MIAMI — Upcoming 7 days, extra than 1,500 of South Florida’s janitorial workforce will be voting on whether or not to give their union the suitable to connect with a strike if a new deal can not be negotiated. They are inquiring for things many workers get for granted – a decent hourly wage, unwell times, compensated time off, and many others.
In the earlier, we have viewed custodial employees here go on starvation strikes to be handled reasonably, as well as pickets and protests at downtown office buildings — all to increase their meager shell out. We have witnessed some enhancement but substantially much more requires to be carried out.
CBS News Miami’s Jim DeFede talks to a single of the nearby janitorial workers and the woman who potential customers their union.
Attendees: Helene O’Brien/District Director, 32BJ SEIU Florida
Heidi Moreno/Janitorial Employee
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