Unions Hire Non-Union Workers to Picket

"For a lot of our members, it's really difficult to have them come out, either because of parking or something else," explains Vincente Garcia, a union representative who is supervising the picketing.

So instead, the union hires unemployed people at the minimum wage—$8.25 an hour—to walk picket lines.

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What Do the Montgomery Bus Boycotts and Trash Collection in San Francisco Have in Common?

The Montgomery city government prevented blacks from organizing alternative transportation to the city's buses. Now in San Francisco, the city prevents organizing alternative to unionized trash pick-up. article