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Janitors in the News

Janitors win $22.4 million from supermarkets
Read how the janitors won big by standing up for their rights and working with SEIU. 

Tough to make it on a 'living wage' -- Thursday, February 10, 2005
Seattle Post-Interlligencer Staff

Space Needle janitor is part of area's invisible army of working poor -- Thursday, February 10, 2005
By Carol Smith
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Reporter

Rally Supporting Janitors Results in Arrests
Nine people were arrested yesterday [WED] in downtown Seattle during a rally supporting striking janitors.  KUOW's Derek Wang reports.
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Janitors at six buildings go on strike against Allied
Tuesday, December 16, 2003
By PAUL NYHAN
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER

Janitors strike hits Bellevue firm - Workers' union demands better health care from janitorial services company
Tuesday, December 16, 2003
by David A. Grant
Journal Reporter

Janitors on Strike in 6 Buildings
Tuesday, December 16, 2003
The Seattle Times

Janitors sue, say they're forced to work "off the clock"
Friday, Oct. 24, 2003
By GENE JOHNSON
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER

Power to the Janitors
By Harold Meyerson
Wednesday, June 25, 2003
The Washington Post

Hundreds of Janitors and Community Supporters Rally in Downtown Seattle
Janitors' protest ends in their firings.
By Greg Heberlein
Journal Reporter
King County Journal
Feb. 15, 2003