Why Ercilia Sandoval Took Her Wig Off – In Houston, an immigrant janitor’s moment of truth shocks management negotiators — and sets the stage for a health care breakthrough.
Tagged: insurance, latina, protest“The Service Employees International Union this week won a tentative agreement for higher pay and health insurance for its new members in Houston, who have been locked in an acrimonious, monthlong strike at the city’s largest cleaning companies. It’s a major victory for the SEIU, which set out last year to organize part-time, often undocumented Hispanic workers in a region of the country that hasn’t typically embraced organized labor. Houston is likely to become a model for the union’s efforts in other Southern cities: Beyond using the same quiet educational efforts, noisy protests, and hardball negotiating, organizers are sure to be on the lookout for another Ercilia Sandoval.”
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November 27th, 2006
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