Founded in 1903, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters represents
more than 1. Before pursuing the lawsuit, SEIU
repeatedly presented evidence of the wage and hour violations to the
supermarkets urging them to correct the practices, but the supermarkets took
no action .

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25 per hour and provides no
health benefits. Houston janitors who work for
ABM and other large national companies are in the midst of an effort to secure
family health care, fair wages, full-time work, and better working conditions
by uniting to form a union with SEIU, the nation's largest janitors union. The
lawsuit was filed after a team of attorneys investigated the workers' claims
and concluded the company systematically failed to pay proper overtime to its
employees.

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, The National Labor Relations
Board (NLRB) will issue charges this week against Lowe's Cos. Lowe's also is accused of conducting
illegal surveillance of workers and offering promotions to workers in exchange
for their opposition to Teamster representation.
The supermarkets' scheme was uncovered by SEIU which conducted an
investigation over a number of years and referred the case to the Maintenance
Cooperation Trust Fund (MCTF), a Los Angeles-based industry watchdog group
funded by SEIU and responsible janitorial companies concerned with ensuring
high standards in the cleaning industry. The
nation's largest janitors' union, SEIU is leading an effort to police
janitorial companies -- and the corporations that hire them -- that skirt the
law.

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In a show of unity not seen for years, nearly 300 janitors in more than a
dozen cities and towns across the nation who work for ABM, walked off the job
Tuesday and Wednesday nights to support striking janitors in Houston and
Indianapolis.

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Houston and Indianapolis janitors are striking over
unfair labor practices committed by ABM. In other cities, however, ABM provides family health benefits
and pays employees between $10 and $20 an hour.4 million hardworking men and women throughout the United States
and Canada.
The landmark settlement is the largest of a growing number of lawsuits
over unlawful employment practices, known as "wage and hour" claims , involving
the practices of janitorial subcontractors of major U.

Sites about specific current disputes between workers and management, such as a strike over pay and conditions at [insert company name here] .

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HOUSTON, A janitors strike against cleaning giant
ABM is heating up today as workers in Philadelphia , the NY suburbs, downtown
Chicago, and Sacramento pledge to honor picket lines of striking janitors in
Indianapolis and Houston. According to
the Los Angeles District Attorney, who pursued criminal cases against some of
the subcontractors, many janitors were paid as little as $2.

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He noted that the company is facing a class-action lawsuit by
employees who were denied overtime pay for additional hours they worked.com.4
million in the largest class action settlement involving the failure of
janitorial subcontractors to pay their employees according to overtime and
minimum wage laws.

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NLRB to Issue Charges Against Lowe's; Workers Seeking Fairness on Job With Teamsters Threatened Harassed

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The
supermarket chains agreed to pay the settlement money because attorneys for
the janitors found enough information to show that the supermarket chains
exercised control over the janitors' working conditions, even though the
markets were not officially their direct employers.

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ABM Strike Intensifies as ABM Workers in NY Area Philadelphia Chicago Sacramento Pledge to Honor Picket Lines

org.

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Meanwhile , the nation's largest cleaning company, ABM Industries, is
facing new charges today that it violated federal labor laws in Houston,
including telling its janitors here they could be fired if they support their
striking co-workers who are in the midst of an effort to win better jobs and
affordable health care.

Luna said Lowe's anti-worker tactics are not limited to the Perris
facility .

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Supermarket Scheme Uncovered by SEIU

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for
engaging in illegal, anti-worker tactics to block employees from forming a
union at the Perris, California, distribution center."
A worker unjustly fired by Lowe's in retaliation was reinstated with back
pay. $22.

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15 per hour.

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Inc. The NLRB dismissed frivolous accusations made by Lowe's against the
Teamsters.

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The NLRB charges include threats by the company to close the facility, cut
workers' pay and benefits, and arrest employees seeking fairness and job
improvements by joining the Teamsters.
The janitors who were hired to clean Ralph's, Safeway, Vons and Albertsons
grocery stores reported being assigned to work seven days a week, sometimes
365 days a year, without any payment whatsoever for the thousands of overtime
hours worked every year.justiceforjanitors.

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"The company's outrageous and illegal abuse of these workers is yet
another example of why Lowe's employees are fighting for union
representation, " said Ruben Luna, Teamsters Local 166 organizer.47 per hour. corporations.

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BLOOMINGTON, Calif.

SEIU has established a hot line for workers who have been illegally
denied overtime pay -- 1-866-301-7348. More information is available at
http://www.

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4 Million in Checks to Go Out in Mail to Thousands of Janitors in
Supermarket Class Action Suit

LOS ANGELES, Checks for as much as $10,000 began
going out today to more than two thousand Latino janitors who won $22.

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More information about the lawsuit, which does not involve the
Teamsters , can be found at http://www.lowesclassaction. As a result, the hourly pay of many janitors often
was less than even the federal minimum wage of $5.

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ABM pays Houston janitors an average of $5. "Workers
should not be harassed and threatened because they want a better life for
themselves and their families.

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Subcontractors are
sometimes used by companies to avoid liability for these types of practices .