On Behalf Of Michael Perelman
I usually don't forward David Bacon's excellent reports, but this one
raises a question for me: why do the janitors have so much relative
success, while other unions that would seem to have fewer advantages
have floundered? Of course, it is hard to move the
Los Angeles Times, August 8, 1995:
The Service Employees International Union took desperately poor, Latino
immigrant janitors and turned them into a militant army of in-your-face
protesters powerful enough to force Los Angeles' biggest cleaning companies
to unionize.
Now, the janitors and
I agree with what Nathan said, but that brings up another question: why
haven't other unions followed a similar tactic with enormous grassroots
organizing together with creative forms of activism. Didn't Justice for
Janitors lend a great deal of credibility to Sweeney's election?
--
Michael
