Houston has never been a hotbed of organized labor. But for more than a decade, the Service Employees International Union has been locked in a fierce battle with a commercial cleaning company in Houston.

The union, which came to town more than a decade ago as part of its Justice for Janitors campaign, has been trying to get Professional Janitorial Service of Houston to recognize the union as the bargaining agent for its 1,400 janitors through a public card check process that bypasses secret ballot elections that employers typically prefer.

Along the way, there have been many loud rallies, a giant inflatable rat, dueling labor board allegations of illegal labor practices and a defamation lawsuit.

The latest salvo? The company has accused the union of trying to trash its reputation by providing what it believes to be forged signatures of PJS employees asking its customers to stop doing business with the cleaning company.

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