CRE Confrontation Pressures Developers To Improve Pay, Conditions
About 10 janitors and union organizers on Monday afternoon confronted developers in Downtown Doral, Codina Partners’ massive mixed-use development near Miami, over alleged unfair labor practices. Seven janitors allegedly lost their jobs after they tried to organize a union and Codina switched cleaning contractors.
Service Employees International Union spokesperson Ana Tinsly said janitors who clean office buildings in Downtown Doral earn $8.65 per hour, and do not get sick days, vacation days or healthcare benefits. They also had to provide their own personal protective equipment during the coronavirus pandemic.
A livestream of the conflict showed the janitors and a union leader speaking with someone who appeared to be a property manager at Downtown Doral and demanding to be hired by the new cleaning contractor.