The 4,500 union city employees work at the airport, housing department, and city libraries - just some of the services where residents will see impacts if a strike occurs.
Mendoza says it's simply not enough to survive in San Jose.
"I will be losing money," Mendoza said. "But it's for the greater good because we as San Jose city employees, we deserve to have the same amount of raises as our sister cities."The San Jose City Council will have a closed-session meeting Tuesday to discuss any movement that may be possible. San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan wants to avoid what he considers a terrible situation for employees and residents. He says only one mediation session between the two groups has not been enough to reach an agreement.
"I do not want the city to be in a position where we over-extend ourselves and have to do lay-offs or cut services later," Mayor Mahan said. "It's not fair to workers and it's not fair to residents." Both sides say they do not want a strike to happen for the good of everyone involved, but the unions want to see some movement in a positive direction before calling off the strike."I'm really hoping that the city and our bargaining units can get back to mediation, talk through whatever creative solutions both sides can bring to the table and get to a resolution as we've done with all our other bargaining units," Mahan said.
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