Labor & Economic News Blog

Monday, May 01, 2006

UM janitors reach agreement with employer and will end strike

UM janitors reach agreement with employer and will end strike
Source: AP
About a quarter of the 425 janitors who work at the university have been on strike since early March. Several weeks after the strike began the university had agreed to raise the minimum wages of its contract employees, but workers continued to strike over alleged unfair labor practices and union representation. The janitors and their employer, Unicco Service Co., agreed to a process Monday by which the janitors can choose whether to form a union. The workers will return to work Wednesday, both sides said.

 



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