Their stalled contract negotiations. And it may be working. Heres cbss mark strassmann. Reporter l. A. Is a city counting strikes like a bowling alley. 11,000 city employees, all Union Service workers, are staging a 24hour walkout. Theyre indignant. Contract talks with the city have sputtered. Think of all this as a warning shot, a 24hour reminder of what disruption feels like. Here in l. A. , its the cost of living. Reporter custodian phyllis stringer echos the frustrations of hundreds rallying outside city hall. Double trouble low wages, high inflation. We need some help. Youre working too hard and making too little . Yes, yes. You know, we need a lot more employees to come out to work with the city. Reporter more walkouts. Two hollywood unions have struck the set. Without the more than 75,000 actors and writers, all Studio Production has stopped. Whats scarce here, insight into an end in sight. L. A. s labor actions just the latest in americas summer of strikes. Widespread walkouts
Breaks out at a dock in alabama. What police are saying tonight major tonight the Assault Charges after a massive brawl breaks out at a dock in alabama. What police are saying tonight about whether or not the fight was racially motivated. Here are tonights headlines. The violent altercation caught on video. What sparked the fight. And why more charges are expected. This is not indicative of who we are as a city. The city of montgomery is much better than that. We wont take it anymore reporter nearly 11,000 city workers are walking off the job in los angeles today demanding higher pay and benefits. Members of the Union Representing these employees are accusing the city of refusing to honor previous engagements that regard unfair labor practices. Major Deadly Storm Sweep through the east coast causing mayhem on the roads and in the sky. Reporter here in maryland, this tree sliced through this Home Trapping the homeowner inside under a pile of debris. Reporter the nations airlines are in
s be on tonight the Assault Charges after a massive brawl breaks out at a dock in alabama what police are saying tonight about whether or not the fight was racially motivated. Here are tonights headlines. The violent altercation caught on video. What sparked the fight, and why more charges are expected. This is not indicative of who we are as a city. The city of montgomery is much better than that. We want take it anymore. Reporter 11,000 city workers are walking off the job in los angeles demanding higher pay and benefits. Reporter members of the Union Representing these employees are accusing the city on refusing agreements on unfair labor practices. Major deadly storms sweep through the east coast causing mayhem on the road and in the sky. This tree slice through the home trapping the homeowner inside under a pile of debris. Reporter the nations airlines are in recovery mode after the storm canceled more than 1700 flights and delayed nearly 8,000 more. Major breaking news, a divided
Reporter sleeping on her side may have helped save stephanie. The tree did not crush vital organs. I do remember them falling and chopping. They put blanket over my head to prevent dust from going into my eyes and i had an oxygen mask. Reporter she said she will never take anything for granted. No broken bones. Stephanie may even be able to play College Lacrosse this year. Meantime, the family home is uninhabitable. We were just there. The family will be with relatives for now. Outside long islands north Shore University hospital in manhassett, jennifer mclogan, cbs 2 news. Just incredible. Jennifer, thank you so much. In other news a woman in the west village violated as she slept. Police say a man scaled her building, broke into her apartment, and groped her. Cbs 2s ilana gold has more from the west village. Reporter the crime happened here on 10th street and as you can imagine people in the neighborhood are very nervous because police say the suspect broke into the victims apartment
Reporter the plan unveiled today is part of a Larger Program to deal with the mentally ill. Arrival date sometimes in the fall. At city hall, im marcia kramer, cbs 2 news. Many new yorkers think the quality of life in the city is not good. They feel its getting worse. And more on that quinnipiac poll. 53 of voters say they are seeing more Homeless People on the streets than they did a few years ago. 49 say they have encountered panhandlers asking for money. And 48 of voters think the quality of life in new york is going down. Our reporting on k2 is leading to a heartbreaking discovery for one family. After seeing our story a viewer reached out because he recognized his son in the video. The once smiling happy brother now strung out on synthetic marijuana living on the streets. Well have that at 6 00. New at 5 00 Queens Police are looking for men who viciously beat a man with a bat just to steal his cell phone. Cbs 2s Hazel Sanchez spoke with the victim. Reporter 20 stitches on his head