Vote for Houston Janitor to be Woman of the Year at Glamour Magazine

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.glamour.com/news/woty/slideshows/2006/10/09/womanofyouryear?slide=1

Vote here: http://www.glamour.com/news/polls/woty/woty_2006



Vote for your woman of the year!
In honor of our annual Women of the Year Awards, we asked readers to nominate the women of their year. Read about these five remarkable women, then vote for your favorite. The winner (and the reader who nominated her) will be flown to New York City to attend our Women of the Year event on October 30.




THE ADVOCATE
Ercilia Sandoval

Nominated by Amber Goodwin: “Ercilia Sandoval is my hero. I work for the Justice for Janitors Campaign in Houston, and Ercilia is a janitor at an office building. Along with thousands of her coworkers (predominately women), Ercilia worked all of last year to form a union with SEIU, and is now in the midst of a contract campaign with her employers. Ercilia and the other 8,000 office-building janitors in Houston make $5.15 an hour for part-time work, with no benefits and no health care. Health care is important to all of us, but especially to Ercilia, who was diagnosed with breast cancer a couple of months ago and is the mother of two children. She still fights on a day-to-day basis to help her coworkers so that they can win their contract and make Houston a better place for all working people. Please check out her story at www.houstonjanitors.org.”

[Dem2theMax]

1. Votin' and kickin'

:kick:

[Freedomofspeech]

2. done!

[Canuckistanian]

3. Done!

Who says that only rich and well-connected people get to be voted as "X"-of-the-Year?

Not me.

[lostnfound]

4. done..and wondering if she works in my office building.nt

[sueh]

5. done!

[pacalo]

6. Done!

[intheflow]

7. Kicking for SEIU!

:kick:

[xchrom]

8. done

[PDittie]

9. done, recommended, and kicked n/t

[veness]

10. Done! n/t

[Lochloosa]

11. Done

[Lone_Star_Dem]

12. Done and Kick

[Omaha Steve]

13. Kicked for working Mom's