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Silicon Valley’s janitor problem

                   
scobleizer.com
May 18, 2008
        
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The janitors for many of tech’s biggest companies decided to walk out on strike today. I’m not a big union supporter. I generally don’t like the things because, for the most part, I live in a meritocracy. If I don’t get interesting videos, no one will show up and eventually sponsors figure that... [read full story]                    

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UPDATE - Janitors on strike at Silicon Valley tech giants (at Reuters)

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UPDATE - Janitors on strike at Silicon Valley tech giants (at Reuters)

yahoo.com
May 21, 2008
        

SAN FRANCISCO, May 20 (Reuters) - Employees of Yahoo Inc (YHOO.O: ) and Cisco Systems Inc (CSCO.O: ) may have to add cleaning to their list of duties after janitors launched a strike on Tuesday. The union for the janitors, who are employed by contractors to the companies, threatened to expand the...

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UPDATE - Silicon Valley tech giants hit by janitors strike (at Reuters)

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May 20, 2008
        

SAN FRANCISCO, May 20 (Reuters) - Employees of Yahoo Inc (YHOO.O: ) and Cisco Systems Inc (CSCO.O: ) may have to add cleaning to their list of duties after janitors launched a strike on Tuesday. The union for the janitors, who are employed by contractors to the companies, threatened to expand the...

Janitors On Strike At Silicon Valley Tech Giants (TechWeb)

yahoo.com
May 20, 2008
        

By Reuters InformationWeek Tue May 20, 7:07 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO - Employees of Yahoo, Hewlett-Packard, Oracle, and Cisco Systems may have to add cleaning to their list of duties after janitors launched a strike Tuesday. The union for the janitors, who are employed by contractors to the companies,...

Janitors On Strike At Silicon Valley Tech Giants

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May 20, 2008
        

Employees of Yahoo, Hewlett-Packard, Oracle, and Cisco Systems may have to add cleaning to their list of duties. SAN FRANCISCO - Employees of Yahoo, Hewlett-Packard, Oracle, and Cisco Systems may have to add cleaning to their list of duties after janitors launched a strike Tuesday. The union for...

Janitors On Strike At Silicon Valley Tech Giants

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May 20, 2008
        

Employees of Yahoo, Hewlett-Packard, Oracle, and Cisco Systems may have to add cleaning to their list of duties. SAN FRANCISCO - Employees of Yahoo, Hewlett-Packard, Oracle, and Cisco Systems may have to add cleaning to their list of duties after janitors launched a strike Tuesday. The union for...

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Janitors on strike at Silicon Valley tech giants (at Reuters)

yahoo.com
May 20, 2008
        

SAN FRANCISCO, May 20 (Reuters) - Employees of Yahoo Inc (YHOO.O: ) and Cisco Systems Inc (CSCO.O: ) may have to add cleaning to their list of duties after janitors launched a strike on Tuesday. The union for the janitors, who are employed by contractors to the companies, threatened to expand the...

Janitors want tech giants to push for better pay, benefits

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May 20, 2008
        

The union representing the workers also is pushing for the companies to pressure their cleaning contractors to grant more concessions to the janitors. The struggle will focus on Intel Corp. on Wednesday, when the union representing about 6,000 workers in the San Francisco Bay Area is expected...

Janitors strike at Silicon Valley tech companies

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May 20, 2008
        

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Hundreds of janitors walked off the job Tuesday in the Silicon Valley, leaving the local offices of technology giants like Cisco Systems Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., Oracle Corp. and Yahoo Inc. without their usual cleanup crews. The union representing some 6,000 janitors in...

Janitors strike at Silicon Valley tech companies (AP)

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May 20, 2008
        

Tuesday May 20, 2:36 pm ET Hundreds of janitors begin striking at Silicon Valley tech companies SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- Hundreds of janitors walked off the job Tuesday in the Silicon Valley, leaving the local offices of technology giants like Cisco Systems Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., Oracle Corp....

Janitors Strike OK'd: Gentlemen, Start Your Vacuums

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May 20, 2008
        

UPDATED With Comment from Cisco, union president Mike Garcia Janitors at a slew of major Silicon Valley corporations -- including Cisco, Apple, Hewlett-Packard, Yahoo and Oracle -- are set to walk off the job this week. While it sounds like a potential disaster for Cubicle Land, the associations...

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