NEXT FEW DAYS, WHAT DOES THAT
MEAN FOR THE RACE COURSE?
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THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
RIGHT NOW THOUSANDS OF TWIN
CITIES JANITORS HAVE FORMED
PICKET LINES OUTSIDE OF THE
PLACE THAT IS THEY NORMALLY
CLEAN.
IT'S A ONE-DAY STRIKE
INVOLVING FOUR,000 MEMBERS OF
THE NATIONAL UNION.
THEIR WAGES ARE TOO LOW AND
WORK LOAD TOO HEAVY.
THEY FORM THE PICKET LINE
OUTSIDE OF TERMINAL 1, THEY
CLEAN LARGE OFFICE BUILDINGS
AND THEY FORM SEVERAL PICKET
LINES OUTSIDE OF THOSE
LOCATIONS.
THEY'RE JOINED FROM DOWNTOWN
MINNEAPOLIS.
HI ANGELA.
HELLO AMELIA.
I'M OUTSIDE WITH JANITORS
WHO ARE MEMBERS OF LOCAL 26,
THEY'VE BEEN WORKING WITHOUT A
CONTRACT AND THEY'RE DEMANDING
A PAY RAISE THAT WOULD GET FULL-
TIME AND PART-TIME JANITORS TO
$15 AN HOUR AND THEY'RE
REQUESTING LIMIT FOR WHAT THEY
SAY IS AN EVER INCREASING WORK
LOAD.
THEY'VE OFFERED TO GIVE FULL-
TIME WORK HEIRS RAISE, NOT
THEEN THE PART-TIME WORKERS.
THESE JANITORS HELP KEEP THE
AIRPORT CLEAN.
SOME OF THEM DESCRIBE THE WORK
THEY DO IN ONE SHIFT AS
EQUIVALENT OF DOING 20 HOME.
ONE THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE
AROUND AND IT GETS TO BE QUITE
A BIT.
THEY'RE DISAPPOINTED IN HOW
THE CLEANING COMPANIES HAVE
RESPONDED TO BETTER PAY AND
BETTER WORKING CONDITIONS.
I FIND IT INTIM DATING, IT'S
A LITTLE ROUGH.
WE FIGHT.
WE WON.
WE FIGHT.
WE WON.
UNION LEADERS SAY FULL-TIME
JANITORS MAKE $14.62 AN HOUR.
PART-TIME JANITORS ARE PAID
BETWEEN $11 AND $13.
THE WORKERS WANT A ACROSS THE
BOARD RAISE FOR $15 FOR
EVERYONE.
WE WORK HARD.
WE WORK HARD.
EVERYBODY HERE HAVE A FAMILY,
INCLUDING ME AND I NEED A
BETTER LIFE FOR MY FAMILY AND
MYSELF.
SOME OF THE JANITORS ARE
FRUSTRATED BY THE AMOUNT OF
WORK THEY'RE ASKED TO COMPLETE
BY THE END OF THE SHIFT.
I LIKE TO DO A GOOD JOB, BUT
THERE'S SO MUCH WORK I HAVE TO
DO TO GET DONE IN AN 8-HOUR
SHIFT.
I TALKED TO THE CHIEF
NEGOTIATOR FOR THE CLEANING
COMPANIES.
IT'S WORTH NOTING THESE
JANITORS RECEIVE A WAGE AND
BENEFITS PACKAGE THAT'S WELL
ABOVE THE MINNEAPOLIS ST. PAUL
OCCUPATIONAL AVERAGE.
THEY RECEIVE PAID HOLIDAYS AND
PAID VACATION TIME AS WELL AS
SICK TIME AND DISABILITY PAY.
ALL OF THE WORKERS WHO HAVE
BEEN ON PICKET LINES THIS
AFTERNOON THEY'RE MEETING AT
