Today's Labor Quote: LA janitor

“I wasn’t robbing a bank or selling drugs. I’m simply asking for an increase in pay but the police beat us as if we were garbage.”

On May 22, 1990, 15,000 janitors in Los Angeles went on strike, part of the Justice for Janitors campaign; the police riot the quote refers to was on June 15 and the strike ended around June 25. (updated 4/7/2020)

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