New Rochelle — The Westchester Board of Legislators passed the Displaced Worker Protection Act yesterday with a veto-proof majority of 16 votes to one. The law will ensure that vulnerable, low-wage service workers have some job protections when a building is sold or a new cleaning contractor is brought in. John Santos, Hudson Valley area leader …
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NEW YORK—Hundreds of contracted area airports workers descended on the headquarters of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey yesterday with a list of demands and a deadline by which they want the port to address their complaints about being paid poverty wages without meaningful or affordable health care benefits, paid sick days …
NEW YORK—Bad service contractors, poor working conditions, poverty wages, and lack of respect in the workplace create a crisis for workers and passengers alike, airport workers from all over the region said during a protest at LaGuardia Airport. Employees of area airports’ largest private contractors continued a week of holiday protests by delegating and presenting …
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Follow #madstrike on Twitter New York – More than a thousand building service workers came out to support their union brothers and sisters at 286 and 295 Madison Avenue, who struck Wednesday afternoon to protest their employers’ unfair labor practice charges. When it took over cleaning 295 Madison Avenue, Novel Services Group slashed the cleaners’ salaries …
Wilmington—In the midst of an unprecedented uprising of low-wage worker strikes at Walmart and at fast food restaurants in Wilmington and nationwide, Delaware again took up the fight for fair wages for fast food workers. Members of the New Castle County Economic Development Sub-Committee today held a special hearing where fast food workers, economists, labor …
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NEWARK, NJ – Negotiations for a new union contract covering more than 1,000 private security officers who protect commercial office buildings in Essex, Hudson and Union Counties, including the cities of Newark and Jersey City, begin today between 32BJ SEIU and the region’s top private security contractors. 32BJ SEIU, the nation’s largest union of security officers, presented …
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NEWARK, NJ—Just days after New Jersey voted for an increase in the minimum wage, community leaders and local clergy joined aircraft cabin cleaners and supporters at a rally this Friday to raise the alarm over cycle of falling wages for low-wage airport service workers that has been going on for more than a decade. “A …
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New Haven – The following statement can be attributed to Juan Hernandez, Connecticut District Director of 32BJ SEIU: “The members of 32BJ extend our warmest congratulations to Toni Harp. Her hard-fought victory shows that voters respond to a consistent record of fighting for working families. We are confident that as Mayor of New Haven, she will …
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NORRISTOWN–32BJ of the Service Employees International Union today celebrated the re-election of Marlon Millner to Norristown City Council. Councilman Millner will provide the leadership Norristown needs to thrive in the 21st Century, Daisy Cruz, 32BJ SEIU Mid-Atlantic Director said today. “By re-electing Marlon Millner, voters sent a message that they want a city council that …
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PHILADELPHIA–32BJ of the Service Employees International Union today celebrated the re-election of Alan Butkovitz for Controller. 32BJ SEIU, the union representing the Philadelphia School District’s blue collar workers, endorsed Butkovitz in the primary and has done a voter outreach program on his behalf. Gabe Morgan, 32BJ SEIU Pennsylvania Director made the following statement: “It’s more important …
