Energy was high, and the night air was cold, so people were dancing. The music switched between Anuel AA and Pop Smoke, while Teamsters wearing thick layers hats, gloves, masks chanted in call and response. “Just got one question for you: What do you want?” one of the workers at the mic asked. “Yo,
what do you want?”
I thought someone said, “Bad Bunny,” but it was:
More money.
In the first major work stoppage of 2021, more than 1,400 warehouse workers and drivers represented by Teamsters Local 202 are on strike at the Hunts Point Produce Market in the Bronx. The strike, now entering its fifth day, is a response to a stalemate in negotiations with the owners of the Hunts Point Produce Market which takes in more than $2 billion in annual revenue, according to the New York City Economic Development Corporation over a $1 wage increase and an additional 60 cents in health benefits.