Justice for Northeastern U Janitors!

Help students at Northeastern University demand decent wages and working conditions for janitors on their campus!

  • RALLY: 12:00PM on Saturday, April 26th at Krentzman Quad Northeastern University
  • MARCH: 1:00PM Saturday April 26th from Northeastern Rally to Beacon Hill (NU President Aoun's house)
  • VIGIL:  after dusk Saturday April 26th on the Boston Common
  • CAMPOUT:  Saturday April 26th - Monday April 28th on the Boston Common (look for us near Brewer Fountain state house side)
  • FINAL RALLY: Monday April 28th 6pm on Boston Common

 Click below to take action for these Janitors!

Sample Letter for Campaign

Subject: Contracting Issues at NU

Dear [ Decision Maker ] ,

I am writing to express my support for the student activists who are demanding a living wage and better treatment of Northeastern University's janitorial staff. Northeastern is a school with high standards, and I believe that those standards should be applied at every level, including the treatment of the people that clean your buildings.

Sincerely,

Campaign Launched:
April 23, 2008


Background Information

 

Why are they doing this? 

Students at Northeastern and surrounding schools are demanding that the University uphold its vision of "engaging the world using our knowledge and resources as positive forces for change in both our local communities and our global society" as we "aspire to be a model for what our society can be." The current state of Northeastern Janitors is inconsistent with that vision.

Northeastern Janitors remain the lowest paid among Boston-area universities, and many of them have no health care because they are part-time employees. The Justice for Janitors Coalition is dedicated to placing continuous pressure on the University until this problem  is resolved.