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By Jeff Danielski

Trabajadores de limpieza de Chicago en huelga marchan por la justicia.

Chicago, IL – En las dos últimas semanas de abril, trabajadores de limpieza de los suburbios de Chicago tomaron un paso histórico para su sindicato, e hicieron un modelo para todos trabajadores “ilegales” con bajos salarios en todas partes.

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By Jeff Danielski

Big march with signs and banners

Chicago, IL – In the final two weeks of April, suburban Chicago janitors made history, setting an example for low-wage “illegal” workers everywhere.

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By Virginia Beckett

Plainfield, IL – “This whole fight was about respect,” said Al Guzman, one of almost two hundred Service Employee International Union Local 1 members who struck S & G Packaging in Plainfield, an outer Chicago suburb, during May and June. “We fought for respect inside the plant and we fought for respect on the picket line.” The 4-week long strike was the high point of a contract campaign that started last October.

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