A Retail Cleaning Worker Says Why She's Ready to Strike
Blanca Jimenez works for Diversified Maintenance Systems cleaning the Kmart big-box store in Burnsville.
Blanca Jimenez is among scores of Twin Cities cleaning workers who are vowing to walk off their jobs as early as Sunday at local big-box stores in a dispute with their employers, contract cleaning companies. Jimenez and some 400 other workers have signed petitions asking that the contract cleaning companies recognize their right to organize and open labor discussions with Centro de Trabajodores Unidos en la Lucha (CTUL). In an interview with Patch, Jimenez said she has been working for contractor Diversified Maintenance Systems at the Burnsville Kmart store for the past two years. But the experience has been less than fulfilling, Jimenez said. "I don't like the way the company treats us," said Jimenez, 40, originally from Mexico. Through…
J.A.Buendia
3:27 pm on Monday, February 25, 2013
Devil's Advocate, It seems to me that you're whining about people whining. Is it whining for a worker to stand up for their legal right to organize? The fact that there are other people who may be worse off is no excuse for defending the indefensible. Why do anything to stop the beating of children? After all, there are a lot of kids out there who are tortured worse and even killed. Good for you… more ›