Hunts Point Produce Market

Workers win wage hike in NY produce market strike

Vol. 85/No. 5 - February 8, 2021

More than 1,000 Teamsters union members at New York’s Hunts Point Produce Market vote overwhelmingly to approve new contract Jan. 23, after one-week strike won wage increase.

NEW YORK — “I couldn’t be happier,” Marco Gonzalez told the Militant Jan. 23. “When you beat the owners it’s a victory. And my co-workers saw that we accomplish something when we stick together.” He was referring to the gains…

Build solidarity with NY produce strikers in ‘fight for our worth’!

Vol. 85/No. 4 - February 1, 2021

Jan. 17 rally at Hunts Point Produce Market in New York on first day of strike by 1,400 Teamsters. Workers’ demand for $1 hour raise is popular among workers throughout region.

NEW YORK — Rejecting the bosses’ paltry offer of a raise of just 32 cents an hour this year, 34 cents next year and 37 cents the year after, 1,400 members of Teamsters Local 202 at Hunts Point Produce Market…