A janitorial worker went about its duties, leaving behind the fresh, steamy smell of clean fixtures.

Civilian layoffs were inevitable, and the janitorial workers dismissed yesterday were the first to go.

She may have lived for a time in Lansing, Michigan, as a retired janitorial worker, and married in late 2007.

Shen's latest work, The Philosopher Kings, is a documentary about the wisdom gained by janitorial workers in prestigious universities.

Office buildings are usually cleaned while they are empty, so most of the janitorial workers work during evening.

But there is little of such prejudice here among blue-collar janitorial workers, mostly black and female, who toil after nightfall in downtown offices and suites.

Earnest Evans, 81, spent six decades as a janitorial and maintenance worker for a string of employers and then ran his own floor-cleaning company.

Compounding janitorial workers' troubles, three-quarters of them lack health insurance.

The plot deals with the struggle of poorly paid janitorial workers in Los Angeles and their fight for better working conditions and the right to unionize.

For many of the janitorial workers, Claude (Thunderbolt) Patterson's name resonates a quirky charisma.