Janitors Reach Tentative Agreement on Wages, Benefits, Four-Year Pact

Orange County Elected Leaders to Meet with Janitors May 13 Negotiations for OC Scheduled to Resume May 14

LOS ANGELES – Janitors announced a major breakthrough in contract negotiations at a press conference with Los Angeles Mayor Antonio R. Villagraigosa and Robert F. Maguire III , CEO of Maguire Properties, Inc. at City Hall today. For the first time ever, 6,700 janitors in Los Angeles and Orange counties will have one master contract. Previously, there were two separate contracts for each county that both expired April 30. Janitors reached tentative agreement for Los Angeles County this afternoon.

The janitors’ union SEIU Local 1877 represents 20,000 janitors from San Diego to the Silicon Valley and all the way up to Sacramento; all are currently in contract negotiations.

TENTATIVE AGREEMENT FOR LOS ANGELES COUNTY
Janitors announced they won a tentative agreement that would boost total compensation nearly 25 percent over the life of the contract. Janitors won wage increases of more than $1,000 a year every year over the life of the four-year pact for a compounded total of $10,000 per janitor.

Janitors will continue to receive full employer-paid family healthcare, a pension, and now, for the first time, they will receive vision coverage. Janitors that work on the outskirts of the county will now be able to move into higher-paying buildings and earn better benefits based on seniority, once the contract is ratified.

NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE FOR ORANGE COUNTY
Janitors are scheduled to appear at the Irvine City Council meeting Tuesday, May 13 to conduct an emergency briefing with elected leaders regarding the situation in Orange County. Negotiations to settle wages and benefits for 2,000 Orange County janitors are scheduled to resume on Wednesday, May 14.

Read the press release
Read the tentative agreement summary for SEIU Local 1877 in Los Angeles County