Indianapolis Recorder, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 April 2005 — Page 7

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THE INDIANAPOLIS RECORDER

FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 2005

Good Jobs for Indianapolis ...

Patrice M. Abduallah City-County Council ACORN - Indianapolis Mary Moriarty Adams City-County Council Veronica Colin Alian/a de Indianapolis, Inc. Ricardo Parra President. Association of Mexican Leaders in Action Danny L. Barton, President Teamsters Local 135 JC 69 Carolina Bonilla. Vice President ALMA Greg Bowes City-County Council Rozellc Boyd City-County Council

Justice for Janitors!

Indianapolis' janitors come to work as most of us are going home for the night They work hard - vacuuming our offices, emptying our trash, cleaning our bathrooms - and are long gone by the time Indianapolis wakes and returns to work the next morning. For this work, most janitors in Indianapolis are paid between $5.50 and $7.00 per hour. Almost none receive health insurance or other benefits, and many are forced to work second or even third jobs to make ends meet.

Kenneth J. Zeller President, Indiana State AFL-CIO Sandra Hawk Indy for Democracy John Koppitch Presbyterian Minister Sister Mary Ann Lcchncr. S.P. Sisters of Providence Charlotte R. West Spiritual Administrative Council Chair Little Kagle Creek Christian Church Angela I . Mansfield City-County Council Senior Pastor Michael Mather Broadway United Methodist Church Robert Walters Metro Ministries. Inc. Amelia Mufloz, ALMA

Hon. Julia Carson U.S. Congress Susan Fuldauer Central Indiana Coalition of Labor Union Women Mary A, Decker Central Indiana Jobs with Justice

janitors are mothers and fathers. They’re our neighbors. Janitors work hard to maintain our city’s glittering skyline and prosperous commercial real estate market, but the industry in which they work stubbornly depresses their wages and denies them benefits.

Robert H. Voorhies, President Central Indiana Labor Council. AFL-CIO Dave Menzcr Citizens Action Coalition of Indiana John L. Bartlett, President Coalition of Black trade Unionists Nicolas C. Hess Common Cause Indiana Nancy Holle Community Faith and Labor Coalition

Today, most job growth in Indianapolis is in the service sector - a sector traditionally known to provide poverty wages, pan-time work, and little access to health insurance. Unfonunately, families all across our city are increasingly forced to subsist on these sorts of jobs. If we are committed to a brighter future for Central Indiana, we all share the responsibility of finding real solutions to transform poverty wage jobs into jobs that build strong communities. The janitors of Indianapolis are answering that call.

Reverend Leroy Dinkins Concerned Clergy Lonnell Conley City-County Council Hon. William Crawford Indiana House of Representatives Charles Deppert American Income Life

Across the Midwest, janitors have begun to organize in a campaign called Justice for Janitors. Their mission is to change the contract cleaning industry into one that creates jobs that can provide a dignified living for working women and men and their families.

R. John Gibson Larth Charter Indiana Inc. Farm Labor Research Project, Inc. Farm Labor Organizing Committee, AFL-CIO Associate Pastor Thomas Fox, O.F.M. St. Lawrence Catholic Church

We, Indianapolis’ faith, political, community and labor leaders, support the janitors in their honorable and courageous struggle. We strongly believe that their efforts serve the best interests of our city’s economic, social, and moral future.

Reverend Jose Granados Pastor. Igtcsia Wcslcyana Monte dc Zion Monroe Gray, Jr. City-County Council Keith Clock and Drew Wicdcr Chairmen Hamilton County Democratic Party David HcmAndcz ALMA

We call upon the building owners and the tenants of Indianapolis' commercial office market to play a positive, cooperative role in the Justice for Janitors campaign. If you are a tenant in an office building, we ask you to show your support for your janitors’ efforts to provide a decent, dignified living for themselves and their families. If you own or manage an office building, we call on you to only hire companies who are committed to transforming the cleaning industry into a source of good jobs for our neighbors.

Reverend Ivan Douglas Hicks Firsi Baptist Church North Hispanic Community of St. Monica Catholic Church

We submit these pleas to the people of Indianapolis in the spirit of faith, hope and an abiding commitment to a stronger, more just community for tomorrow.

No Sweat! I nd i ana Un i versi ty- B loomi ngton United Students Against Sweatshops Jackie Nytcs City-County Council Fnar Arturo M. O’Campo, OFM Pastor, Si Patrick Catholic Church William C. Oliver City-County Council Hon. David Orentliehcr Indiana House of Representatives Ken Moran O.N.E. Organization for a New F.astsidc Reverend David L. Pcflalva Lincoln L. Plowman City-County Council Jane H. Haldcmian Positive Change Network Joanne M. Sanders Vice President City-County Council Rabbi Dennis C. Sasso Rabbi Sandy L. Sasso The Rev. William M. Schwcin United Methodist Minister, Retired Lawrence M. Ryan President, South Side Democrat Club Kelly Canaday President, IUPUI Students for Peace in Iraq Steve Talley President, City-County Council Terry Thurman Director, Region 3 UAW Kenneth C. Kem Unitarian Univcraalist Fellowship for Social Justice David J. Warrick, Executive Director AFSCME Council 62 Catherine Waynick Bishop of Indianapolis Episcopal Diocese oflndianapolis Associate Pastor Jerry Wibcrt United Methodist Clergy

Indiana Democratic Club Ken Barger Indiana Immigrant Rights Network Aida McCammon, President CEO Indiana Latino Institute

Pastor Richard E. Willoughby CEO. Beulah Missionary Baptist Church Reverend Darren Cushman Wood Speedway United Methodist Church Pastor Jake R. Yeagar United Methodist Clergy