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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) on Wednesday showed up to a picket line with a can of Cafe Bustelo and hand warmers in tow. Grocery store workers in the south Bronx are currently protesting to get a modest raise and AOC, of course, had to be there cheering them on.
According to Freight Waves, roughly 1,400 warehouse workers at the Hunts Point Produce Market went on strike. The market is responsible for hauling in roughly 60 percent of the produce in the New York City area. It is estimated that as many as 30,000 trucks per day go through the market.
New York City police attack striking Hunts Point warehouse workers
Scores of New York Police Department (NYPD) officers attacked a picket line of striking Hunts Point Produce Market workers early Tuesday morning, arresting five workers. Video footage, which has spread rapidly on social media, shows the cops, equipped with riot gear, outnumbering pickets by two to one.
The violent provocation comes as 1,400 workers entered the third day of their strike at the world’s largest produce wholesaler. The striking workers, who receive poverty-level wages of $18-$20 an hour, are demanding a modest wage increase of a dollar an hour.
The mobilization of police under the Democratic administration of Bill de Blasio against workers demanding a few crumbs contrasts sharply to the treatment of the fascist mob that was allowed to storm the US Capitol on January 6. As far as the ruling class is concerned, the main danger is not an open assault on democratic forms of rule, but rather the resurgenc
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Workers at the Hunts Point Produce Market in the Bronx are on strike for a second day as contract negotiations have proved unsuccessful. The dispute was between some 1,400 essential workers…
Workers at New York City produce market launch first strike since 1986
More than 1,400 workers at the Hunts Point Terminal Produce Market in the Bronx, New York, began a strike on Sunday, January 17, over management’s refusal to raise their hourly wage by one dollar. Management’s counteroffer had been an insulting 32 cent raise. Also, the workers are demanding better health benefits.
The striking workers represent most of the workforce at Hunts Point, a sprawling complex with dozens of private wholesalers. It is the largest wholesale produce market in the world. A huge portion of the fresh food consumed by the 22 million people in the New York City metropolitan area flows through this market.