Janitors Demonstrate Outside Cisco Systems, Inc.

Janitors picketed outside Cisco Systems, Inc., in San Jose on Thursday, May 15 as part of more than two dozen pickets taking place throughout the Bay Area and Silicon Valley this week. Janitors are picketing Cicso Systems' cleaning contractor ACME / GCA.

Low Wages, No Access to Health Care

Janitors are mostly Latino and often work in the obscurity of night servicing California's most prestigious corporations like Cisco Systems, Inc., but they earn wages so low that they struggle to provide adequate housing for their families and most do not have adequate healthcare for themselves or their families. Janitors have been negotiating a new contract for months.


Bay Area / Silicon Valley Janitors To Conduct Strike Vote

Janitors are preparing to conduct a strike authorization vote this Saturday, May 17. Once a strike is authorized, it can begin at any time.

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