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Progress Is Still Possible for Workers Battling an Unfair System

Gerry Hudson | Posted 04.21.2013 | Black Voices
Read More: Janitors, Civil Rights Movement, Minnesota, Workers, Minneapolis, Memphis, Labor Movement, African-American History, JFK Airport, Seiu, African-American Issues, Workers Rights, Black Voices News
Gerry Hudson

Too many working people across the country have to hope for overtime, string together two or three jobs or rely on public benefits to financially stay afloat. Contractors and corporations are reaping the benefits of a productive workforce yet they aren't equitably sharing those rewards.

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Dave Jamieson

Walter Reed's Low-Wage Janitors Working Without Pay

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 11.14.2012 | DC
Read More: Janitors, Irs, Low-Wage Workers, Low Wages, Internal Revenue Service, Federal Contracts, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Defense Department, Walter Reed, DC News

Update: The Gazette reports that the workers received their checks late Tuesday. WASHINGTON -- Janitors and housekeepers who clean the Walter Reed ...

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Jason Cherkis

RNC Convention Workers Being Paid Below Minimum Wage

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Cherkis | Posted 08.31.2012 | Politics
Read More: Support Staff, Janitors, Rnc Janitors, Rnc Convention Workers, Rnc, Mitt Romney, Elections 2012, Media, Rnc Minimum Wage, Labor, Republican Convention Workers, Minimum Wage, Video, Rep. Paul Ryan, Mitt Romney 2012, Tampa, Cleanevent, Florida, Politics News

TAMPA, Fla. -- During these past four days at the RNC convention, janitors have worked around the clock picking up after delegates, conservative stars...

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Cole Stangler

Houston Janitors' Strike Spreads Across The Nation

HuffingtonPost.com | Cole Stangler | Posted 07.18.2012 | Politics
Read More: Janitors, Strike, Labor, Houston Janitors, Seiu, Janitors Strike, Seiu-Local-1, Unions, NAACP Convention, Naacp, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- A janitor strike that began in Houston spread to six cities across the country Tuesday, with hundreds of janitors in different location...

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Dave Jamieson

Janitor Confronts JPMorgan Chief At Hill Hearing (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 06.19.2012 | Politics
Read More: Texas, JP Morgan Chase, Janitors, JP Morgan, Houston, Capitol Hill, Economy, Seiu, Too Big to Fail, Banks, Jamie Dimon, Congressional Hearings, Jamie Dimon JP Morgan, Video, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- A janitor from Texas confronted JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon after a congressional hearing on Tuesday, asking the finance executive wh...

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Custodians Are Not Just Janitors

FSView | Posted 05.15.2012 | College
Read More: College Dorms, Janitors, School Custodians, College Custodians, Florida-State-University, College Life, College Campuses, Florida State University, University Janitors, School Janitors, University Custodians, Custonians, College Janitors, College News
FSView

Custodial staff are often burdened with extraneous, unnecessary tasks. Their jobs are difficult and under appreciated as it is. We don't need to add to that with insensitivity and stupid antics that leave messes in our wake.

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Janitors Suspended For Binding, Gagging Students In Bathroom

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 03.05.2012 | Home
Read More: Janitors, Elementary Schoolers, New Jersey Schools, School Crime, Students Bound and Gagged, Elementary School, School Janitors, Maintenance Workers, Elementary School Students, Video, Home News

Two janitors from Gregory Elementary School in Long Beach, NJ., have been placed on paid suspension after they allegedly bound and gagged two 10-year-...

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Lila Shapiro

WATCH: Janitors Fire Back At Newt Gingrich

HuffingtonPost.com | Lila Shapiro | Posted 01.19.2012 | Business
Read More: Newt Gingrich Janitors, Janitors, South Carolina Primary, GOP Debate, Elections 2012, South Carolina Primary Election, Newt Gingrich Child Labor Laws, South Carolina Primary Election 2012, Video, Unemployment, Newt Gingrich 2012, South Carolina Debate, 2012 Election, Business News, South Carolina Primary 2012, Newt Gingrich, Business News

Despite his current surge in the South Carolina polls, Newt Gingrich's star is not rising among one group of workers who have been a key talking point...

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Gingrich Makes a Mess with Janitors Claim

Posted 12.13.2011 | Politics
Read More: Iowa Caucus, Gingrich, Newt Gingrich Janitors, Janitors, Video, Elections 2012, Gingrich Child Labor, Newt Gingrich Child Labor, Newt Gingrich, Gingrich Janitor, Iowa Caucus 2012, Politics News

The Following post first appeared on FactCheck.org. Newt Gingrich got it wrong when he claimed "an entry-level janitor gets paid twice as much ...

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Dave Jamieson

Newt Gingrich's Cavalier View Of Janitorial Work Challenged By Facts

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 11.22.2011 | Politics
Read More: Blue Collar Workers, Janitors, Video, 2012 Presidential Election, 2012 Election, Seiu, Elections 2012, Newt-Gingrich-Janitors, Newt Gingrich, Service Employees International Union, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich argued at an address at Harvard University last week that American school systems should...

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Gingrich Doubles Down On Questionable Child Labor Proposal

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 11.22.2011 | Politics
Read More: Newt Gingrich Janitors, Janitors, Elections 2012, Gingrich Child Labor, Newt Gingrich Child Labor Laws, Newt Gingrich Child Labor, Labor Unions, Gingrich Janitors, GOP Candidates, Gingrich, Video, Newt Gingrich 2012, Gingrich Child Labor Laws, Newt Gingrich, Unions, Child Labor Laws, Afscme, Politics News

Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich clarified his comment calling child labor laws "stupid" Monday in an interview with The Washington Pos...

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PHOTOS: The Most Popular Jobs In America

Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Job Market, Janitors, Popular Jobs, Careerbuilder, Fast Food, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Slidepollajax, Careers, Jobs, Teachers, America's Most Popular Jobs, Cashiers, Business News

By Kaitlin Madden, CareerBuilder.com: The following is a list of jobs with little in common. Annual salaries for these jobs range from just over $18,0...

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