About us

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The No on J—Protect Essential Workers coalition is a group of more than 800,000 workers who provide the services throughout Los Angeles County that residents count on. We are firefighters and paramedics, 911 operators, public health nurses, social workers, public safety officers, educators, and more. We work to keep our neighborhoods safe, provide opportunities for others to succeed, fix our roads, make sure clean drinking water and reliable electricity reach our homes, and much more.

 

We actively support efforts to fix racial and gender inequity. Our leadership reflects the broad diversity of the members of our organizations. We have been on the frontlines of some of the most important social justice fights of our lifetimes: 

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• Fighting discrimination against race, gender, and sexual orientation

• Raising the minimum wage to $15 and winning affordable health benefits for workers

• Working to increase affordable housing and reliable mass transit

• Fighting for rights for our immigrant communities

• Pressuring elected officials for criminal justice reforms

• Standing with communities to fight for environmental justice

• Fighting for policies that make the economy more fair for workers, not big corporations

 

We all want more people in Los Angeles to succeed, but Measure J will harm the very people it says they help. It permanently diverts nearly $500,000,000.00 away from essential county services.

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We hope you’ll join us in opposing Measure J,

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American Federation of State County & Municipal Employees - Council 36

American Federation of State County & Municipal Employees - LA County

Association of Deputy District Attorneys

Association for Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs

Association of Public Defender Investigators

California Association of Professional Employees

Coalition of County Unions

International Union of Operating Engineers Local 501

Los Angeles Firefighters Local 1014

Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO

Los Angeles County Lifeguard Association

Los Angeles County Probation Officers' Union, AFCME Local 685

Los Angeles County Professional Peace Officers Association

Los Angeles/Orange Counties Building Trades Council

Teamsters, Local 911

Union of American Physicians and Dentists, AFSCME

 

Measure J is also opposed by:

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Pedro Aceituno, Bell Gardens Councilmember

Salvador Alatorre, Lynwood Councilmember

Hugo Argumedo, Commerce Councilmember

James Bozajian, Calabasas Councilmember

Bea Dieringer, City of Rolling Hills Mayor Pro Tem

Pat Kearney, Lawndale Councilmember

Charlie Linakis, La Puente Mayor

Andrew Sarega, La Mirada Councilmember

City of Carson

City of Lakewood

California Contract Cities Association (CCCA)

League of Cities, Los Angeles County Division

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