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Article: Day 1: Silicon Valley Janitors Walking Off the Job Today

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May 20, 2008
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To: STATE EDITORS

Contact: Gina Bowers of Service Employees International Union, +1- 213-926-6993

SAN JOSE, Calif., May 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Janitors who clean some of the area's highest-profile corporations are trading their brooms for picket signs today. Hundreds of janitors are walking off the job at Cisco Systems, Yahoo, Hewlett-Packard, Oracle and other high-tech and bio-tech corporations throughout the Silicon Valley. As the strike expands, it could spread to other parts of the Bay Area.

"Enough is enough, we are standing up for good jobs for ourselves and our families," said Adolfo Morales, a janitor at Cisco Systems. "We keep these corporations clean and open for business ...

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