Los Angeles County Federation of Labor president resigns amid city council racist remarks scandal

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: CNN

CNN — A union federation president who was part of a leaked conversation in which Los Angeles City Council member Nury Martinez was heard making racist remarks about a fellow council member and his Black child has resigned, according to multiple reports.

Ron Herrera, the president of Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, offered to resign at a meeting Monday, and the federation accepted it, The Los Angeles Times reported, citing two sources close to the situation. According to the LA Times, the leaked audio details a conversation among Martinez, Councilmembers Gil Cedillo and Kevin de León and Herrera that focused on maps proposed by the city’s redistricting commission and the councilmembers’ frustration with them.

Martinez resigned as the city council president Monday after she was heard in that audio making racist remarks about Councilmember Mike Bonin, a White man, and his Black child. Herrera has not responded to CNN’s request for comment, but the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO tweeted an apology from him.

“There is no justification and no excuse for the vile remarks made in that room. Period,” the apology said. “And I didn’t step up to stop them and I will have to bear the burden of that cross moving forward.” CNN has reached out to the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor for more information. The leaked audio was posted anonymously on Reddit and obtained by the Times.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/11/us/ron-herrera-resignation-la-county/index.html

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Full headline: Los Angeles County Federation of Labor president resigns amid city council racist remarks scandal, multiple reports say

[Farmer-Rick]

1. I get that the President of the City Council should resign

She was the one who said the awful things about a little boy. But so everyone in earshot has to resign too?

That's the part I don't get. So, now just hearing a racist comment is grounds for resignation? Racists are going to have a field day if that becomes the norm.

[BumRushDaShow]

2. If the leader of a labor union

and as a note, MANY labor unions fought to keep blacks out, was a participant in such - whether overtly or tactly - then they need to go too. Fuck this shit.

[The Protagonist]

3. There must be a zero tolerance

If you hear a racist remark, and do not immediately speak up, then you are complicit. It’s as if you said it yourself. I think this is the appropriate action.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

4. Ron Herrera resigns as L.A. Labor Federation head amid furor over leaked recording, sources say

RegimeHat Retweeted

Regarding
@lalabor
’s initial decision Sunday to threaten
@latimes
for reporting on the leak rather than condemn the contents of the audio, a vice president for the federation told me yesterday that “when I saw that, I about threw my phone.”

latimes.com
Ron Herrera resigns as L.A. Labor Federation head amid furor over leaked recording, sources say
Ron Herrera, head of the L.A. County Federation of Labor, was a central figure in a leaked racist conversation that's had explosive

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The
@latimes
sent this reply to
@LALabor
by general counsel Jeff Glasser and proceeded to publish this story: https://latimes.com/california/story/2022-10-09/city-council-leaked-audio-nury-martinez-kevin-de-leon-gil-cedillo?_amp=true

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For those who have asked: Early Sunday,
@LALabor
sent this legal threat trying to stop
@latimes
journalists from publishing the racist comments made by top L.A. officials inside federation offices. I’ve asked the federation whether it has changed its position on the leak itself.

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[mahatmakanejeeves]

5. "Let's talk for a moment about censorship, partisanship, and good and bad lawyering."

Let’s talk for a moment about censorship, partisanship, and good and bad lawyering.

This . . . was exceptionally bad lawyering.

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