“We’re going to shut down the city of #LosAngeles,” said David Green, #SEIU #Local721 executive director & president. “The message we’re sending is that our #workers are just fed up. They’ve reached a breaking point. And we need these folks in the city to come back to the table for the good of the city.”

It’s the first #strike of its kind for Local 721 in >40 years, & comes as hundreds of thousands of workers across various sectors recently have #organized strikes, or narrowly avoided them.

#LosAngeles #workers are joining #hotel employees, #Hollywood #actors, TV & movie #writers….

Thousands plan to #strike Tues, potentially grinding municipal ops to a halt for 24 hrs adding to #organized #labor activity across the city & country.

>11k LA employees will participate in the 1-day strike, incl’g sanitation workers, LAX employees & street services, said #SEIU #Local721, a #union that reps >98k workers across S #California.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/08/06/over-11000-la-workers-plan-strike-hoping-shut-down-city/