Retail Janitors Strike to #ReclaimOurDreams: February 2016

(photos here from St. Paul Union Advocate)

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Over 300 striking retail janitors and community allies stood on the picket line this morning outside of the Downtown Minneapolis Macy’s. A few updates on the strike:

• Photos from the strike
• Interview on Kare 11 with Jesus Sanchez, CTUL member and employee of Capital who cleans a Macy’s store, talking about why he is on strike.
• Video by Line Break Media showing support from elected officials who stood with striking janitors on the picket line.
• Press Highlights (click here for a link to all of the coverage):
  • “Retail janitors pledge strikes will continue until conditions improve,” Union Advocate, February 18, 2016.

“Wage theft is an all too common problem for retail janitors,” Sanchez said. “We don’t need a band-aid. We need a cure. And that cure is a voice on the job, union rights and $15 an hour.”

• • “Non-Union Janitors 1-Day Strike,” Russell Barnes, KSTP ABC News, February 18, 2016
  • “Non-Union Janitors Strike in Mpls,” Susie Jones, CBS, February 18, 20