LA city workers’ one-day strike arrives amid ‘hot labor summer’
Thousands of city employees walked off the job on Tuesday, Aug. 8, as part of a one-day strike that disrupted some city services and further intensified what already has been dubbed a “hot labor summer” in Los Angeles.
City of Los Angeles workers and their supporters march around City Hall during their one-day strike on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023. City of Los Angeles sanitation workers rally at LA City Hall as city workers walk off the job during a one-day strike to bring the city back to the bargaining table on Tuesday, August 8, 2023. The strike is the first by City of Los Angeles workers in more than 40 years.
City of Los Angeles workers and their supporters march around LA City Hall as city workers walk off the job during a one-day strike to bring the city back to the bargaining table on Tuesday, August 8, 2023. The strike is the first by City of Los Angeles workers in more than 40 years. City of Los Angeles sanitation worker Jorge Chaidez, Jr. leads chants as SEIU Local 721 members and their supporters march around LA City Hall during their one-day strike to bring the city back to the bargaining table on Tuesday, August 8, 2023. The strike is the first by City of Los Angeles workers in more than 40 years.
In an interview earlier in the day, Green identified City Administrative Officer Matt Szabo, the city’s chief labor negotiator, as one of the “out-of-touch administrators.” Additionally, city-run summer camps and daycare facilities, the L.A. Zoo, animal shelters and public libraries remained open, and the city’s 311 call centers continued to take calls – though the mayor had warned the previous day that wait times may be longer than usual.
The Northridge Aquatic center was closed due to a staffing shortage on Tuesday, August 8, 2023. From the Harbor to the Valley, more than 11,000 City of Los Angeles Workers represented by SEIU Local 721 walked off the Job in the first unfair labor practice strike in more than 40 years.
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