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Silicon Valley Janitors Walk Off The Job

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May 21, 2008
        
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Hundreds of janitors have walked off the job Tuesday morning in the Silicon Valley, leaving technology giants like Cisco Systems Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., Oracle Corp. and Yahoo Inc. without their usual cleanup crews. ... SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Hundreds of janitors walked... [read full story]                    

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Janitors strike Yahoo!, Cisco

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Day 1: Silicon Valley Janitors Walking Off the Job Today

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Janitors strike Yahoo!, Cisco

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May 23, 2008
        

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 through downtown

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May 22, 2008
        

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

paloaltoonline.com
May 22, 2008
        

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 hike through downtown

paloaltoonline.com
May 22, 2008
        

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

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May 22, 2008
        

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

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May 22, 2008
        

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

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May 22, 2008
        

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

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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.

                   

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,...

Silicon Valley janitors strike enters second day

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May 21, 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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