https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/02/27/santa-clara-county-reaches-deal-with-union-averts-strike/ > Santa Clara County and a union representing nearly 12,000 county employees have reached a tentative salary agreement, averting a strike that would have begun on Friday. > The county and Service Employees International Union Local 521 confirmed they struck a deal just after 6 p.m. Thursday, two hours past a deadline the union set for determining whether to proceed with a strike.