{"id":16305,"date":"2025-10-17T08:58:33","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T15:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dc16iupat.org\/?p=16305"},"modified":"2025-10-20T08:59:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T15:59:06","slug":"%f0%9f%9a%a8-they-tried-to-kill-the-pla-but-union-power-showed-up-in-force-%f0%9f%92%aa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dc16iupat.org\/es\/%f0%9f%9a%a8-they-tried-to-kill-the-pla-but-union-power-showed-up-in-force-%f0%9f%92%aa\/","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udea8 They Tried to Kill the PLA \u2014 But Union Power Showed Up in Force! \ud83d\udcaa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>October 14<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dc16iupat.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-14-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dc16iupat.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-14-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.dc16iupat.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-14-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.dc16iupat.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-14-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.dc16iupat.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-14-16x12.jpeg 16w, https:\/\/www.dc16iupat.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-14.jpeg 1192w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When word got out that the <strong>Watsonville City Council was planning to end the City-Wide PLA<\/strong>, <strong>Local 507 members showed up to support our brothers and sisters from Local 272<\/strong>. The council chambers? <strong>Packed with union workers<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"521\" height=\"694\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dc16iupat.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-12.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dc16iupat.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-12.jpeg 521w, https:\/\/www.dc16iupat.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-12-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.dc16iupat.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-12-9x12.jpeg 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 521px) 100vw, 521px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"522\" height=\"696\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dc16iupat.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-13.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dc16iupat.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-13.jpeg 522w, https:\/\/www.dc16iupat.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-13-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.dc16iupat.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-13-9x12.jpeg 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 522px) 100vw, 522px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And when it was time for public comment?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>Speaker after speaker demanded the PLA stay in place.<\/strong> \ud83d\udcaf<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After a tense back-and-forth with the Building Trades Council, the City Council <strong>backed off<\/strong>, agreeing to <strong>keep the current PLA<\/strong> until a new one can be negotiated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Union solidarity made the difference. This is what showing up looks like.<\/strong> \u270a<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Local 507 Monthly Membership Meeting<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tuesday, October 28 at 6:30 PM<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 14 When word got out that the Watsonville City Council was planning to end the City-Wide PLA, Local 507 members showed up to support our brothers and sisters from Local 272. The council chambers? Packed with union workers. And when it was time for public comment? Speaker after speaker demanded the PLA stay in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","post_image":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dc16iupat.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dc16iupat.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dc16iupat.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dc16iupat.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dc16iupat.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16305"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dc16iupat.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16305\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dc16iupat.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dc16iupat.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dc16iupat.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}