12-03-07, 10:03 am

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - 30NOVEMBER07 - The union negotiating committee for security guards in San Francisco buildings goes to City Hall, where they and Mayor Gavin Newsom announce that they've agreed to a new union contract with security companies. The guards belong to Service Employees International Union Local 24/7. They accused their common employers, multinational property management companies and building owners, of maintaining a double standard in which security guards, who are mostly African American, are paid less and receive fewer benefits than other workers in the same buildings. The new contract raises wages, provides more affordable family medical care, and strengthens workers rights on the job.




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See also the photodocumentary on indigenous migration to the US, Communities Without Borders (Cornell University/ILR Press, 2006)

See also The Children of NAFTA, Labor Wars on the U.S./Mexico Border (University of California, 2004)