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Oakland metropolis staff rally to rescind layoffs in face of $130M price range shortfall

By Miles Cooper
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February 12, 2025
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Oakland metropolis staff rally to rescind layoffs in face of $130M price range shortfall

(BCN) — A coalition of Oakland municipal unions are calling on metropolis officers to reverse a choice to assist stability an enormous price range shortfall by, partially, laying of scores of staff. In a letter to workers final week, Metropolis Administrator Jestin Johnson mentioned town despatched layoff notices to 77 individuals in an effort to shut town’s roughly $130 million price range deficit.

On Tuesday, throughout a rally and press convention in entrance of Metropolis Corridor, members of SEIU Native 1021, IFPTE Native 21, IBEW Native 1245 and IAFF Native 55 claimed the layoffs are unlawful as a result of managers didn’t observe procedures established by town’s constitution and union contracts when sending out notices.

“Together we represent the librarians, the street cleaners, the first responders and so many more who show up every single day to serve this community,” mentioned Julian Ware, vp of IFPTE native 21. “But today, we’re here because the city administration is breaking the law and slashing the services that our neighbors rely on.”

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On Monday, union officers mentioned they filed costs with the state Public Employment Relations Board over the layoffs. In a letter to Interim Mayor Kevin Jenkins, Johnson and the Metropolis Council, union leaders mentioned the administration by no means gave them an inventory of workers focused for layoffs and failed to offer particulars concerning the metropolis’s monetary state of affairs.

“The unions were left completely in the dark until our members received layoff notices,” in keeping with the letter.

Spokespeople for Johnson and Jenkins did not instantly reply to a request for remark Tuesday. The unions have lengthy advocated for cuts to the Oakland Police Division’s price range — which recurrently options tens of thousands and thousands in unbudgeted extra time prices — reducing high administrative positions and extra vigorously gathering town’s enterprise taxes, amongst different issues.

Akilah Lesley, director of West Oakland’s Willie Keyes Recreation Heart, mentioned she was laid off because of town’s price range disaster.

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“I’m just here today to, you know, tell city administration to put a stop to all of these layoffs immediately,” Lesley mentioned. “Not only are you hurting the working people such as myself, but you’re also hurting the community, like our families and our children and you’re depriving them of services to help them thrive.”

Electrician Michael Patterson of IBEW Native 1245 mentioned this is not the primary time town has tried to repair its price range issues utilizing workers reductions.

“We’ve been here before, crisis after crisis, the same old playbook,” Patterson mentioned. “The city does the same thing — they try to balance a budget on the backs of city workers. It hasn’t worked before and it won’t work this time.”

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