1.8 City.League Relationship.docx

ARTICLE 1.8 CITY-LEAGUE RELATIONSHIP A. Continuity of Service to the Public The City of Los Angeles is engaged in public services requiring continuous operations that are necessary to maintain the health and safety of all citizens. The obligation to maintain these public services is imposed both u...

ARTICLE 1.8 CITY-LEAGUE RELATIONSHIP A. Continuity of Service to the Public The City of Los Angeles is engaged in public services requiring continuous operations that are necessary to maintain the health and safety of all citizens. The obligation to maintain these public services is imposed both upon the City and the League during the term of this MOU. B. Mutual Pledge of Accord Inherent in the relationship between the City and its employees is the obligation of the City to deal justly and fairly with its employees and of the employees to cooperate with their fellow employees and the City in the performance of their public service obligation. It is the purpose of this MOU to promote and ensure harmonious relations, cooperation and understanding between the City and the employees represented by the League and to establish and maintain proper standards of wages, hours and other terms or conditions of employment. C. No Strike-No Lockout In consideration of the mutual desire of Management and the League to promote and ensure harmonious relations and in consideration of the Mutual Pledge of Accord, the City stipulates that there shall be no lockout, or the equivalent, of Unit employees, and the League and its represented employees stipulate that there shall be no strike resulting in the withholding of service by the employees during the term of this MOU as set forth in Article 1.2. Should such a strike or actions by League-represented employees occur, the League shall immediately instruct the employees to return to work. If they do not report to work immediately upon instructions of the League, they shall be deemed to have forfeited their rights under this MOU. The curtailing of operations by the City in whole or part for operational or economic reasons shall not be construed as a lockout. The provisions of the above paragraph shall not detract in any way from any restrictions imposed by law on strikes and other types of work stoppages by public employees.