HISTORICAL NEWS ARTICLES
Documenting the Firefighter, Police, and School Teacher Unions’ Political Campaigns
1970-1972 El Segundo Firefighter and Police Union City Council Campaigns
El Segundo Herald
Excerpt from page 5, column 3 in the print edition
Former Mayors Reflect on Past Challenges
October 28, 2010
By Brian Simon
Mayor Gordon Stephens (1970-1972): Stephens sees a parallel between the current contentious labor talks between the City Council and local bargaining units and what he described as “difficulties negotiating with our safety employees” during his tenure. “They went door to door to gain sympathetic supporters,” he remembers, noting that attendance at the hearing was so large as to cause the meeting to move its location to the high school auditorium. “The council’s initial position was that after a survey of other cities’ pay and benefits, we offered the midpoint of the survey, realizing El Segundo did not have as much hazardous activity as any of the surveyed cities,” Stephens said. “The matter was settled by compromise, much like today’s predicament.”
El Segundo Herald newspaper web site:
http://www.heraldpublications.com/herald/el-segundo-herald
October 28, 2010 El Segundo Herald newspaper:
http://www.heraldpublications.com/herald/sites/default/files/publications/elsegundo/Herald_102810/index.html
View or download the October 28, 2010 edition of the El Segundo Herald newspaper (7.68 MB PDF file):
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El Segundo Police Officers' Association (ESPOA) Exposed