Silicon Valley Low Wage Workers Rise Up!

Low wage workers help make Silicon Valley the most prosperous region in the world, yet they struggle every day to feed their families, pay their rent, and take care of themselves and their children.

While their direct employees are often well compensated, many large companies, including the Hyatt in Santa Clara, contract out many of their jobs to workers who are poorly paid and don't receive even the most basic benefits.

These Silicon Valley corporations use underpaid black, Latino and immigrant contract labor as landscaping workers, janitors, cooks and security guards. Yesterday, a joint effort between Silicon Valley Rising and SEIU-United Service Workers West brought together workers and their supporters in a demonstration in front of the Hyatt Santa Clara. The group then marched to one of the contractors the Hyatt uses, Universal Protection Services, where they renewed their protest.