Janitors contracted to clean the county administration building planned to strike starting Jan. 24. But County Supervisor Nora Vargas struck a last-minute deal with the workers to delay the strike by two weeks to give the county time to negotiate.
Nora Vargas, Chair of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors, speaking at a janitor’s union rally outside the County Administration Building before the board meeting, Jan. 24, 2023.
Nora Vargas, the first Latina elected chair of the County Board of Supervisors, met with the janitors before the board's meeting. She came out just before the meeting to give the workers a message of support in Spanish and English. Vargas said she asked the janitors to give the county two weeks to negotiate with Nova and they agreed.
"I just want to say thank you to the janitors that said today that they're gonna give us a chance to work in the next two weeks to make sure that those that have been destituted are able to get reinstated," Vargas said."To make sure that we're fighting for a fair contract to make sure that they have what they need so that they can be treated with dignity and respect. You have my commitment.
But on Tuesday she walked in past her coworkers who were about to go on strike and into the the building she had been cleaning in for 10 years. Only this time to stand behind a podium and speak to the county board of supervisors.She recounted the abuse but also spoke about why she put up with the mistreatment to form a union. For her 14-year-old foster son."I am teaching him that he needs to talk and not be afraid and not to fight with words," she said through an interpreter.
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