Browsing Items (4 total) Tagged ‘John Sweeney’
Statement by John Sweeney, Justice for Janitors Press Conference, August 1, 1989
SEIU President Sweeney announced the release of a report on janitors in LA sharply censuring highly-profitable LA businesses for paying janitors low wages and congratulating JfJ for securing a majority downtown. This precedes the JfJ move into…
Janitors Lead National Labor Leaders Through the Lobby of a Nonunion Building, 1989
The Marchers, led by Henning,Kerland, Robertson, Sweeney, and Zellers pass through the lobby of a non-union skyscraper.
National Labor Leaders March with Los Angeles Janitors, August 1989
AFL-CIO President Lane Kirkland and SEIU President John Sweeney march with Los Angeles janitors at the formal kick-off of the campaign. The support of national labor leaders was invaluable in the 1990 victory against ISS.
Lane Kirkland and John Sweeney with other labor officials near a Justice for Janitors march
Lane Kirkland was president of the AFL-CIO and John Sweeney president of the Service Employees International Union during the early years of the Justice for Janitors campaign.
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Los Angeles Police Beat a Justice for Janitors Protester in Century City, 1990 During a lengthy 1990 strike against building service employers in the Century City area of Los Angeles, the Justice for Janitors campaign led a major…