Police square off against protesters. Photo: Michelle Vitetta The two clashing sides in the Pacific Steel Casting strike returned to the bargaining table on Wednesday, a day after Berkeley police resorted to tough tactics to push back a group of strikers from a warehouse on Fifth Street. On Tuesday, about 100 strikers gathered outside a […]
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Workers from Berkeley’s Pacific Steel go on strike
Workers on strike against Pacific Steel. Photo: Frances Dinkelspiel About 470 workers at the Pacific Steel Casting plant went on strike around midnight Monday to protest what they characterized as unfair take-backs by the foundry’s management. After talks broke down between the owners of Pacific Steel and representatives from Local 164B of the Glass, Molders, […]