San Francisco’s roughly 200 superior court clerks launched a one-day strike Thursday to protest what they say is court management’s refusal to negotiate on under-staffing and training issues.
More than 99% of the criminal and civil clerks, represented by the Service Employees International Union 1021, voted two weeks ago to authorize the strike, according to a union press release. The staffing problems have caused the dismissal of more than 70 misdemeanor cases, the union said.
Picketers gathered outside the Hall of Justice in downtown San Francisco on Thursday morning. The union and court administration had been in negotiations since the ...