janitor
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Another oversight battle concerns the rights of detainees who work at a facility, perhaps as a janitor, for $1 per day.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
Since its international release, the Galashiels janitor said hundreds of sufferers and supporters from around the world have contacted him.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026
The company hires people for roles like janitor, maintenance worker and in other trades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026
“In a traditional restroom, if you have a medical issue inside, you might stay in there for hours until a janitor gets there,” Heinzelman said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2025
I see a wide-eyed, terrified janitor clutching a plunger.
From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein
Today I estimate that more than 30,000 Microsoft employees, from secretaries to janitors, have become millionaires.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2025
Marty comes of age in the Hill Valley of 1985, where vandals have shellacked the high school with so much graffiti that the janitors seem to have given up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2025
California has more than 220,000 full-time state employees and about 60% work in positions, as janitors and highway patrol officers for example, that already require them to report in-person daily.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2025
“So many people I’ve worked with and organized, nursing-home workers and hotel workers and janitors, they didn’t have any options,” Richards told the magazine.
From Salon ● Jan. 20, 2025
But the more time I spend with her at school, the more I realize that pretty much everyone gets inarticulate around her—guys, girls, teachers, administrators, janitors, librarians, classroom pets.
From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone
