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An article in the L.A. County Federation of Labor Newsletter profiles the Labor Immigrant Assistance Project (LIAP) and the California Immigrant Workers Association (CIWA), both efforts by the labor movement to reach out to new immigrants.

This leaflet explains that the janitors in five downtown buildings stopped work in November 1989 to protest illegal firing and unfair conditions under the NLRA. The leaflet emphasizes that the workers oppose their employers, NOT the customers…

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…

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…

Local 399 members listen to speaker (possibly George Hardy) at a contract ratification meeting.

An agreement has been reached between SEIU local 399 and local building owners in the mid 70's. The friendly atmosphere of this meeting was soon to become a thing of the past as building owners adopted their cut-throat employment practices shortly…

California State Assemblyman Richard Polanco voices his support for the Justice for Janitors cause. In their fight for fair wages, benefits and reasonable working conditions, the JFJ campaign frequently held demonstrations that turned out in the…

Janitors occupying and rallying inside Los Angeles City Hall. Banners promote the right to organize and denounce police brutality.

After the 1990 victory against ISS in Century City the janitors launched a number of campaigns including this rally in support of a living wage ordinance. Janitors hold up signs protesting the fact that over the past ten years their wages went down…