Website Of The Week: SEIU Local 82

Monday, March 28, 2005

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)


SEIU Local 82, Justice for Janitors, DC is the Washington DC Metro Area’s Building Service Union representing over 7,000 janitors in DC, MD and VA. Local 82’s website is a great resource for members and non-members alike, providing up-to-date info on the local’s ongoing campaigns like the effort by thousands of DC-area security officers to win the better wages and benefits. In addition to sections on how to become a member organizer, get involved in political or online activism and more, the Local 82 website provides a history of the local, which was chartered in 1937 “to improve the lives of apartment house firemen and janitors who worked 24 hours a day, seven days a week, with no holidays off, no vacation, no sick leave, low pay and little respect.” The history includes a photo of the famous 14th St. Bridge blockade in 1995 “to bring attention to DC janitors fight for a contract and economic justice for working people in Washington.” Plus: now you can find 36 Metro Council affiliates online with just one click! Go to the Council’s website and click on “Links” and choose “Affiliates.”  Not listed but should be? Email us today at streetheat@dclaborarchives.org

 

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