Days after Urban League Conference Draws Focus on Economic Inequality, McGinn Security Officers at Philadelphia University to Demonstrate for Fair Pay and Workers’ Rights
PHILADELPHIA-On Wednesday at 5:00pm, supporters of McGinn Security officers will demonstrate for fair pay and workers’ rights, outside of a Philadelphia University alumni event held at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. With the Rocky statue as a backdrop, demonstrators will express their support for Philly’s true underdog: low wage workers. The demonstration follows months of […]
Security Officers to City Council: Don’t Allow $100 Million in Taxpayer Money to Subsidize Poverty Jobs at Beatty’s Harbor Point
Baltimore, MD— Joining a groundswell of concerns over whether massive Tax Increment Financing for Beatty Development Group LLC’s Harbor Point will benefit all city residents, private security officers will testify at tonight’s Baltimore City Council hearing. Officers who earn as little as $9 per hour at Harbor Point, drastically below the City’s Living Wage of […]
Hundreds Protest Four-Year Wage Freeze, Health Insurance Loss at Bronx Co-op
New York City – Concourse Village workers, tenants and hundreds of their supporters rallied outside the apartment complex this afternoon to protest the co-op board’s proposed four-year wage freeze for their maintenance staff. Though the contract expired in 2011, workers and their union, 32BJ SEIU, have bargained in good faith with the co-op board for the […]
Senators Menendez and Chiesa Cast Historic Votes for Commonsense Immigration Reform
NEWARK, NJ —Today, Sen. Jeffrey Chiesa joined with “Gang of Eight” member and longtime reform leader Sen. Robert Menendez to cast a critical vote to pass historic immigration reform legislation. The bill cleared the Senate with a bipartisan majority of 68-32, including every Democrat and 14 Republicans. 32BJ SEIU and other leading immigrant advocates have […]
32BJ SEIU Celebrates Historic Senate Vote in Favor of Path to Citizenship
New York, NY—32BJ SEIU and other leading immigrant advocates have been fighting for a path to citizenship for 11 million aspiring Americans for years, and now is finally the time to pass a law that fixes our country’s broken immigration system once and for all. This bill is not what we would have crafted. The […]
After Historic Immigration Vote, 32BJ Ready To Keep The Pressure On Elected Officials
Hartford, CT— “Last November, our country spoke loud and clear that we voted and we voted for immigration reform,” said Kurt Westby, 32BJ Vice-president and CT Director. “Today, The US Senate is echoing the country’s sentiment with the passage of a compromise bill that will fix our broken immigration system and help strengthen our economy. […]
Senator Toomey Reveals True Colors with Vote Against Bipartisan Immigration Reform
PENNSYLVANIA—Today, Senator Pat Toomey was in the minority of Senators opposing the passage of the landmark Senate immigration reform bill (Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013). The bill cleared the Senate with a bipartisan majority of 68-32, including every Democrat including Senator Bob Casey and 18 Republicans. “Senator Toomey will go […]
32BJ Applauds NJ Public Utilities Board’s Order For Closer Scrutiny of PSE&G’s “Energy Strong” Proposal
TRENTON — Following months of community demand for closer scrutiny of PSE&G’s $3.9 billion “Energy Strong” program, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities ordered the company to initiate a detailed investigation of parts of the proposal and to provide regular updates to the Board. “The Board made the right decision,” said Kevin Brown, New […]
MBTA Board Votes For Extreme Cuts to Cleaning Services
WESTFIELD, MA –The MBTA Board of Directors voted today to award cleaning contracts that would eliminate an estimated 30 percent of the MBTA’s cleaning staff, reducing it from the current level of 315 janitors to 225 janitors next year. Certain work areas, which include much of the Red Line and the Silver Line, would experience […]
Almost Half Of Buildings Required To Pay Prevailing Wage In City Tax Exemption Program Aren’t Complying With The Law
NEW YORK—Hundreds of service workers at apartment buildings across the city protested at three sites in Brooklyn, Manhattan and Queens today, because they said employers were stiffing them out of wages and benefits mandated by a law granting luxury buildings tax exemptions. Close to half of the buildings that are receiving tax exemptions through the […]