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“Janitors Lash Out at Rebuild L.A. in Rally”
Read more: “Janitors Lash Out at Rebuild L.A. in Rally”In the wake of the 1992 Uprising, the Justice for Janitors campaign joined a coalition of community organizations calling for more significant public reinvestment in the communities most impacted by the destruction of their neighborhoods. In December, they held a rally at the offices of ReBuild LA, a nonprofit formed to coordinate the city’s rebuilding […]
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No Hay Paz Sin Justicia
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Read more: No Hay Paz Sin JusticiaIn April 1992, the four white LAPD officers caught on video assaulting Rodney King were acquitted on all but one of the charges against them, unleashing a wave of anger and unrest known today as the 1992 Los Angeles Uprising (commonly referred to as the L.A. Riots). The destruction and violence that followed caused about […]
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APALA Founding Convention
Read more: APALA Founding ConventionThe founding convention of the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA) held in Washington D.C. in May of 1992. The organization’s first president, Kent Wong, had proposed the idea of establishing a national organization of AAPI trade unionists years earlier to AFL-CIO President Lane Kirkland with working as a staff attorney for the SEIU in […]
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City on the Edge
Read more: City on the EdgeProduced by labor filmmaker and documentarian David Koff, City on the Edge criticized the low-wage policies of the tourism industry and challenged political leaders to embrace equitable development. Released after the violent assault of Rodney King by LAPD officers, and shortly before the 1992 Uprising that followed their acquittals, the film drew attention to the […]
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Mop Man at Toyota
Read more: Mop Man at ToyotaThe Justice for Janitors campaign frequently used street theater to enliven their demonstrations and dramatize their cause. Among their most recognizable characters was a luchador named Mop Man, who in comics and performances defended janitors against abuses by the boss. Pictured here: Mop Man featured in a street theater performance at the headquarters of the Toyota Corp. […]
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Building sustainable peace in Guatemala, the union perspective
Read more: Building sustainable peace in Guatemala, the union perspectiveFrom the 1970s to the 1990s, the Central American nations of El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Guatemala experienced civil war, government-sponsored death squads, and genocide. Many who fled the violence settled in Los Angeles were they joined other immigrant workers in low-wage service sector jobs, and became part of the unionization drives of the 1990s. Immigrants […]
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Press Release Commenting on Beating of Rodney King by Los Angeles police
Read more: Press Release Commenting on Beating of Rodney King by Los Angeles policeLocal 399 condemned the LAPD beating of Rodney King, while connecting it to the LAPD attacks on a Justice for Janitors demonstration in Century City on June 15. The press release reflects the suspicion that working people and communities of color held for the LAPD during the late ’80s and early ’90s and supports demands […]
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Cleaning Workers to Go on Strike
Read more: Cleaning Workers to Go on StrikeA clipping of a 1990 article describing a Justice for Janitors training held in from of the Los Angeles Police Department. Janitors were preparing to use non-violent civil disobedience in their strike on Bradford Building Services in November of that year. Translated from Spanish by Juan Torres. “Cleaning workers to go on strike” La Opinion, […]
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Stop the Cooperation between the Police and the INS
Read more: Stop the Cooperation between the Police and the INSA flyer announcing a protest rally and march organized by the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA) in the fall of 1990. Formed in the wake of the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act, CHIRLA drew together organizations and activists from many communities to demand inclusion for immigrants. Reflecting growing progressive coalition […]
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Justice for Janitors to Put O’Melveny and Meyers on Trial
Read more: Justice for Janitors to Put O’Melveny and Meyers on TrialDuring the Justice for Janitors’ campaign against Bradford Building Services, one of the largest cleaning service providers in downtown Los Angeles, a group of attorneys and community supporters organized a street theater action outside the law firm of O’Melveny & Myers, one of Bradford’s largest clients. Organized by the Friends for Justice for Janitors, a […]
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