Visual: Janitors on strike
receiving oversized check for strike fund.

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Janitors At UM Strike Update

DETROIT, UAW President Ron Gettelfinger today
announced the UAW has endorsed John Sweeney for re-election as president of
the AFL-CIO.

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John Sweeney is a leader on all these issues; that's why our
union is proud to support him for re-election," said Gettelfinger.

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"During this debate, President Sweeney has focused squarely on issues and
on doing what's in the best interest of workers and their families, refusing
to be drawn into divisive personal squabbles .
"The UAW has supported important reform proposals within the AFL-CIO to
help create a stronger and more effective labor federation," Gettelfinger
said.

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WHEN: 3:00 p. Janitors won the
higher wages and benefits as the result of a two-year campaign on their behalf
by students , the community, and SEIU.
"We are united in demanding an end to the human rights abuses in American
workplaces which deny millions of people a free choice about whether to join a
union.

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Unionized janitors who work for the same company in
other cities earn higher wages and are provided health insurance.

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SEIU Local 11 established a Strike
Fund Last week. He is a leader who listens to and
respects the concerns and ideas of the AFL-CIO's member unions, and he has
actively encouraged a lively, open and much-needed debate on the future of the
labor movement.

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Press Conference to Announce Major Donation from SEIU Workers Nationwide for
Janitors on Strike at The University of Miami Scheduled for 3:00 P.
UNICCO embarked on a vicious anti-union campaign including threats and
interrogation after janitors on the campus started organizing with Local 11
for better wages , benefits, and respect on the job.

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In an already poor city, janitors at the University of Miami are some of
the poorest, earning as little as $13,104 a year, less than half the county
median .

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MIAMI, Janitors heading into the third week of a
strike at the University of Miami will receive a significant donation to their
Strike Fund from the 1. Already, dozens of students, faculty members, community
supporters, and labor unions, have donated to the fund. "As AFL-CIO
president, John Sweeney has been unafraid to try new strategies and approaches
for strengthening the labor movement. We are united in our belief that working families must have an
effective voice in the political process.

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At Harvard
University in Boston, UNICCO janitors earn between $13 and $14 an hour and
have fully paid health insurance . He believes in reaching out and
bringing people together, not driving them apart," Gettelfinger continued.

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University President Donna Shalala has come
under fire by a growing coalition of students , faculty, religious leaders, and
community activists for not doing more to head off the strike by ensuring that
UNICCO respects workers' right to organize for a living wage and affordable
health insurance, free from intimidation.

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Strike funds allow workers, particular those who already live on the razor
edge of poverty, financial assistance.40 an hour and are not
provided with health insurance.

UAW Endorses John Sweeney for President of AFL-CIO

"And while different unions approach the challenges we face from
different perspectives, we believe it's important to focus on what unites us.

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Janitors at the Medical School and the Coral Gables
campus of the University of Miami are on strike over un fair labor practices
committed against them by UNICCO services.

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We are united in recognizing that
today's global economy demands a global labor movement that can fight for
workplace democracy and rising living standards for all workers, no matter
where they live.

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8 million members of the Service Employees
International Union. Checks to the fund
should be made out to SEIU Local 11 Strike Fund and sent to 1680 Michigan
Avenue, Miami Beach Florida, 33139.
"Throughout his life, John Sweeney has fought with courage and conviction
on behalf of workers and their unions, " said Gettelfinger.

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, Sunday, March 12
WHAT: Strike Fund donation
WHERE: Episcopal Church 1150 Stanford Drive, Coral Gables

BACKGROUND:
Janitors at the campus earn as little as $6.
Janitors at the University of Miami, most of whom are immigrants from
Cuba, Haiti and South America, earn some of the lowest wages for campus
janitors in the country. But they didn't always.