{"id":1993336,"date":"2023-08-07T16:24:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-07T20:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/thousands-of-los-angeles-city-workers-to-strike-vow-to-shut-city-down\/"},"modified":"2023-08-07T16:26:45","modified_gmt":"2023-08-07T20:26:45","slug":"thousands-of-los-angeles-city-workers-to-strike-vow-to-shut-city-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/thousands-of-los-angeles-city-workers-to-strike-vow-to-shut-city-down\/","title":{"rendered":"LA City workers plan to strike, aiming to &#8220;shut down&#8221; the city."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthousands-of-los-angeles-city-workers-to-strike-vow-to-shut-city-down%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1993336&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><h2>Thousands\u200c of Los Angeles City Workers Plan to Strike<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>City workers in Los Angeles are gearing up for a major protest. More\u2063 than 11,000 \u200bemployees from SEIU Local 721, which represents\u200c over\u200d 98,000 county and city workers in Southern\u2062 California, are planning to halt municipal operations for at least 24 hours. The strike is in response to what they perceive as a lack of attention to employee resources \u2063and the need for\u2064 more staff.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Standing Up \u200bfor Employee \u2062Rights<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The union officials have cited &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/thousands-of-los-angeles-city-workers-to-strike-vow-to-shut-city-down\/\" title=\"LA City workers plan to strike, aiming to \"shut down\" the city.\">unfair \u200clabor practices\u2062 restricting employee<\/a> and union rights&#8221; as one of the main reasons for the strike. \u200dThey are determined to make their voices heard and demand better\u2064 treatment \u200cfrom city management. The workers have reached a breaking point \u2063and are ready to take action.<\/p>\n<p>David Green, the executive director and president\u200c of SEIU Local 721, stated, &#8220;We&#8217;re going to shut down the city\u200d of Los\u200c Angeles. The message we&#8217;re sending is that our workers are just fed up. They&#8217;ve reached a breaking point. \u2062And we need these folks in\u2063 the city\u2063 to come back to the table for the good of the city.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>A Citywide Protest<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The strike will involve more than 30 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/delta-air-pilots-strike-for-better-contracts-as-flight-disruptions-pile-up\/\" title=\"Delta Air Pilots Strike for Better Contracts as Flight Disruptions Pile Up\">picket lines<\/a> consisting of various workers, including sanitation \u2063workers, mechanics, traffic officers, engineers, and others. The protest\u2062 is \u200ca response to what the union calls &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-labor-board-blocks-construction-workers-from-union-exodus\/\" title=\"Biden Labor Board Blocks Construction Workers From Union Exodus\">bad faith bargaining<\/a>&#8221; by city \u200dofficials. Green emphasized the urgent need to\u200c address the issue \u200dof vacancies, particularly in the sanitation department,\u200b which currently has over 900 unfilled positions.<\/p>\n<p>Green stated, &#8220;We are going to be throughout the entire city striking\u200b to send a message that the city&#8217;s broken the law. They need to come back to the table, they \u200bneed to fill these vacancies, \u2062and they need to listen to the\u2064 concerns of the public.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><\/b><\/p>\n<p><h3>Impact on City Services<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p>The strike is expected to disrupt various city services, including trash pickup and Los Angeles Airport security. Picket lines will start forming as early as 4:00 a.m., and workers will gather at\u2063 City Hall for a march and rally at 11:00 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, a Democrat, assured the public that \u2064city officials are available for negotiations. She stated, &#8220;They deserve fair contracts and we have been bargaining in \u2063good\u200c faith with SEIU 721 since January. The City will always be available to make progress 24 hours a day, 7 days a\u2064 week.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><h3>Joining a Historic Strike<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p>This strike comes at a time when Hollywood actors and writers are also engaged\u200d in a prolonged\u2064 strike. The solidarity among workers across different \u2062sectors highlights the importance of standing up for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-investigating-spacexs-hiring-practices-after-non-u-s-citizen-alleges-discrimination\/\" title=\"DOJ Investigating SpaceX\u2019s Hiring Practices After Non-U.S. Citizen Alleges Discrimination\">employee rights<\/a> and fair treatment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SEIU Local 721, representing over 98,000 city workers in Southern California, will stage a 24-hour halt to municipal operations in Los Angeles. The protest aims to address employee resources and the need for increased staff, as city administrators have failed to meet these demands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":429,"featured_media":1993337,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1993336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1993336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/429"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1993336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1993336\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1993337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1993336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1993336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1993336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}