San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie’s relationship with unions gets complicated

Published June 18, 2025 5:57pm ET



Police arrested and removed nearly a dozen union workers protesting Mayor Daniel Lurie during a San Francisco City Hall meeting on Tuesday, showing the new mayor’s rocky relationship with Big Labor.

More than 100 workers in attendance were upset with Lurie’s plan to eliminate around 100 jobs and hundreds of vacant positions as part of his plan to close an $800 million budget deficit.

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