Thousands in White Plains Call for Commonsense Immigration Reform
New Rochelle – As the bipartisan Senate committee announces that their proposed immigration bill may be finalized this week, hundreds of immigrants, supporters and elected officials converged today to call for a bill that includes an accessible path to citizenship, keeps families together, raises standards for all working people and strengthens our economy. “Now is the right time to pass […]
32BJ Takes Times Square
New York – As onlookers cheered, supporters of commonsense immigration reform from 32BJ SEIU took over Times Square Wednesday morning with a card stunt to spotlight the growing urgency for immediate federal action. “The Time Is Now: We Are America” was the message seen by thousands of passers-by and window-gazers from high above the […]
Pittsburgh Celebrates City Council Resolution on Immigration Reform
Pittsburgh– Following the announcement that the “Gang of Eight” has reached a deal on an immigration bill, labor, business, immigrant, faith, community groups today gathered to celebrate the passage of a City Council resolution for federal immigration reform. “We are at a critical moment in the fight for commonsense immigration reform. The Senate could have […]
Thousands Across Connecticut Call for Commonsense Immigration Reform
Hartford – As the bipartisan Senate committee announced that their proposed immigration bill may be finalized this week, hundreds of immigrants, supporters and elected officials converged today to call for a bill that includes an accessible path to citizenship, keeps families together, raises standards for all working people and strengthens our economy. Organized by the […]
Fired Wheelchair Attendants Bring NLRB Charge Against Airport Contractor
Edson Jocelyn continued working for Superior Aircraft Services at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport despite continuing problems that he and co-workers experience working there because they wanted to fix the problems and turn their poverty-wage jobs into good jobs. But Jocelyn said Superior pushed him to the end of his rope two weeks ago when […]
Five Demonstrators Arrested While Protesting McGinn Security Wage Theft
***Click here for photos*** East Falls–A traffic-snarling protest at the intersection of School House Lane and Henry Avenue resulted in the arrests of five protesters who were standing up for the employees of McGinn Security. The demonstration is the result of months of protest against poverty wages and poor working conditions, and most recently against […]
Faith in the American Dream Draws Thousands to Rally for Commonsense Immigration Reform in New Jersey
Jersey City, NJ – Against the majestic backdrop of the Statue of Liberty, the first glimpse of America for tens of millions of immigrants, thousands of union members, activists and supporters of immigration reform gathered in Liberty State Park to call for an end to the United States’ broken immigration system. “Millions of undocumented immigrants live in […]
Elected Officials, Labor Leaders, Advocates Call on Congress to Pass Immigration Reform
NEW YORK – Top national and local labor leaders, Congress members, city elected officials, business leaders and advocates today urged Congress to pass — and President Obama to sign — a common sense immigration reform bill this year. “The labor movement has no higher priority in 2013 than to build a workable immigration system that […]
Miami Clergy and Community Leaders Join UM Food Service Workers to Protest Poverty Wages at UMiami
Miami, FL—Chartwells Dining Service workers at University of Miami work hard every day serving the university community but often struggle to make ends meet on low pay and unaffordable health care benefits. Leading clergy and community leaders, saying UM is the second largest private-sector employer in Miami—one of the poorest, most unequal yet most expensive […]
We the Workers Thank Mayor Menino for His Tireless Support
BOSTON, MA – “On behalf of the 18,000 members of SEIU Local 615, our sincerest thanks to Mayor Thomas Menino for devoting decades of his life to supporting Boston residents, workers and families. Mayor Menino has stood shoulder-to-shoulder with janitors to call for better wages and benefits to bolster workers and the communities they live […]