Ironworkers Wildcat In San Francisco To Protest Contract Vote Process And Declining Wages

Ironworkers picketed construction sites in San Francisco in including the Transbay Terminal and other construction sites in a wildcat to protest continuing decline in their living conditions.

A statement distributed protested the vote process, the lack of translation of their contract for non-English speakers and also concession bargaining

While construction in booming in San Francisco and Northern California Ironworkers real wages have gone down over decades.

Ironworkers continued their three day wildcat strike in San Francisco and other parts of Northern California against a concession contract that leaves them behind other trades and was pushed and voting on without translating to Spanish and Chinese.

Ironworkers in San Francisco spoke out about why they went out
on a wildcat and how they view their work. Also other supporters
joined them on the picket line on September 12, 2014 and discussed
international solidarity and the results of the 1999 carpenters
wildcat strike in San Francisco
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Irish trade unionist Finn Geaney joined the picket lines to support striking San Francisco ironworkers