Knox County school custodians and members of Jobs with Justice protested outside of the Knox County school board meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2011 , against the outsourcing of the district's custodial work. The option is just one on the table to help the district reduce an estimated $7 million deficit in next year's budget.

William Griffin, right, was the lone schools custodian to show up with the social activist group Jobs with Justice of East Tennessee to picket outside Knox County Purchasing Division offices on Central Street on Wednesday. The group was protesting the possible outsourcing of county schools custodian jobs as a budget-cutting move. 

Anne Barnett speaks on video as members of the social justice group Jobs with Justice of East Tennessee handed out literature and picketed outside of Knox County Schools' offices on Central Avenue on Wednesday, Apr. 13, 2011.

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