure how dumb these residents are who voted for him.Anaheim Independent - Civic affairs in OC's largest city.
Civic affairs in OC's largest city.
Jedi Stitch
Well-Known Member
When City Counsel types like your Moreno and our Sawant take to the streets and arrange protest that actually create more problems and drain the cities funds do to their actions. It is my belief they have went past the trust of the people to expand their own political agendas and should have to have their pay garnished to pay back the citizens. Personally, they should be remove from the counsel as they are citing civil disobedience.