Main Line Janitors Rally For Wages To Give Children 'Christmas They Deserve': Report

Dozens of janitors from companies around the Philadelphia region gathered in front of Vanguard’s offices in Malvern to protest unfair wages, according to a report.

The employees, who staff over 150 office buildings in the Philadelphia area, said they wanted a wage that would allow them to give their children the Christmas they deserve, the report states.

The members of the 32BJ Service Employees International Union reportedly want their wages raised from $12.35 an hour to $15 an hour.

Their current deal will expire on Tuesday, December 15 at 11:59 p.m., the Philadelphia Business Journal reports.

Daisy Cruz, the director of the Union, said that janitors are cleaning offices for hugely profitable companies that can more than afford the raises, the report states. Many janitors work two or three jobs to make ends meet.

“They don’t want it (the raise). They need it,” she reportedly said.