Janitors launch strike at Market Tower

[Omaha Steve]

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Janitors working in Market Tower downtown walked off the job yesterday in their ongoing attempt to organize under the Service International Employees Union.

Union backers have complained for months that the company that cleans the tower, Executive Management Services, is discouraging its workers from joining the union.

Both the union and the Indianapolis janitorial company have accused the other of harassment and intimidation.

Executive Management Services, one of the city’s largest janitorial firms, says it has asked the union to file a petition for a secret-ballot election with the National Labor Relations Board. The election would help determine whether the workers want the union to represent them.

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