Janitors at the University of Miami elected overwhelmingly to unionize with the Service Employees International Unio

SEIU: Janitors at the University of Miami elected overwhelmingly to unionize with the Service Employees International Unio

By an overwhelming majority of janitors who clean the University of Miami have elected to form a union with SEIU according to the American Arbitration Association, which certified and made public today the results of the workers’ decision. A nine-week strike by the janitors, who are employed by the national cleaning firm UNICCO, drew national attention and support from an impressive coalition of religious leaders and community supporters including students and faculty at the University of Miami, elected officials, and national figures such as Sen. John Edwards, Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa, and civil rights leader Charles Steele, Jr. of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.

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