SEIU 721’s Newest Members Elect Bargaining Team

Here are the elected members of the team that will negotiate their first contract with the City of Los Angeles:
Proprietary: Guillermo Martinez
Transportation: Michael Hunt
Bureau of Sanitation: Farsheed Farhang
Bureau of Engineering: Gus Malkoun
Non-Engineering: Karin Christie
At Large: Sami Wassef
At Large: Carlos Rios
Alternate: Fred Burnett
Alternate: Steven Kehrmeyer
As the City of Los Angeles continues to deal with the effects of the worst economic crisis in generations, the newly-elected bargaining team members said they wanted to get started as soon as possible.

“We need to bargain for what is realistic, and what is achievable, in as short a time as possible,” said Gus Malkoun, a newly-elected bargaining team member representing the Bureau of Engineering.


The group of nearly 500 supervisory professionals voted to leave their previous union, the Engineers & Architects Association (EAA), and join SEIU 721 earlier this spring. The transition to SEIU won’t be completed until the City of Los Angeles Employee Relations Board certifies the results of the election, expected later this fall.
What’s Next?
MOU 17 bargaining team members will gather for their first meeting on Thursday, August 20.