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Friday, August 7, 2009
SEIU: WHO ARE THESE THUGS? TURNS OUT THEY WERE ONCE BEATEN FOR PEACEFUL PROTEST
"SEIU was originally formed by janitors and chartered in 1921 as the "Building Service Employees International Union" (BSEIU). BSEIU's charter members were mostly immigrants in Chicago working as flat and loft janitors -- toiling 12-hour days for $10 a week and the privilege of living with their families in dark basement apartments. Chicago-based Local 1, the first local, is still thriving today."
"For over two decades, SEIU's Justice for Janitors movement has helped low-wage workers achieve social and economic justice and earn broad-based support from the public as well as religious, political and community leaders. More than 225,000 janitors in more than 30 cities throughout the U.S. and Canada have united in SEIU, America's largest union of property services workers."
"Justice for Janitors Day was established after janitors in Los Angeles were beaten by police during a peaceful demonstration against the cleaning contractor ISS on June 15, 1990 . The public outrage that generated from this incident resulted in ISS agreeing to recognize L.A. janitors in a union"
Go to this link to watch a video of peaceful SEIU protesters end a 7 day fast. Listen to the song in the video...its sung in Spanish.http://www.seiu.org/2009/07/video-janitors-protesting-cisco-systems-end-hunger-strike.php
"The important principle these fasting janitors have sacrificed so much to make: a company that has $34 billion in cash assets and paid its CEO $18.8 million last yearshouldn't just stand by while $12-an-hour workers are let go by the contractor Cisco hired to work on its campus."
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JANITORS FOR JUSTICE,
PEACEFUL PROTESTERS,
SEIU
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