Vol.64/No.15                 April 17, 2000 
 
 
Janitors strike for contract in Los Angeles  
 
 

Militant/Carol Lesnick

Janitors rally in Los Angeles after striking 18 cleaning companies April 3. Service Employees International Union spokesperson Blanca Gallegos said 1,500 walked off the job in a fight for a new contract. They are demanding "a livable wage and a $1 wage increase for each of three years of the new contract." Gallegos said 500 more janitors were to join the strike April 5, and the action is spreading from downtown to other areas of the county. The union is planning a major action for April 7, which will be two pilgrimages, one from downtown and the other from Santa Monica, to Century City.

 
 
 
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