Sanitation workers, heavy duty mechanics, traffic officers, engineers and many more city workers, who are represented by SEIU 721, plan to walk off the job.
Los Angeles public employees citing “repeated labor law violations” said they will stop work for 24 hours on Tuesday, adding to strikes in the city by Hollywood writers and hospitality workers.
David Green, president of SEIU Local 721, told LAist that one of the challenges city workers face is chronic understaffing.
“We’re not going to tolerate unfair labor practices during bargaining or at all. We’re fed up,” Valdez said, noting that the union’s members had worked throughout the pandemic to keep the city running. “We have to send a very strong message to the city.”
SEIU Local 721, the union representing city workers including sanitation, traffic officers, heavy-duty mechanics, and sanitation workers are protesting stagnating contract negotiations with L.A. leaders.
At 11 a.m. Tuesday, workers will meet at City Hall for a march and rally, though picket lines will begin as early as 4 a.m.
The union representing workers employed with the city of Los Angeles announced Friday members will head to the picket lines early Tuesday morning for a 24-hour strike to protest what they deemed a refusal to bargain in good faith.
The growing move toward unionization at USC continued this week when the school’s housing workers voted to join SEIU Local 721.
Moorpark’s SEIU Local 721 members will get two raises, with the first bump of 7% taking effect in July.
With SEIU Local 721’s contract set to expire in January, both sides are hoping for an easier path to a new deal.