Alex savidge is nearby at oakland city hall. Alex is live to preus what the mayor has to say about the situation. Reporter good afternoon mike and gasia. And you have hundreds of Union Workers in the city of oakland and their supporters, and they spent a half hour blocking the intersection of 14th and broadway in downtown oakland. And you can see that they are on the move, headed back to the plaza in front of city hall. And Union Employees here in the city are fighting for better wages and improved working conditions, and thus far, we heard from the mayor this morning, the two sides have not been able to reach an agreement on a contract. And this strike is now in the fourth day here in the city of oakland with 3000 Union Workers off the job right now. That includes librarians, building inspectors, street sweepers, and Parking Enforcement officers. The union has rejected the latest contract being offered which includes a 4 race the first year. And a guaranteed 1 race the second year wit
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For the day. Those workers failed to reach an agreement with the city. After the latest round of negotiations fell through. Tom joins us live at Oakland City Hall with more on what happens now and what the strike means for the city. Reporter yesterday evening about this time it was slightly hopeful they might be able to come to an agreement on some new proposal by the city of oakland. Today things took a turn to the uglier. Even as the mayor walked into her News Conference her face was tired and somber. She insisted the City Council Final offer is fair and equitable and retroactive. And that she was declaring a legally significant impasse. Last night we issued our last best and completely final offer. We did receive a response early this morning from. Rejecting our final offer. The last two years we provided workforce with an 8 raise. Right now we have on the table for our workers anywhere between a 5 11 raise. Based on their ossification as well as revenue performance. Reporter the st
Weekend. Lets go over to karen rogers, a big day today, first snow of the season. Reporter if you believe it in maryland they have gotten 7 inches of snow. I was on the phone with accuweather. Were looking at satellite and radar. Were looking at the bulk of the moisture off the coast, were getting clipped by it in some areas. The snow is slow to arrive. Storm tracker 6 live down scan showing rain off the coast and snow shower or two as you move inward just a little bit. I want you to take a closer look at Storm Tracker 6 live. You can see light snow flurries and snowfall in gettysburg and snow in millville a speck of it in glassboro and surf city, but were basically dry through the region right now him were talking about a slower arrival of the snow time. Sitting at the freezing mark in Lehigh Valley. 32 in allentown. 33 in trenton. Above freezing in the city itself. 34 in millville. 31 in cape may. Its snowing in Cape May County. They have a dusting on the ground, testers below freezi