Janitors at the University of Miami have won the right to organize a union, ending a two-month strike.Janitors at the University of Miami This article is about the university in Coral Gables, Florida. For the university in Oxford, Ohio, see Miami University. The University of Miami (also known as Miami of Florida,[2] UM,[3] or just The U have won the right to organize a union, ending a two-month strike. Ministers from several religious groups engaged in acts of civil disobedience civil disobedience, refusal to obey a law or follow a policy believed to be unjust. Practitioners of civil disobediance basing their actions on moral right and usually employ the nonviolent technique of passive resistance in order to bring wider attention to the and hunger strikes to support the effort. Though the Archdiocese of Miami took no public position, Miami Auxiliary Bishop
Though some opposed clergy involvement, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the Miami Herald, workers were encouraged by the support. "If I didn't have faith, I couldn't be in this fight," said Feliciano Hernandez, a Catholic university worker. |
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