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Los Angeles Times photographer Mike Sergieff snapped this picture of a janitors rally in 1990, giving it the caption, "Union demonstrators who marched around the downtown high rise buildings where they rallied for better contracts, end with skit of…

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On May 1, 2006, hundreds of thousands marched in cities across the U.S. in protest of a harsh anti-immigrant bill in the U.S. Congress. Reviving a traditional labor holiday, immigrant workers called their action a "Day without Immigrants" and a…

A clipping of a 1990 article describing a Justice for Janitors training held in from of the Los Angeles Police Department. Janitors were preparing to use non-violent civil disobedience in their strike on Bradford Building Services in November of…

Local 399 condemned the LAPD beating of Rodney King, while connecting it to the LAPD attacks on a Justice for Janitors demonstration in Century City on June 15. The press release reflects the suspicion that working people and communities of color…

Protest pamphlet detailing stories of janitors' problems getting affordable health care.

A flyer used during the "Turkey of the Year" rally in 1989. This flyer exposes the Security Pacific Bank for its unlawful treatment of it workers. The Janitors working within this building were illegally fired after peacefully protesting illegal…

Press release detailing a Justice for Janitors action in November 1989. Awarding the "Turkey of the Year" was meant to embarrass companies who allowed their employees to be fired for organizing. The "human sized turkey" to award the prize was…

Flyer protesting International Service Systems in Century City.

Flyer protesting Bradford Building Services.