Thousands of Los Angeles City Workers Join Summer of Strikes in Southern California
Southern California’s “summer of strikes” grew to include Los Angeles city workers Aug. 8 as thousands of union members walked off their jobs for a one-day strike. Sanitation workers, fire department mechanics, traffic officers, and port workers were among the 11,000 Southern California Public Service Workers (SEIU) Local 721 to participate in demonstrations across the city.
Southern California’s “summer of strikes” grew to include Los Angeles city workers Aug. 8 as thousands of union members walked off their jobs for a one-day strike.
Sanitation workers, fire department mechanics, traffic officers, and port workers were among the 11,000 Southern California Public Service Workers (SEIU) Local 721 to participate in demonstrations across the city.
