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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Santa Knows When You Are Naughty to Janitors!! In order to put pressure on building owners to improve conditions janitors would try to publicly embarrass them by staging shows in front of their…