Local unions are attempting to rally support during the Columbia City Council’s Monday meeting due to allegations that city management has not been bargaining in good faith and leadership has chosen to allow excessive crime.
Laborers’ International Union of North America Local 955 protested the city’s most recent wage proposal Wednesday outside the Daniel Boone City Building during Columbia’s State of the City address.
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