Janitors Win Fight in Houston
Houston Janitors' Victory
Sunday, November 26, 2006; Washington Post Page F02
Houston Janitors' Victory
After a month-long strike, Houston janitors won a new contract that will double their incomes and provide them health insurance for the first time. Although the new hourly wage, $7.75 by 2009, is below that of other cities, it represents the first victory in a Southern right-to-work state by the Service Employees International Union in its national effort to organize janitors. The union strategy in Houston, as elsewhere, was to pressure cleaning contractors by appealing to building owners and local politicians.
Sunday, November 26, 2006; Washington Post Page F02
Houston Janitors' Victory
After a month-long strike, Houston janitors won a new contract that will double their incomes and provide them health insurance for the first time. Although the new hourly wage, $7.75 by 2009, is below that of other cities, it represents the first victory in a Southern right-to-work state by the Service Employees International Union in its national effort to organize janitors. The union strategy in Houston, as elsewhere, was to pressure cleaning contractors by appealing to building owners and local politicians.
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