More than 200 janitors working at Silicon Valley’s largest businesses rallied for better working conditions.
Janitors who work at large Silicon Valley tech companies march in Sunnyvale, Calif., Thursday, March 21, 2024, in support of AB 2364, a newly-introduced bill that would limit their workload. For four years, Hilda Mosquera has been working eight hours straight each day manually recycling plastic and cardboard for a Bay Area car company. She said excessive workloads have resulted in her hands needing surgery.
Service Employees International Union-United Service Workers West, or SEIU-USWW, which represents the rally-goers along with more than 45,000 service workers, organized the Sunnyvale rally and similar ones in San Diego, Orange County and Sacramento. Janitorial work consists of hard physical labor, and injuries can go unrecognized. According to the same study, 27% of private sector janitors in California are over the age of 55 and more prone to injury. A 2023 study published by the California Department of Industrial Relations found that 33% of workers may under-report injuries for fear of retaliation.
A proposed bill by Assemblymember Luz Rivas, a Los Angeles Democrat, could change that. AB236 would amend the state’s labor code to limit the area a janitor can work in an hour to 2,000 square feet.
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