Word: picketer
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...don’t want to anger the new dean into not giving us space,” she says. “But we also want the space to the point that we’d consider hunger strikes, chain ourselves to the building, picket...
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...Service Employees International Union has been in negotiations with cleaning contractors since the summer, and Boston’s more than 10,000 janitors have been working without a contract for over a month. The strike began on Monday night as workers refused to work and instead joined picket lines at buildings and campuses around Boston and its suburbs...
...janitors now on strike are risking their jobs and livelihoods. Unicco, Boston’s largest cleaning contractor, is already employing replacement workers. The desperation of those willing to cross a picket line for a paycheck speaks to the bravery of those who will strike. Living in conditions that can lead one to break a strike, it speaks volumes that so many janitors still decided to walk out. Additionally, that Unicco and other companies can find replacement workers underscores how little job security the striking janitors have. Despite all this, the number of janitors on strike is growing, as more...
Over a thousand building trade workers in Boston have honored the picket lines, often losing pay. The Teamsters are not making deliveries to any building where janitors are striking; construction crews stayed off affected construction sites, including a new building at Northeastern University. Such solidarity is crucial to the success of the strike...