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Rocio Saenz (1 of 2)

Justice for Janitors organizer Rocio Saenz speaks with a police officer at a protest in the 1990s. After helping to lead the Justice for Janitors campaign in Los Angeles, Saenz moved to Boston, where she led a month-long strike among janitorial workers in 2002. She was subsequently elected President of SEIU Local 615 in Boston and then as an Executive Vice President of SEIU in 2013, playing an instrumental role in the Fight for $15 campaign.

 

Date: ca. 1990s

Photographer: unknown

 

Image ID: J4J_199X_184_RocioSaenz_1.jpg

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 1991