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Council backs janitors amid contract talks, urges employers to reach agreement before March 31 expiry
Summary
After public testimony from janitors and union leaders that contractors offered a five-year wage freeze, the City Council adopted a resolution urging employers and janitors to reach a negotiated agreement before the contract expiration and expressing support for wage increases and benefits.
The Los Angeles City Council unanimously adopted a resolution on March 28 urging the parties in master janitorial contract negotiations to reach an agreement before the contract covering roughly 8,500 janitors expired on March 31.
Union representatives testified at the hearing that contractors had offered a five‑year wage freeze and proposed cuts to benefits. John Barton of the Los Angeles…
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