Title supplied by cataloger. A rally and march through downtown office buildings was staged by janitors seeking better wages. The "Justice for Janitors" rally included speeches from AFL-CIO President Lane Kirkland and Service Employees Union President John Sweeney. The demonstrators seen here are marching through the Pacific Mutual Building across from Pershing Square. Photograph dated August 1, 1989.
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;18 x 23 cm. on sheet 21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Building (Los Angeles, Calif.) Wages--Building cleaning industry--California--Los Angeles Janitors--California--Los Angeles Signs and signboards--California--Los Angeles Demonstrations--California--Los Angeles Office buildings--California--Los Angeles Crowds--California--Los Angeles Wages--California--Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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