Workers at the Hunts Point Produce Market could be on strike as early as next week after the union representing 1,200 employees at the Bronx wholesale market rejected a contract offered by the cooperative that runs it earlier this week.
Danny Kane, president of the local Teamsters Union, said that with $2.2 billion in revenue last year, the co-op should be able to afford to give workers what he sees as their fair share.
“These employers now are very, very wealthy multi-millionaires and they don’t want to share with the employees that create all the wealth,” said Kane.
Bob Leonard, spokesman for the owners, declined to comment on the management’s profits. He said the economy is still rocky and that the co-op’s offer is fair, especially since the majority of union employees at the market work the night shift and make 30 percent more than the negotiated rate.
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