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Kirkland and Sweeney visit L.A., 1989 (4 of 4)

After winning their first master agreement for buildings downtown, the Justice for Janitors campaign hosted Lane Kirkland, President of the AFL-CIO, and John Sweeney, President of SEIU, for a march and rally downtown in August 1989. After their visit to Los Angeles, John Sweeney (president SEIU) and Lane Kirkland (president AFL-CIO) travelled to San Francisco and joined a Justice for Janitors march down Market Street, along with Jim Zellars (Local 399) and then Mayor of San Francisco Art Agnos.

 

Date: 1989

Photographer: unknown

 

Image ID: J4J_1989_82_KirklandSweeneySF_4.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 in August 1989