Workers, managers and elected officials braced for one of the biggest labor actions to hit Los Angeles city government in a generation — a one-day walkout by the union that represents traffic officers, gardeners, mechanics, custodians, lifeguards, engineers and scores of other government jobs.
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.
“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.