Bay Area janitors, who first went on strike May 20th have approved a new contract. The contract increases their wages by $2.40 per hour over the next four years, which represents a 22% increase.

The janitors who walked off the job are responsible for cleaning approximately 80 percent of the commercial real estate in the South and East Bay. Some of the valley’s largest companies in the valley (Cisco, Oracle, Intel, and Yahoo) were amongst those affected by the strike.

The janitors will begin work as soon as this afternoon.

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