After a burst of activity that included acts of civil disobedience and building a broad base of community support for striking Houston janitors, negotiations between the janitors and their employers reconvened. The striking janitors are seeking to increase their hourly pay to $10 an hour. Three Houston property management companies that oversee facility maintenance for downtown office […]
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Show of solidarity, new ad campaign support striking Houston janitors
August 3, 2012 
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The first wave of Freedom Flyers arrived in Houston on Tuesday and staged a sit-in to support striking janitors at a downtown Houston office building. Seven were arrested. On Thursday, SEIU Local 1, the striking janitors’ union, launched a nationwide online ad campaign aimed at JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, whose bank like many large corporations with offices in […]
Read moreHouson janitors expand strike as they fight 1 percent-type corporations
July 18, 2012 1 Comment
Striking Houston janitors on Tuesday traveled to six cities where they will set up picket lines at work sites where their employers have cleaning contracts. Members of SEIU who work at the picketed work sites have said that they will not cross the picket lines. The cities affected are Washington DC, Minneapolis, Seattle, Boston, San […]
Read moreHouston janitors strike.
July 12, 2012 1 Comment
Update: More Houston janitors have walked off the job. SEIU Local 1 reports that by Friday, July 12 janitors at nine more buildings have joined the strike. Read more at http://www.seiu1.org/2012/07/12/houston-janitors-strike-continues-to-grow-2/. Tuesday night (July 10) hundreds of Houston janitors walked off their jobs to protest employer misconduct and harassment. By Wednesday morning, the janitors and […]
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