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MILWAUKEE 鈥?Janitors in the Service Employees International Union SEIU held up signs and marched through downtown on Tuesday afternoon.The workers are threatening to strike if their demands are not met in upcoming contract negotiations.The workers and other allies of the movement met at Zeidler Union Square for a rally ahead of the march.Custodial worker
stanley cup s, Mayor Cavalier Johnson, SEIU Secretary-Treasurer Rocio S谩enz, and Voces De La Frontera Executive Director Christine Neumann-Ortiz all shared remarks.Blanca Jimenez Navarro has been working as a janitor for 16 years. We are essential the same way that there are firemen, the medical staff, the teachers, and the policemen; everybody has their own part, said Jimenez Navarro. We have our own part too, and we deserve better pay. TMJ4 News Blanca Jim茅nez-Navarro is a janitor who marched through downtown Milwaukee this afternoon, callin
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stanley canada ide movement across the country for janitorial workers in the face of inflation and post-pandemic working conditions.Currently, these janitors make $15.40 an hour on average, which can be difficult for someone like Blanca, who is raising a teenager. Itd be better for me if they gave me better pay and enough money to buy the necessities we need, said Jimenez N Zwsi Fed raises interest rates again to combat inflation, borrowing more expensive
CUSICK, Wa. 鈥?The Kalispel Tribe of Indianshas a culture fo
stanley termosy rged in the mountains of Washington. It s a culture that generations have spent passing down, and now, because of COVID-19, sharing the ancient Salish language and the way of this tribe is getting tougher.JR Bluff started a language program to not only teach adults Salish but to teach children the language in a unique, immersion school. The young students will spend a half-day at the public school across the street, then will come to the Salish school to take on all the usual subjects, which is taught in Salish.Bluff saw great success with the program and hoped, despite the pandemic, the school could continue teaching students in-person. He feared video classes would leave many students behind. So, the school began the year in person, hoping all the safety measures they were taking would protect their students and staff. For months, it worked. It didnt really hit us hard until this winter, said teacher Jessie Isadore. But then, she said, all at once, the virus ripped through their small community. Seven of our eight teachers have tested positive, said JR Bluff. Pretty much,
stanley travel mug it woke people up, and it wasnt just our school, it hit our community pretty strong. Bluff moved the school to remote instruction and said they will reassess in January if they are able to bring students and staff back safely. Of course, we have hope that the new year will
stanley becher bring in health, and we will be able to safely open the doors, and once
