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Janitors at the University of Miami earn some of the lowest wages in the
country, earning as little as $6. "Because I dared to stand up for better wages, and health
insurance, UNICCO threatened to fire me.

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The complaint charges that UNICCO:

* Interrogated employees about their union sympathies.

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* Promised better treatment to employees who do not support the union.

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* Prohibited workers from talking about the union when at work.
ABM pays Houston janitors an average of $5. 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.

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Nelson Hernandez, a janitor who has worked at the University for 25 years,
was threatened after his supervisors found a leaflet supporting the union with
his picture on it. Houston and Indianapolis janitors are striking over
unfair labor practices committed by ABM.

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At Harvard University in
Boston, UNICCO janitors earn between $13 and $14 an hour and have fully paid
health insurance. But I didn't back down, our fight is
too important," Hernandez said.

25 per hour and provides no
health benefits.

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University of Miami students, Coral Gables clergy, janitors and SEIU Local
11 have asked Donna Shalala to immediately step in to safeguard the rights of
the janitors who clean the campus, ensure that they are provided with a safe
work place and to establish a responsible contractor policy for contractors
hired by the University.

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The NLRB only files an official complaint after a lengthy investigation
establishes probable cause for the allegations.
* Spied on workers engaged in union activity
* Threatened Employees with reprisals, including denial of overtime and
reduction of work hours because they supported the union and engaged in
union activity. 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.

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Federal Government Issues Complaint Against University of Miami Contractor for Threatening Coercing and Spying on Janitors Fighting for a Union

In other cities, however, ABM provides family health benefits
and pays employees between $10 and $20 an hour .

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* Required workers to sign documents disavowing their support for the
union.
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.
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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40 an hour without employer-paid health
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MIAMI, The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
has issued a formal complaint accusing Boston based UNICCO Services with
"interfering with, restraining and coercing employees" who support the union. Unionized janitors who work for the same company in other cities
earn higher wages and are provided health insurance.

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* Accused employees of being disloyal for supporting the Union and
engaging in union activity.