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Minneapolis-based Target says it's working to include new terms in contracts for companies that hire janitors to clean Target stores in the Twin Cities metro.

 
The janitors don't work directly for Target; the workers organization Centro de Trabajadores Unidos en Lucha has been working with the janitors for years, and they've been in talks with Target for more than a year trying to secure new protections in any future contract Target awards to cleaning companies.
 

Target isn't disclosing what the new terms are, but CTUL says they include new health and safety protections, along with guarantees that employees won't be required to work seven consecutive days.

 
Target, in a statement, said it is reiterating its commitments to high standards and complying with the law: 

Minneapolis-based Target says it's working to include new terms in contracts for companies that hire janitors to clean Target stores in the Twin Cities metro.


Janitors at Target stores to see new protections in contracts

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