Bronx produce company workers threaten strike over daily $5 raise request

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Workers at Hunts Point Produce Market, which supplies most of New York City’s restaurants and grocers, will go on strike unless a deal is reached by midnight Friday, the Daily News has learned. Danny Kane, president of Teamsters Local 202, said the 1,200 workers who make on average $44,000 a year are asking for a daily raise of $5 or $25 per week.

BY JUAN GONZALEZ , BEN KOCHMAN , RICH SCHAPIRO NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Published: Wednesday, January 14, 2015, 1:36 PM Updated: Wednesday, January 14, 2015, 11:59 PM

No justice! No peas!

Workers at a famed Bronx market responsible for supplying fruits and veggies to most of the city’s restaurants and grocers are on the verge of walking off the job, the Daily News has learned.

The Hunts Point Produce Market workers are threatening to go on strike unless a deal is reached by after midnight Friday — raising the specter of New Yorkers having to forego their kale salads and blueberry smoothies.

“This is a story about people that work really hard and want to be compensated for it,” said Daniel Kane, president of Teamsters Local 202.

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