Aerospace Janitors Protest Today
Starting at noon today at the corner of Imperial Highway and Aviation Boulevard, hundreds of janitors working at local aerospace companies will protest the lack of a new contract with the cleaning contractors that employ them.
You may remember that three years ago, the South Bay saw similar protests by aerospace janitors. The rallies are often raucous but peaceful.
Just as a note, the aerospace firms do not employee the janitors directly. They firms hire contractors that employ the janitors. But the janitors' strategy is to publicly embarrass the aerospace companies into forcing their contractors to pay the cleaning staff better wages and benefits.
The Service Employees International Union Local 1877 is organizing todays' protest.