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Tuesday, June 06, 2006

June 15 - Clean Start for cleaners

International Justice for Cleaners Day

1pm June 15
St Francis Church Hall
Corner of Lonsdale & Elizabeth St
Melbourne CBD

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International Justice for Cleaners Day is set aside each year to bring attention to the conditions cleaners face across the globe. The annual rallies around International Justice for Cleaners Day grew out of an ugly incident on June 15, 1990, in Los Angeles when police beat immigrant cleaners protesting the way a multi-national cleaning company was treating them in a CBD office block.

This incident provoked public outrage in the USA and abroad. Pressure from cleaners who belonged to unions in other countries helped force the contract cleaner to finally sit down, negotiate and show some respect and decency when talking with their workers.

Since then - for nearly two decades now - June 15 has become a focal point for organising cleaners in campaigns and celebrations across several continents. Nominations for a CBD office block which deserves our Golden Toilet Brush Award, for property owners that do not ensure the highest-standards of cleanliness in their buildings, are open.


more info: Lisa Chesters 9235 7777 | http://www.lhmu.org.au/lhmu/campaigns/Clean_Start/

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