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Golden Gate Bridge Workers Demand A Contract After Two Years Of Negotiations

by Labor Video Project
Dozens of Golden Gate bridge district workers rallied at the bridge to protest a failure to win a contract for over two years and a refusal to increase wages with the growing inflation.
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Golden Gate Bridge workers from many unions joined together on 2/11/22 to protest the failure to get a contract after more the two years of negotiations.

They also were angry that while the district has received millions of dollars during the pandemic that money has not been spent properly. According to the IBU president Marina V. Secchitano, the District has spent over $1.5 million expanding departments and high salaries for executives while refusing to provide real wage increasing with rising inflation.

Additional media:
Golden Gate Bridge Workers Strike One Day For Healthcare And Against Cost Shifting
https://youtu.be/eRM-bJPooxk

Halfway To Hell, The Workers And Unions That Built The Golden Gate Bridge
https://youtu.be/E8_5xCxmPvI

Golden Gate Bridge Workers Rally & March To AT&T Ball Park For Contract
https://youtu.be/18g9gbrBjG0

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http://www.labormedia.net
§An Injury To One Is An Injury To All
by Labor Video Project
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Bridge workers and their unions are united against the efforts to stall bargaining.
§No Zeros For Our Essential Workers
by Labor Video Project
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A worker protested the treatment of essential workers.
§Teamster Local 665 Golden Gate Bridge Worker Garb
by Labor Video Project
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A Golden Gate Bridge worker who is with Teamsters Local 665 joined the rally with his buttons and garb.
§Golden Gate Bridge Teamsters Local 665 Banner
by Labor Video Project
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Teamster Members with their banner.
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Michael Thereiault, former head of the San Francisco Building Trades is now the president of the Golden Gate Bridge District Board of Directors representing San Francisco.
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