By Doug Cunningham

University of Miami janitors are continuing a hunger strike, with four of them sent to the hospital as a result of the strike. Janitors on campus work for UNICCO and the SEIU is trying to get UNICCO to agree to a card check for union representation for the janitors. The hunger strike continues to draw support from around the country, but so far UNICCO won’t agree to the card check. UM President Donna Shalala has also refused to insist that UNICCO agree to the card check, even though UNICCO has agreed to card checks in other places around the country. On Wednesday Charles Steele Junior, head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, came to support the striking janitors – some of whom are paid less than 7 dollars an hour.