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She went on strike even though she was not part of a labor union. When Flores, a mother of five, walked out in February of 2013, she was one of just eight janitors from stores in the Twin Cities to go on strike that day to demand better conditions. Flores was relieved not to get fired. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2016\/oct\/13\/twin-cities-janitors-union-fight-minneapolis-equal-pay\" target=\"_blank\">Twin Cities janitors declare victory in union fight after 44-month campaign<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; 600 janitors who clean Target, Macy\u2019s and Best Buy stores will start collective bargaining for&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-7L5","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":44798,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/im-being-allowed-to-work-part-time-but-am-unhappy-about-my-salary\/","url_meta":{"origin":29827,"position":0},"title":"I&#039;m being allowed to work part-time but am unhappy about my salary","date":"February 20, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r I will be the most-qualified and lowest-paid team member \u2013 should I make a fuss?Twice a week we publish problems that will feature in a forthcoming Dear Jeremy advice column in the Saturday Guardian so that readers can offer their own advice and suggestions. 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