Following four years of protests by labor groups, Target Corp. says it will update the language in its contracts with third-party janitorial vendors to better protect the rights of sub-contracted workers.

"This is the first policy of its kind in the retail janitorial industry," said Veronica Mendez, co-director of Minneapolis-based labor organization Center of Workers United in Struggle (known by its Spanish acronym CTUL), in a news release.

"It's a victory not just for the estimated 1,000 retail janitors in the Twin Cities, but for all the low-wage workers of color fighting for a place at the table in deciding the future of work."

The nonunion workers don't work for Target, but the document spells out guidelines for how Target chooses contractors.

More at source: Twin Cities

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