<div class='node-body'><p>Support for a large group of striking janitors in Houston <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2012/08/01-2" target="_blank">spread across the country</a> on Wednesday as hundreds of janitors and human rights activists in 17 cities protested in front of office buildings. The nationwide protest comes after seven people, including 5 janitors, were arrested at a protest on Tuesday in Houston as part of ongoing acts of peaceful civil disobedience by the workers.</p>
<p>Houston janitors are now on their fourth week on strike over unfair labor practices.</p></div><div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-news-hp-image">
<div class="field-items">
<div class="field-item odd">
<img src="https://www.commondreams.org/sites/commondreams.org/files/imagecache/news_archive_thumbnail/article_images/628x471.jpg" alt="[field_image_caption-raw]" title="" class="imagecache imagecache-news_archive_thumbnail imagecache-default imagecache-news_archive_thumbnail_default" width="70" height="40" /> </div>
</div>
</div>
<p><a href="https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/08/01-5" target="_blank">read more</a></p>