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