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The workers who clean office buildings around Fairfax County won’t have to hit the picket lines anytime soon. The union representing about 9,100 commercial office cleaners in the D.C. area reached a tentative agreement yesterday (Tuesday) for a new contract with property owners in the Washington Service Contractors Association (WSCA), averting a potential strike. Expressing
ROSSLYN, Va. (DC News Now) — With just over a week left on their current contract with the Washington Service Contractors Association, some of the roughly 9,000 commercial office cleaners represented by SEIU Local 32BJ marched and rallied in Northern Virginia, threatening to strike unless their wages get increased. The union, which represents people across […]
A regional chapter of an office cleaners union — which includes about 500 employees in Baltimore — is preparing to strike this month if a deal regarding pay increases isn’t
Another strike may be on the horizon for the D.C. area, this time led by office cleaners who say wages have stagnated even after they were expected to keep working through the pandemic. About 9,100 janitors, more than 3,000 of them in Northern Virginia, are voting this week on whether to go on strike if
On National Custodial Workers Recognition Day, office cleaners came together to march through downtown D.C., pushing for higher wages and other provisions in their new union contract.