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Friday, April 28, 2006

Barbara Ehrenreich

Posted by faculty for workplace justice at 5:03 PM
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Frequently Asked Questions about the UM Janitors Strike of 2006

  • All FAQ
  • FAQ: Why is there a strike?
  • FAQ: Why are all the workers not on strike?
  • FAQ: The university increased pay. Why does the strike continue?
  • FAQ: And what about health insurance?
  • FAQ: What about card check versus NLRB elections?
  • How is UM implicated in the janitors' strike?
  • The striking janitors and the free market
  • Not "let 'em vote" but "let 'em choose." Philosophy of card check

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      • Striker Elsa Rodriguez speaks her mind
      • Hear Barbara Ehrenreich
      • Those four ads in the Miami Herald
      • Kennedy's letter to Georgetown's president
      • Faculty Senate Resolutions
      • Card what? Georgetown U. answers
      • dear anonymous
      • Barbara Ehrenreich
      • Why the students are no longer camping in front of...
      • ... all over the world, tonight
      • Temple Judea Presents...
      • Goings-on in the press
      • New FAQs
      • Dolores Huerta
      • The Dirty Dozen. And guess what....
      • Internet petition. Let's make this a big one.
      • Help is on the way
      • Front page Herald!
      • Be it resolved...
      • Big rally tomorrow, Tuesday. A star-studded cast.
      • labor in so. fla. -- it's a movement
      • justice for martin lee anderson: FSU students on t...
      • Health Insurance
      • Some media stuff
      • Passing the baton
      • New Look
      • Ad in the Herald and Times
      • Please help the Herald get this right!
      • What it feels like
      • Visit by Ed Asner
      • Faculty Senate Resolutions
      • "Janitors between a Rock and a Hard Place" and oth...
      • endless water
      • Prayer Service Tomorrow, Friday, with Andy Stern a...
      • $%&(*&^)&%##%%
      • Stop Press!
      • Why are the students camped outside Ashe now? In t...
      • Students set up hunger strike camp outside Ashe
      • Support in Boston
      • Thursday's press: the Ana Menendez of the north
      • ashe lockdown, part III
      • Response to President Shalala's piece in today's H...
      • Charles Steele at Freedom Village, Today Wednesday
      • "Our goal is to publish thoughtful commentary..."
      • the hunger strikers' families need your help!
      • Tuesday's events and press conference
      • A busy day in the press
      • support them
      • Arrested Development
      • mayor alvarez talks to strikers on friday
      • Fourth hunger striker hospitalized
      • No somos invisibles
      • UNICCO finally admits it uses card check
      • The last few days....
      • Not "let 'em vote" but "let 'em choose"
      • David Bonior on campus, Friday
      • STAND student's response to the President's letter...
      • Faculty Response to President Shalala's Letter of ...
      • feliciano has a stroke
      • David Bonior Friday at UM -- and an update on the ...
      • Ashe lock-down
      • Workers Rights are Human Rights - Rally Wed April ...
      • ACORN
      • Boston Tea-less Party
      • why a hunger strike: statement from STAND
      • message from the hunger strikers
      • Why are the students hunger striking?
      • yesterday at justice city: one striker is evacuated
      • In their own words...
      • Interview with Hunger Striker Feliciano Hernandez
      • Update on the hunger strike
      • Faculty Statement about the Continuing Strike
      • day three
      • What about card check versus NLRB elections?
      • And what about health insurance?
      • The university increased pay. Why does the strike ...
      • Why are all the workers not on strike?
      • Why is there a strike?
      • FAQ
      • Photography exhibit in Justice City
      • City of Miami passes Living Wage Ordinance
      • images from justice city day 2
      • "Let 'em choose"
      • images from justice city
      • "At The River I Stand"
      • Community Dinner and then... Hunger Strike
      • Teach-In, Wednesday April 5th
      • The Fire is Spreading
      • How are the talks going?
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  • UM janitors' strike (177)

Useful Documents from the UM Janitors Strike

  • Free and Fair: American Rights at Work study on how NLRB elections match up to our standards of democracy
  • LaborSafe Report on UNICCO Health and Safety Program
  • Miami-Dade County Living Wage Brochure (1999)

Links

  • Eye on Nova
  • Nova Janitors' Myspace Page
  • SEIU Local 11 on Nova janitors
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