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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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Janitors strike Yahoo!, Cisco
Photos and text by David Bacon Mountain View, California, May 20, 2008 -- Silicon Valley janitors, mostly immigrants from Mexico and Central America, walked out of Cisco Systems and Yahoo buildings in the first day of a Bay Area-wide strike intended to force building service contractors to sign a...
VIDEO: Stanford janitors stage strike hike through downtown
Almost 100 janitors who work at Stanford University went on strike Wednesday after a stalemate in negotiations for a new contract, the Stanford Daily reported. The janitors are employed by ABM Janitorial Services, a contractor that provides services to the university. The janitors are members of...
VIDEO: Stanford janitors stage strike through downtown
Almost 100 janitors who work at Stanford University went on strike Wednesday after a stalemate in negotiations for a new contract, the Stanford Daily reported. The janitors are employed by ABM Janitorial Services, a contractor that provides services to the university. The janitors are members of...
Stanford janitors go on strike
Almost 100 janitors who work at Stanford University went on strike Wednesday after a stalemate in negotiations for a new contract, the Stanford Daily reported. The janitors are employed by ABM Janitorial Services, a contractor that provides services to the university. The janitors are members of...
Janitors March to 'Close the Gap' Will Underscore Income Disparity Issues in Bay Area
Janitors March to 'Close the Gap' Will Underscore Income Disparity Issues in Bay Area PALO ALTO, Calif., May 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Janitors will lead a march from the impoverished neighborhoods of East Palo Alto to the gates of the prestigious Stanford University tomorrow to call...
Bay Area Janitors Go On Strike
On May 15th, contract talks for more than 6,000 janitors collapsed when the Bay Area's largest cleaning companies refused modest pay and benefit improvements to janitors who currently make $347 a week ($23,000 a year). On May 17th, janitors voted to strike and on May 21st, over four hundred...
Janitors' Strike in Silicon Valley
Thousands of Silicon Valley janitors strike at high-tech firms By Mark Gomez At least 100 janitors are walking the picket lines this morning at some of Silicon Valley's largest high-tech companies - including Cisco Systems and Apple - in protest of a contract offer they are calling "totally...
Janitors' Strike Heats Up: Work Stoppage Expected to Widen
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.
Silicon Valley janitor strike gets intense
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,...
Silicon Valley janitors strike enters second day (at MarketWatch)
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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