Help Make a Child’s Christmas Special

What should be the happiest time of the year is a time of uncertainty for Houston janitors who work for Pritchard Industries.

Pritchard recently cut the pay of some workers to minimum wage, leaving them struggling to pay for basic necessities and provide a merry Christmas for their children.

Not only is Pritchard paying poverty wages, they’re holding up city-wide talks to improve the lives of 3,200 janitors and their families—effectively taking Christmas from the janitors’ children.

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Pritchard Fires Janitor Just Days After She Speaks Out About Working without Pay

Olga Jaimes worked hard as a janitor, cleaning a Houston office building at night to buy a home and put her kids through college. Her family depended on her income, so for months she worked an extra hour unpaid every night because she was afraid if she didn’t, she’d lose her job.

Finally, Olga—who was only paid $7.75 an hour—had enough. When she told her employer she would no longer work hours without pay, she was disciplined. Just days after she spoke out about working without pay, Pritchard fired her.

Help Olga Jaimes get her job back and send a message to unscrupulous employers that they can’t get away with stealing wages from workers.

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One Cleaning Company is Holding Up Good Jobs for Houston's Economy

Houston janitors are bargaining with their employers to secure a better future for their families and to help build a stronger economy that works for everyone. Though they made progress when they won their first union contract in 2006, Houston janitors still live in poverty-bringing home just $12,000 a year with few benefits.

While most of the city's cleaning contactors have been working with the janitors, one company-Pritchard Industries-has been playing games and refusing to negotiate with the janitors. As the only cleaning contractor not bargaining with the janitors, Pritchard Industries is actively blocking the path to the good jobs that Houston needs.

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SEIU Local 1

4299 San Felipe
Suite 200
Houston, TX 77027
(713) 514-0005

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Leslie Mendoza Kamstra
(773) 896-7815
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