Los Altos maintenance workers were scheduled to vote Friday whether to go on strike if the city does not address union members’ labor contract concerns. A two-thirds majority vote was needed to move forward with a strike. There are approximately 26 union members.

The Town Crier was unable to obtain the results of the vote by press deadline.

Assistant City Manager Starla Jerome-Robinson, a member of the city’s negotiating team, said she was surprised and unaware that such a vote had been scheduled.

The city and representatives of the Sanitary Truck Drivers and Helpers Local No. 350 have been working toward a new contract with a state mediator, Jerome-Robinson said. She could not comment further.

City negotiators were scheduled to discuss labor negotiations Tuesday evening.

If the vote was approved, this will be the third consecutive time union members have agreed to strike, though they have never actually followed through with a work stoppage. Workers settled negotations last year before union leaders gave the go-ahead to strike.