MENLO PARK, Calif. — Hundreds of janitors have been on strike since Tuesday at various Bay Area Meta (Facebook) campuses in anticipation of massive layoffs, demanding that the tech giant hold its janitorial contractor accountable to crafting a new agreement that won’t put more work on the backs of those who remain.
Custodial workers at various Silicon Valley and San Francisco Meta offices have joined together this week to demand a new agreement with their employer SBM Janitorial Services — Meta’s housekeeping contractor for its sprawling campuses across the region — to reduce the number of layoffs and ensure that their impact won’t place “an unmanageable burden on janitors.”
Since McClellan, California-based SBM Janitorial Services took over the contract for custodial services at various Meta campuses in the Bay Area early this year, SBM announced it would be letting go a third of all janitorial workers. The news sent shockwaves through the workforce made up largely of Black and Latino workers.
