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Making an immigrant union, ca. 1992

Members of the Justice for Janitors walk the picketline proudly displaying the flags of their home countries, including Mexico and El Salvador, reflecting the many diasporic communities represented in the janitorial workforce.

 

Date: ca. 1992

Photographer: unknown

 

Image ID: J4J_199X_195.tiff

Collection: Service Employees International Union (SEIU), United Service Workers West (USWW) records, circa 1935-2008 (LSC.1940)

 

Repository: UCLA Library Special Collections

Collection Information: oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c84b30md

 

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Notes: Learn more about the Justice for Janitors at Memory Work-Los Angeles

 

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Uploaded on August 7, 2025
Taken circa 1992