Houston janitor Austraberta Rodriguez shares her story. Meanwhile, janitors in Houston are now on strike: A historic strike began Monday as hundreds of Houston janitors seeking a shot at the American Dream put down their brooms and walked off the job to defend their civil rights and protest the failure to bargain in good faith by five large national cleaning companies. The employers have responded to the janitors' efforts to lift themselves out of poverty by launching a campaign of civil rights abuses against workers speaking out for improvements. See www.houstonjanitors.org for more.