Twitter’s janitors are on strike at its San Francisco headquarters

The janitors are picketing to protest management’s refusal to fairly negotiate, Elizabeth Strater, the communications director for the Federation, a coalition of the state’s unions, said in a statement. — AFP

Janitors who clean Twitter’s headquarters in San Francisco are on strike ahead of their union contract ending.

Members of the SEIU Local 87, a custodians union in California, began their strike at 6am in San Francisco on Dec 6, according to a statement from the California Labor Federation. The union says its contract with the social media company’s janitorial contractor ends on Dec 9. Organisers claim Twitter’s new contractor has refused to rehire existing workers, which is required by San Francisco law.