The Miami Herald: UM janitors vote to strike
UM janitors vote to strike, but decline to say where and when workers will picket.
Janitors at the University of Miami authorized a strike Sunday against the Boston-based company that hires them to clean UM’s dorms, classrooms and grounds. The workers’ lack of healthcare and their wages — some of the lowest in any major U.S. university — have garnered unflattering national attention for the university. UM President Donna Shalala, following four and a half years of prompting from faculty and students, promised last week that the school would convene a committee to review the wages of about 900 contract workers — including about 400 janitors employed by Boston-based Unicco.
MIAMI, Feb. 26 /PRNewswire/ — Amid cheers, hundreds of janitors at the Episcopal Church on the University of Miami campus overwhelmingly voted to authorize a strike over Unfair Labor Practices committed by UNICCO — the company hired by the University to clean the campus. Workers will open a strike office at the church on Tuesday at noon.
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