DHS Report Doesn’t Address Secure Communities’ Central Flaw
The following statement can be attributed to Héctor Figueroa, Secretary Treasurer of 32BJ SEIU: “The Department of Homeland Security report fails to address key issues affecting the implementation of Secure Communities and ignores it’s central flaw, which is that Bush-era cowboy justice on steroids is not the way to fix our broken immigration system,” said […]
Contracted Port Authority Security Officers Approve New Four Year Contract That Secures Wage Increases And Higher Industry Standards
New York, NY – More than 1,000 private security officers who protect Port Authority locations in New York and New Jersey overwhelmingly approved a new 4-year union contract with major wage increases that will bring the hourly rate to nearly $20 an hour for many men and women by 2016. “Professionalizing the industry means better […]
Security Officers at State Buildings Authorize Possible Strike
Hartford, CT – Security officers who protect state buildings in Hartford, including buildings that house Homeland Security, Social Services and Revenue Services, voted today to authorize a possible strike. The strike authorization is in response to a failure by the officers’ employer to make pension contributions required by the state contract, and the company’s attempts to […]
Elected Officials: Welcome Back Reinstated Flatbush Gardens Workers
New York, NY –Councilman Jumaane Williams joined today hundreds of tenants and supporters at the massive Flatbush Gardens housing complex in Brooklyn to welcome the 70 workers’ return to work. A Federal District Court ruled against the owners of Flatbush Gardens, Renaissance Equity Holdings, to end a 16 month lockout and order Renaissance Equity Holdings to […]
32BJ Endorses Lancman And Jeffries For Congress
New York, NY – Two New York State Assembly Members running for Congress – Rory Lancman and Hakeem Jeffries – have won the endorsement of 32BJ SEIU, the largest private-sector union in New York. In announcing the endorsements for the House seats in the newly drawn 6th and 8th Districts, the union committed to a voter […]
NYC’s Prevailing Wage Bill Will Help Ensure That Public Money Benefits The Many, Not The Few
The following statement can be attributed to Mike Fishman, President of 32BJ SEIU: “New York City taxpayers expect their economic development dollars to go toward creating good jobs and a broadly shared prosperity. Making sure companies benefiting from taxpayer subsidies pay the same rates as their private-sector counterparts is simply fair policy.” With more than […]
Judge’s Decision To End 16 Month Lockout By Flatbush Gardens Management
New York, NY – The following statement on today’s District Court ruling against the owners of Flatbush Gardens, Renaissance Equity Holdings, to end a 2-year lockout can be attributed to Héctor Figueroa, Secretary-Treasurer of 32BJ SEIU, and the largest private-sector union in the state: “The judge’s decision to end a 16 month lockout and order Renaissance […]
Aqua Pennsylvania Workers Ratify New Contract
Philadelphia, PA– Nearly 300 men and women who help Aqua Pennsylvania supply clean water to Chester, Montgomery, Bucks, and Delaware Counties have ratified a new two-year contract that protects health care and provides wage increases and other job protections. The workers and 32BJ SEIU defeated the company’s proposals to force workers to accept unaffordable health […]
No Reason Not To Pass The Dream Act In New York
The following statement can be attributed to Héctor Figueroa, Secretary Treasurer of 32BJ SEIU: “Making sure that all students in New York have access to sources of financial aid is part of a broader set of reforms to maintain a diverse, educated and highly-skilled workforce to drive economic growth,” said Héctor Figueroa, Secretary Treasurer of […]
SEIU Maryland/DC State Council Endorses City Council Members Barry, Bowser And Evans
Washington, DC– Members of the Service Employees International (SEIU) Maryland/DC State Council today announced their endorsement of incumbent D.C. City Council members Marion Barry, Muriel Bowser and Jack Evans’ reelection campaigns. Private security officers and commercial office cleaners recognized their work to improve life for working families by raising wage and industry standards. “These Council […]