L.A. formally makes Juneteenth a holiday for all city workers

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L.A. formally makes Juneteenth a holiday for all city workers
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The two votes taken by the L.A. City Council on Friday deal with the minutiae of holiday rules for an employer with tens of thousands of employees.

Juneteenth became a federal holiday this week, but as Vice President Kamala Harris noted at the bill signing, there’s a lot Americans don’t know about its history.Garcetti’s 2022 resolution came two years after Councilmembers Curren D. Price and Marqueece Harris-Dawson and former Councilmember Herb J. WessonThe two votes taken by the City Council on Friday deal with the minutiae of holiday rules for an employer with tens of thousands of employees.

The council also voted to approve contract amendments recognizing Juneteenth as a holiday for those workers for agreements with nearly two dozen unions representing city employees.

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