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Teamsters rush to end strike as support grows for Hunts Point warehouse workers in New York City
Teamsters Local 202 President Daniel Kane told striking Hunts Point Produce Market workers Thursday evening that negotiations with the operators had resumed and made it clear the union was prepared to cut a deal that abandoned its own meager demand for a $1-an-hour raise.
Following a brutal year that left hundreds of Hunts Point Produce Market workers sick and at least six dead from COVID-19, approximately 1,400 warehouse workers and truck drivers have been fighting for five days for the wage increase.
Workers picket at the Hunts Point Market on January 19, 2021 (WSWS Photo) ....

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