Silicon Valley janitors strike (at bizjournals.com)

yahoo.com     May 21, 2008            

Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal Janitors in the Silicon Valley launched a strike this week in an effort to get better benefits and pay, and said Wednesday a demonstration will be held during one company's annual shareholder meeting to call attention to their situation. Service... [read full story]                

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Bay Area High-Tech Janitors On Strike

nbc11.com     May 20, 2008          

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Hundreds of janitors walked off the job Tuesday morning in the Silicon Valley, leaving technology giants like without their usual cleanup crews. The union representing about 6,000 janitors in the Silicon Valley and the East Bay has begun striking over what it claims are...                

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Janitors Plead With High-Tech Firms for Better Wages, Benefits

redorbit.com     May 21, 2008          

Posted on: Wednesday, 21 May 2008, 00:00 CDT By Jessie Mangaliman and Mark Gomez, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. May 20--Hundreds of janitors demanding a wage increase and better health benefits walked off their jobs at some of Silicon Valley's largest high technology companies Tuesday in a strike...                

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Silicon Vally janitors walk out on strike

upi.com     May 21, 2008          

SAN FRANCISCO, May 21 (UPI) -- Service Employees International Union janitors walked off their jobs in Silicon Valley, Calif., striking for better pay, union officials said. Talks between the union and the Bay Area Maintenance Contractors, which represents 15 contractors, ended Thursday, the San...                

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Silicon Vally janitors walk out on strike

politicalgateway.com     May 21, 2008          

SAN FRANCISCO, May 21 (UPI) -- Service Employees International Union janitors walked off their jobs in Silicon Valley, Calif., striking for better pay, union officials said. Talks between the union and the Bay Area Maintenance Contractors, which represents 15 contractors, ended Thursday, the San...                

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Silicon Valley janitors strike enters second day

marketwatch.com     May 22, 2008          

Conflicting accounts emerge over injured demonstrator outside of Yahoo The union, which represents about 6,000 workers, is pushing for the companies to pressure their cleaning contractors to grant more concessions to the janitors. The demonstration took an odd turn at Yahoo Inc. where the union...                

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Silicon Valley janitors strike enters second day (at MarketWatch)

yahoo.com     May 22, 2008          

Conflicting accounts emerge over injured demonstrator outside of Yahoo The union, which represents about 6,000 workers, is pushing for the companies to pressure their cleaning contractors to grant more concessions to the janitors. Video: Silicon Valley Janitors on Strike To protest low wages,...                

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Janitor Hit by Driver at Yahoo Picket Line

wired.com     May 22, 2008          

It's Day 2 of the janitors strike in Silicon Valley, and the drama is heating up. Alicia Chavez, a 54 year-old janitor picketing in front of the Yahoo campus in Sunnyvale, was hit by a car that was, allegedly, "driving aggressively" at the picket line. (The incident is under investigation by...                

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Silicon Valley janitor strike gets intense

go.com     May 22, 2008          

SAN JOSE, CA (KGO) -- The janitor's strike is getting more intense, and more widespread. More people are getting angry on the picket lines, as more unions honor the walkout. The union is rolling out the strike and it's impacting more companies. That list already includes Cisco, Intel, Yahoo,...                

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Janitors' Strike Heats Up: Work Stoppage Expected to Widen

redorbit.com     May 22, 2008          

By San Jose Mercury News, Calif. May 21--Tension flared on picket lines Wednesday as a Silicon Valley janitors' strike moved into its second day with about 800 janitors off the job at about 20 South Bay sites, including Applied Materials, Cisco, Hewlett-Packard and Yahoo.                

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Silicon Valley janitors strike

bizjournals.com     May 21, 2008          

Janitors in the Silicon Valley launched a strike this week in an effort to get better benefits and pay, and said Wednesday a demonstration will be held during one company's annual shareholder meeting to call attention to their situation. (INTC) (AMAT) (ORC) (HPQ) (YHOO)                

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