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Janitors to Make Major Announcement About Strike

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

SILICON VALLEY – Janitors will make a major announcement about the strike at 1:30 PM on Wednesday at the union offices in San Jose.
 
More than 1,000 janitors are currently out on a strike that started last Tuesday, May 20 in the Silicon Valley and spread throughout the Bay Area. The strike is now affecting high-tech corporate giants such as Cisco Systems, Yahoo, Oracle, Intel as well as Stanford University, UC Berkeley and dozens of commercial real estate properties throughout the Silicon Valley and the Bay Area.
 
WHAT:            Janitors to make major announcement about strike
 
WHEN:            1:30 PM Wed., May 28
 
WHERE:            1010 Ruff Drive, San Jose
 
Visit www.seiu-usww.org for janitors' stories, strike photos, videos and more.
 
Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 1877 is part of SEIU United Service Workers West, representing more than 40,000 janitors, security officers, airport service workers, and other property service workers across California. SEIU is the nation's largest and fastest growing union in North America with more than 1.9 million members.