October 24, 2003

Janitors' Strike Raises a Stink

By KAREN BIRCHARD

Amid growing piles of garbage, administrators canceled classes last week at 10 of 11 community colleges in the Canadian province of New Brunswick as a janitors' strike that began on October 3 continued. The unionized workers, who have been without a contract since last December, say they are prepared for a long fight.

The janitors are government employees who want higher pay to give them parity with other public- and private-sector workers. The union has turned down the provincial

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