City gives unions a second shot
![Mayor Eric Garcetti voted for the pension cuts in October 2012, as a councilman, and defended them on the mayoral campaign trail last year.](https://files.pubsecalliance.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/EricGarcetti.jpg)
Mayor Eric Garcetti voted for the pension cuts in October 2012, as a councilman, and defended them on the mayoral campaign trail last year.
Collective bargaining, like a lot of things in life, has a lot to do with timing. In Los Angeles, in a 3-2 vote, the Employee Relations Board sided with the Coalition of L.A. City unions on a key procedural question: whether the group met a deadline to challenge a hike in the retirement age and a reduction in benefits approved in 2012 for new employees.