MORE THAN 60 members of Local 120, who work for the City of Tacoma, staged an informational picket rally on February 7.

They marched around Tacoma City Hall and filled the City Council Chambers to standing-room-only capacity.

Staff Representative Brock Logan, Local 120 President John Ohlson, and Celeste Suliin Burris described the issues to the council members, who listened intently.

The Local members protested unfair bargaining tactics, a lack of cost-of-living increases for 2006 and pay cuts of up to 18 percent for union members. They add that contractors are doing their work for up to $125 an hour.

Joining the Local members in walking the line were members of IBEW, SEIU, Teamsters and Jobs With Justice as well as longshoremen.