Thousands of workers at JFK, LaGuardia, Newark Liberty, Philadelphia International and the Fort Lauderdale airports are uniting in the fight to raise their pay, benefit and training standards. Many essential passenger services like security, screening, baggage handling, and cabin cleaning are subcontracted out to contractors that often pay wages that keep workers in perpetual poverty, provide very limited training and opportunity for advancement.
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Private security officers in Baltimore are launching a new campaign to improve standards for nearly 1,000 workers citywide who earn as little as $9 an hour, drastically below Baltimore’s Living Wage of $10.59. Officers... Read More »
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New York City’s 5,000 school cleaners keep our public school buildings safe, sanitary and well-maintained. But they have been working without a contract and a raise for five years. Read More »
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Thousands of workers at JFK, LaGuardia, Newark Liberty, Philadelphia International and the Fort Lauderdale airports are uniting in the fight to raise their pay, benefit and training standards. Many essential passenger services like security,... Read More »
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32BJ members are working in the Westchester County Council to pass the Displaced Worker Protection Act. Property service workers are sometimes fired when a new contractor is hired in a building, even when the... Read More »
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The janitors at Fort Belvoir deserve to have their rights at work protected, and they deserve a fair contract. Please sign up to show your support. Read More »
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Private security officers in Philadelphia are taking a stand for good jobs and the respect that each of us deserves. Some officers report earning as little as $8 an hour and few have benefits... Read More »
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32BJ now represents about 500 private security officers in New Jersey: We’re organizing to raise that ten-fold because our strength is in our numbers. When workers in our industry unite to fight for better... Read More »
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Our campaign to help security officers in Connecticut to win better standards is new. The conditions officers face are not. Low pay, few benefits, limited training are typical. We are uniting for respect on... Read More »
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We’ve spent decades establishing decent pay and benefit standards for property service workers in New York City’s residential sector – and we’re not about to let them slip. When new buildings join the cityscape,... Read More »
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Janitors at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center are committed to ensuring that our nation’s veterans have safe and sanitary rooms. But federal cleaning contractor Escab Enterprises has failed to honor its commitments... Read More »
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Contracts covering well over 10,000 private security officers in New York City expired in the spring of 2012. We stood together – with security officers in other 32BJ cities and 32BJ members from the... Read More »
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Office cleaners in Miami are taking a stand for good jobs. They’re united in the fight to raise pay and benefit standards. Read More »
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Things have been quiet through the holidays at 350 East 52nd Street but that does not mean the fight is over. 32BJ members decided to go back to work this past October while the... Read More »
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The price is high for workers – not just buyers – at AvalonBay luxury apartment buildings. The company and its contractors have a long list of safety violations during construction and its property service... Read More »
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All too often, food service workers get served a rotten deal: poor pay, few benefits, and unfair treatment. Janitorial workers at the University of Miami fought for better standards – and with 32BJ, they’re... Read More »
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We’re working to pass a law in Montgomery County, Md. that would protect low-wage workers’ jobs for a set period of time after a new cleaning contractor comes into a building or it is... Read More »
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The fight is on to defend the DREAM Act in Maryland, which gives undocumented students a shot at the American Dream by allowing those who grew up in the state to pay in-state tuition... Read More »
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In the last five years, private security officers protecting D.C.’s commercial office buildings have won the fight to join the union – and today a majority of this part of the industry is 32BJ.... Read More »
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Our strong stand saved 2,700 jobs in Philadelphia this summer. The jobs of every 32BJ member working for the School District of Philadelphia were on the chopping block because of enormous state and city... Read More »
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It’s a point of pride in the state that Delaware was the first to ratify the U.S. Constitution. It should be a point of shame that the people cleaning the offices of some of... Read More »
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Con Ed presents itself as a “public service” corporation, but this company is really about private gain, with profits that topped $1 billion in 2011. Con Ed CEO Kevin Burke had total compensation last... Read More »
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The Hartford Courant should be reporting the news, not making it. But last year when the company replaced its long-time union cleaning contractor with a nonunion one, and eight 32BJ members were summarily fired,... Read More »
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The 3,300 commercial cleaners in Hudson Valley, NY and Fairfield County, CT culminated 2011 with a new contract that provides cleaners with a nearly 13% increase in wages over the four-year life of the contract. Read More »
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More than 1,100 commercial building members of 32BJ clean Allegheny County office buildings. 32BJ members clean prominent buildings in downtown Pittsburgh including the US Steel Tower, PPG Place, and BNYM Center. In the fall... Read More »
