Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez celebrated a pay rise for Teamsters employees at a Bronx production market, following a week-long strike that would end Sunday.
‘Our food workers wanted a $ 1 increase after risking their lives in COVID. They were refused, asked to pay more for health care, and they said ‘you are lucky you even have a job’, ‘she said tweeted on Saturday afternoon of the Hunts Point produces market workers. “So they went on strike. Community supported them. Now they get a $ 1.85 raise and $ 0 out of their pocket. ‘
Ocasio-Cortez went through the inauguration day with the 1,400 local 202 members manning the market – producing 60 percent of the region’s products.
Ninety-seven percent of union members officially voted on Saturday morning for a new contract that would increase their hourly wages by $ 1.85 over the course of three years, said Danny Kane Jr., local president.
The first crew would return to work on Sunday at 02:00.
‘It’s not often that workers take their fate into their own hands and decide to put their hands together to fight for a better tomorrow. These workers did it, ‘Kane Jr. said. said as he celebrated the pay rise with a champagne toast outside the union’s Bronx headquarters, flanked by state legislature member Anada Septimno and city councilor Rafael Salamanca.