Browsing Items (3 total) Tagged ‘Lane Kirkland’
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.
"Bishops"
Local 399 staff labeled this photograph of religious leaders and AFL-CIO leader Lane Kirkland "Bishops." It illustrates the early appeal to supporters beyond the labor movement proper to support the cause of the janitors union.
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Anti-Proposition 187 March Members of SEIU assemble in 1994, protesting Proposition 187.