An overwhelming 96 percent of Region 2 and 3 members who voted this weekend said yes to authorizing the bargaining committees call for a strike.
More than 100 interpreters, including full time, part time, and as-needed employees attended the strike authorization vote meeting this Saturday in Stockton.
Carpool and vanpools of interpreters drove in from Regions 2 and 3, which cover a swath of twenty-six counties. Members came from as far away as Sonoma, El Dorado, Fresno, Santa Clara, and Santa Cruz.
“Don’t lose the opportunity to defend yourself,” member Álvaro Desgives-Más told interpreters before the vote.
Discussion centered around the Regions’ moves to reduce work hours and implement video interpreting. Interpreters in the meeting shared their concerns that these proposals would undermine the profession as well as standards of meaningful access for everyone using the courts’ services. More.
See: NIAN
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