Today in 1990 Janitors in Los Angeles are brutally beaten by police during a peaceful demonstration in the Century City district. The incident generated public outrage and the janitors subsequently won their first union contract. The Justice for Janitors campaign has helped hundreds of thousands of janitors in cities across the country raise industry standards and transform poverty wages into livable wages.
• The great escape • Rediscovering the power of the unions • Here’s why Gen Z is unionizing • A new regime at the Teamsters • A tax break for union dues • 30 things President Biden has done to help workers • They call her ‘Bus Driver’ and she calls them family • Study: Unionized construction offers better health, safety outcomes • The comic book industry’s next page-turner: union organizing • Judge orders Google to hand over their anti-union campaign documents • 7 legal reasons why every construction worker should join a union • Near strike by Hollywood crews could be sign of things to come • Seven on the strike line: Teamsters calling for better working conditions • HR advice to employers: Employers better off learning to work with unions
