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Janitors to Present 3rd Annual Turkey of the Year Award to Security Pacific National Bank
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…
"Janitors on a roll for justice," Federation News, Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO, February, 1991, p. 4.
This brief article from the County Fed's newspaper reports on a 1991 march downtown against ABM/Bradford and a victory against Century Cleaning. The LA/Orange County mention, coupled with the date reminds the reader that Local 399 was running the JfJ…
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"Trabajador Inmigrante" Conoce Tus Derechos! [Immigrant Worker: Know Your Rights!] A Justice for Janitors cartoon featuring the superhero janitor "Mopman" instructing immigrants about the limits of supervisors' rights to demand…