By Seth Galinsky February 1, 2021
Militant/Sarah KatzJan. 17 rally at Hunts Point Produce Market in New York on first day of strike by 1,400 Teamsters. Workers’ demand for $1 hour raise is popular among workers throughout region.
NEW YORK Rejecting the bosses’ paltry offer of a raise of just 32 cents an hour this year, 34 cents next year and 37 cents the year after, 1,400 members of Teamsters Local 202 at Hunts Point Produce Market in the Bronx went on strike Jan. 17. The workers are demanding a $1 an hour raise each year.
“All we’re asking for is $1 an hour,” Cisco Flores told a rally of some 200 workers outside the terminal on the first day of the strike. “If they don’t give it to us, it’s a slap in the face.”