Wilmington Fast-Food Workers Protest Against Wage Theft
***Click here for photos*** WILMINGTON– Fast-food workers and community and faith leaders protested Thursday against systemic and illegal wage theft in the industry—just days after the first-ever national poll of fast-food workers showed companies like McDonald’s, Burger King and Wendy’s are stealing money from 89 percent of their employees. The action comes as two former […]
Clergy, 300 Workers Rally to Fight Income Inequality in South Florida
West Park, FL — Over 300 workers rallied with local clergy on the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s address to striking sanitation workers before his assassination, demanding that South Florida institutions fight income inequality which disproportionately hurts black Caribbean immigrants and African-Americans. In 1968, King spoke to workers earning what would amount to $12 […]
New Jersey Security Officers Win Historic First-Ever Union Contract that Improves over a Thousand Jobs
Newark, NJ –Private security officers in New Jersey have won a historic, 3.5 year industry-wide contract improving wages and benefits for over 1,200 security officers who protect commercial office buildings in Essex, Hudson and Union Counties, including the cities of Newark and Jersey City. The first-ever union contract between New Jersey’s top private security contractors and 32BJ of Service […]
Airport Workers and City Leaders March 10 Miles from Kennedy to LaGuardia in Honor of Dr. King’s Dream
NEW YORK—New York area airports workers rekindled the spirit of historical civil rights marches today with a 10-mile trek from Kennedy airport up to a LaGuardia Airport bridge where on Jan. 20, 2014, Martin Luther King Day, 32 protesters were arrested for civil disobedience. The workers began a countdown to April 28, the expiration date […]
Thousands March for a Fair Contract
New York, NY – Thousands of 32BJ members were joined by union leaders, elected officials and community activists in a march on Park Avenue to demand a fair contract for the 30,000 doormen and women, superintendents, resident managers, handypersons, concierges and porters who work in 3,300 buildings throughout Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island. The massive rally […]
Hundreds of Workers Mark MLK Assassination Anniversary with Rally Demanding Livable Wages
West Park, FL — Marking the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s address to striking sanitation workers before his assassination, Father Reginald Jean-Mary of the Notre Dame d’Haiti Mission Church and Rev. Joe Johnson, Senior Pastor of the Greater Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church of Hallandale, rallied with hundreds of low-wage workers to demand that South […]
A Higher Minimum Wage in CT Will Help Workers Climb Out of Poverty
Hartford, CT – “Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy and the progressive majority of Connecticut´s legislature should be praised for lifting the state minimum wage to $10.10 an hour. A higher minimum wage will help thousands of working men and women climb out of poverty, boosting their buying power and putting more dollars into local businesses,” […]
Contracted Newark Airport Workers Demand United Airlines and Contractors Like Primeflight Pay Fair Compensation
Newark, NJ–Contracted Newark Airport passenger service workers say they want what some of their counterparts at Kennedy and LaGuardia airports are already getting: a pay raise. At a rally at the airport’s biggest terminal, workers spoke of their frustrations with poverty wages and lack of benefits. Gertrudes Contreras, a cabin cleaner, said she appreciates that […]
Board Votes to Improve Wages and Benefits for Workers Across the Port Authority
NEW JERSEY (March 19, 2014)—The Port Authority Operations Committee voted unanimously to direct Patrick Foye, Executive Director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, to develop, research and outline the necessary steps to develop a policy that mandates wage increases and benefits for workers at all Port Authority facilities, across the entire […]
Real Estate Advisory Board Makes Contract Proposal
New York, NY–Today was the second bargaining session for a new, multi-year contract between the Realty Advisory Board (RAB), an industry association representing most building owners in New York City and 32BJ SEIU, the largest private sector union in New York. The contract covers 30,000 doormen and women, superintendents, resident managers, handypersons, concierges and porters […]