Tag Archives: IBEW local 18

My Sunday Column: Standing up to the town bully — Glendale Just Says ‘No’ to the IBEW and Union Bully Brian D’Arcy

Posted on May 4, 2013 by

The sparse front page of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 18 website expresses exactly the message Brian D’Arcy wants his members to get: Rotating photos of protesting workers waving “A DEAL IS A DEAL” signs. It also features … Continue reading →

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Here comes the IBEW to pick your pockets: D’Arcy’s Glendale Power Play — My Sunday Column

Posted on March 31, 2012 by

Hold on to your wallets, good folks of Glendale, union boss Brian D’Arcy of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 18 wants to pick your pockets. If you think the piddling water rate hikes of 12% spread out over … Continue reading →

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D’Arcy’s Kiss of Death for Chris Essel

Posted on November 18, 2009 by

The Dec. 8 runoff in Council District 2 between Paul Krekorian and Chris Essel shaped up as a choice between the lesser of two evils, both beholden the same City Hall political machine that for so long has betrayed the … Continue reading →

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DWP Blackmail: Brian D’Arcy’s Monetary Terrorism

Posted on October 31, 2009 by

“They’ve been having a Mardi Gras (in City Hall) over the past three years.” — DWP union boss Brian D’Arcy on why IBEW members deserve a 3.25 % cash payment and raises up to 4 p% for the next few … Continue reading →

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DWP’s Greatest Ripoff Since Mulholland’s Heyday

Posted on October 18, 2009 by

The DWP Board of Commissioners will meet Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. to consider some important matters such as once again raising water rates and yet again giving union boss Brian D’Arcy’s IBEW 8,000-plus members another sweetheart deal. But you won’t … Continue reading →

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Measure B’s Smoking Gun: Antonio Confesses Measure B Is a Payoff to the IBEW

Posted on March 2, 2009 by

“You say, ‘We cut a deal with them.’ Yeah, we did. We built a partnership with them…they didn’t see any jobs.”  — Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa in an interview with the LA Business Journal published Monday March 2, 2009.That’s what Charles … Continue reading →

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