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Earlier this month, we noted that some 12,000 office cleaners in the Washington area were planning to go on strike if their demands for higher wages, fewer staffing cuts and health-care benefits for more workers were not met. Looks like the threat worked.

This morning, Service Employees International Union’s 32BJ Local announced that they had reached an agreement on a four-year deal with the Washington Service Contractors Association, which, among other concessions, would grant the workers a 4 percent yearly pay raise.

The union still has to ratify the contract, but it is widely expected that they will do so. So, you know, there’s no need to pursue that office bathroom cleaning collective after all!