Service worker union members plan a walkout

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.timesheraldonline.com/ci_8971439

By ANDREA WOLF/Times-Herald staff writer
Article Launched: 04/18/2008 06:56:54 AM PDT

After continued unsuccessful negotiations with Solano County, members of Solano County's largest employee union will walk off the job Tuesday, union officials said Thursday.

The union represents county health care, building cleaning and security workers, and other public employees.

The decision came after the Service Employees International Union Local 1021 members voted overwhelmingly against the county's latest contract offer last week, said Carlos Rivera, an SEIU communications coordinator.


Stacy Thompson, second from left, leads Service Employees International Union organizers and protesters at a lunchtime rally. (Stacey J. Miller/Times-Herald)

"At noon on Tuesday union members will walk off the job for an extended unity break, which is a union-protected activity," Rivera said. "We will return to work at a time to be determined."

Rivers said of about 45 percent of the local SEIU members who voted, 86 percent voted against the county's offer.

Union members picketed around the county Thursday afternoon, including a lunchtime protest in front of the Vallejo Housing Authority building on Santa Clara Street.

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