A small group of Berkeley recreation workers went on strike over what they say is the city’s intransigence over cost-of-living wage increases. 

The 12 Berkeley Day Camp workers are members of Service Employees International Union Local 1021 and their action could be the first trickle that leads to an eventual flood of labor actions by roughly half the city’s workforce.

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Kiley Russell writes primarily for Local News Matters on issues related to equity and the environment. A Bay Area native, he has lived most of his life in Oakland. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University, worked for the Associated Press and the former Contra Costa Times, among other outlets. He has covered everything from state legislatures, local governments, federal and state courts, crime, growth and development, political campaigns of various stripes, wildfires and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.