Essential workers who have kept cities running during the pandemic are now fighting for higher wages and "overdue" respect, one labor leader says.
This summer of labor solidarity isn’t just limited to private-sector employees — workers in the public sector are taking action, too, continuing a years-long trend.
Some high-profile public-sector strikes from earlier this year include teacher and school-staff strikes in California, in the cities of Los Angeles and Oakland. There have been at least a couple of dozen education-related strikes this year in the U.S., many of them at public schools, according to the Labor Action Tracker report from Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations.
“Public-sector unions these days are very interested in the ‘bargaining for the common good’ approach — tying their demands to the quality of city services in a way that the public will support,” said John Logan, a professor and director of the labor and employment-studies department at San Francisco State University.
From the archives : Women are overrepresented in lower-paying jobs. It’s costing them billions of dollars. Green said “the mayor’s office reached out immediately,” and that he’s cautiously optimistic about the union’s negotiations with the city. Among the entities and services affected will be libraries, community centers, permits and the airport, Cohen added.
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