Tube cleaners claim massive pay victory Tube cleaners working for contractors to Metronet are to receive substantial pay rises when Transport for London takes over the failed privateer…
New Zealand: 800 Hospital cleaners locked out after strike Around 800 workers contracted to Spotless Services Ltd have been locked out of their kitchen,…
France: Strike over at Gare d'Austerlitz Night-train cleaners at the Gare d'Austerlitz rail station in Paris have ended their strike after negotiations with management.
Hospital cleaners stage walk out Cleaners and catering staff at a hospital in Neath, Wales, staged a 24-hour strike in protest yesterday at what they say is a decrease in working…
Houston janitors reach deal to end strike Houston janitors ended a month long strike today against the city's five major cleaning companies after reaching a tentative agreement that will…
Janitors' civil disobedience ends in police brutality A march by janitors in Houston, Texas, was attacked by police on 16 November leaving four inured and…
Houston janitors take strike across the country The strikers have travelled to Chicago, Los Angeles, Sacramento and Washington to rally support from other janitors, in what the union organisers…
London cleaners demand living wage The Justice for Cleaners campaign reaches Goldman Sachs, where "hidden workers" are paid only £6.20 an hour.
1,700 janitors on strike in Houston Janitors from the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) went on strike last week asking for a pay rise to $8.50 an hour and health…
1999-2000: The US university living wage campaign Howard Zinn's brief history of the joint campaign between American university students and staff to win a living wage for all campus employees.
