By Bob Walsh
A
three-day strike among many of the civil service employees of the
crime-ridden and gang infested metropolis of Stockton is under way. The
strikers include various operations, trades and maintenance people that
operate, among other things, the water and sewage plants. These
workers are alleging unfair labor practices by the city, who have been
without a contract for five months.
The
workers want more money, pointing out (accurately) that they took it in
the shorts more than ten years ago when the city went bankrupt.
The city reached a tentative agreement with these groups in August, but the rank-and-file declined to ratify the agreement.
A
three day strike is clearly not intended to shut the city down but to
focus attention on the situation and show the city that the strikers are
serious in what they want.
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