With a new office building serving as a backdrop, William Gerner leads a chant at a Strip District rally in which he and other office cleaners represented by 32BJ Service Employees International Union protested wage disparity between Downtown cleaners and those in the Strip, Oakland and other neighborhoods in eastern portions of the city on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019. Cleaners in the Downtown business district collect $17.57 per hour; those in other neighborhoods are paid $13.80 per hour. “Inadequate wages make me feel inadequate,” said Leslie Rose, who works in Oakland. “And I am not inadequate.” (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)