 At the end of June, the 4th of July strike already loomed at Lindale Farmstead Park, where the park's superintendent resides. While his role's salary has climbed alongside inflation, the union argues their positions haven't matched pace. You think of your parents, and they're all having kids early in their 20s, and they had their second home by the time they were 40, and it's like, I'm a certified arborist working for the best park system in the nation, and I can't afford a home. It's sad. It's not a middle-class job anymore.