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Victorious Houston janitors: ‘Si se puede’
Published Nov 22, 2006 1:07 AM
A month-long strike led by mostly Latin@ janitors against five
major cleaning corporations in Houston, Texas, ended Nov. 20. A
majority of the 5,300 janitors involved were making only $20 a
day in wages based on a four-hour work day. According to the
Associated Press, “Under today’s agreement, the SEIU
janitors will get a 50.5-percent pay raise over the two-year
contract. Next Jan. 1, pay will increase to $6.25 an hour, a
21-percent increase over the current wage of $5.15 an hour. That
will go up to $7.25 an hour on Jan. 1, 2008, and $7.75 on Jan. 1,
2009.” The workers will receive health care benefits
beginning on Jan. 1, 2009. People view this contract as a major
victory. It is their first city-wide union contract since these
workers formed the union in November 2005.
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