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.
La acción del martes sería la primera huelga importante de trabajadores de la ciudad en al menos 15 años.
Striking workers will picket at Los Angeles City Hall and LAX, worker union SEIU Local 721 indicated on Twitter.
City of Los Angeles workers are joining the hotel employees, Hollywood actors and TV and movie writers who have walked off their jobs this summer.
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.