VALLEJO — Nearly a hundred Solano County workers clad in purple shirts and carrying picket signs lined up outside the county services building in Vallejo Tuesday morning to begin a two-day countywide strike.
County workers held pickets at five different locations across the county to protest what unions called unfair labor practices. Strikers also showed up at the Solano County Board of Supervisors meeting in Fairfield to voice their concerns before supervisors entered closed session to further negotiate contract details.
At 11 a.m., strikers from all locations convened at the county seat at 675 Texas St. in Fairfield to form a picket line until the end of day. Over 900 workers from Services Employees International Union Local 1021, the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, Stationary Engineers Local 39, and the Union of American Physicians and Dentists were on strike, according to an SEIU official. The strike resumes Wednesday…