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Posts Tagged ‘IFPTE’

City workers: Oakland’s employees are understaffed and underpaid

By Isabel Lyndon | September 30, 2019
An SEIU member shows off an tattoo that says "Oakland" on their hand. People carrying picket signs walk in the background.

Amid lengthy contract negotiations, city workers rallied at Frank Ogawa Plaza to protest what they say are high vacancy rates in city departments.

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City workers strike, others rally outside Mayor Schaaf’s State of the City address

By Lucas Guilkey | November 3, 2017 | 1

On Thursday, city workers went on strike at the same time as the mayor’s annual “State of the City” address and held a “Real State of Oakland” picket and rally in the streets.

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Oakland city workers threaten to strike at council meeting

By Lucas Guilkey | September 20, 2017
Union members flood council chambers with "performance appraisal" forms, typically used to evaluate city workers, that graded Mayor Libby Schaaf's performance as "unacceptable."

City of Oakland workers threatened to strike at Tuesday’s meeting of the Oakland City Council.

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