Houston Public MediaApr 23, 2024

For decades, Salvadoran janitors have quietly swept, vacuumed and wiped down office buildings in cities across the United States. But at a recent protest in Houston, their voices were loud and firm.

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Houston’s Salvadoran janitors fight to increase pay, benefits

In Houston, more than 5,000 janitors are immigrants from El Salvador, which is roughly 10% of the janitorial workforce. Yet they are less than 3% of working people in the city.

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