{"id":437303,"date":"2026-08-19T13:14:38","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T13:14:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/437303\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T13:14:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T13:14:38","slug":"thousands-of-san-jose-city-workers-authorize-strike-amid-stalled-contract-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/437303\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands of San Jose city workers authorize strike amid stalled contract talks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\">THOUSANDS OF SAN JOSE CITY WORKERS have voted to authorize their bargaining representatives to call a strike, ratcheting up the pressure on City Hall amid a protracted contract dispute.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After a week of voting, support for the authorization came in at 97%, according to a Monday announcement from IFPTE Local 21 and MEF-AFSCME Local 101. While the outcome does not immediately trigger a work stoppage for the two unions \u2014 which together represent more than half of the city\u2019s nearly 8,000-strong workforce \u2014 it does empower their bargaining team to call for a three-day strike should they determine contract negotiations have reached an impasse.<\/p>\n<p>Continue reading for FREE<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">This is NOT a paywall. We just want to make sure you\u2019re a human. Sign in to read this story and receive the weekly roundup in your inbox.<\/p>\n<p>Success! Your account was created and you\u2019re signed in.<br \/>Please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/localnewsmatters.org\/my-account\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">My Account<\/a> to manage your account.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"THOUSANDS OF SAN JOSE CITY WORKERS have voted to authorize their bargaining representatives to call a strike, ratcheting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":437304,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[2080,51111,113047,74992,96488,845,6974,21149,173530,88,90,7158,89,881,19106],"class_list":["post-437303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-city-budget","tag-city-workers","tag-collective-bargaining","tag-ifpte-local-21","tag-labor","tag-labor-unions","tag-mayor-matt-mahan","tag-mef-afscme-local-101","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-mineta-international-airport","tag-san-jose-news","tag-san-jose-spotlight","tag-strikes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=437303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437303\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/437304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=437303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=437303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=437303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}