BU Workers Vote to Authorize a Strike
Boston, MA—After a spirited meeting at the Brookline Holiday Inn,hundreds of custodians, mailroom operators, groundskeepers and skilled trades workers who maintain and repair nearly 300 buildings throughout the BU campus voted to authorize their union’s bargaining committee to call a strike if they don’t reach an agreement with Boston University by Friday. 32BJ SEIU and Boston University still […]
Howard University Maintenance Workers to March Across Campus, Tell Administrators Not to Outsource Their Jobs
Monday, October 27, 2014 11:30 AM: March down Georgia Ave. from Florida Ave. NW 12:00 PM: Rally, Howard Univ. Administrative Office 2400 Sixth Ave. NW Washington, D.C.—DC Council candidate, Brianne Nadeau, Howard University maintenance workers and students will march down Georgia Avenue from Florida Avenue to administration offices, where the group will call on school leaders […]
32BJ SEIU Endorses Jim Tedesco for Bergen County Executive
Bergen County, NJ— 32BJ SEIU, the largest property service workers union in the country, representing office cleaners, residential workers, school cleaners, food service workers and now over 1,700 security officers among various other property sector workers, proudly endorses Jim Tedesco for Bergen County Executive. “We strongly believe that Tedesco will continue to fight for working […]
32BJ Hudson Valley Residential Building Workers Approve New Contract
White Plains, N.Y. – 32BJ SEIU residential building workers in Hudson Valley voted overwhelmingly in favor of a contract that would provide 16% wage and benefit increases over four years, maintaining health care as well as retirement benefits. The pact maintains existing affordable health care coverage and retirement benefits and contains no monetary givebacks for […]
Some 200 Airplane Cabin Cleaners on Strike at LaGuardia Airport
New York (Oct. 8, 2014) — More than 200 contracted cabin cleaners launched a strike tonight over occupational hazards and unhealthy and unsafe working conditions, including lack of protection from possible exposure to Ebola and other infectious diseases, and to protest unfair labor practices, including illegal threats to workers who plan to strike. “The strikers are employed […]
Electeds, Workers to Protest Layoffs at Metropolitan Center
East Rutherford, NJ— Contracted cleaners at the Metropolitan Center which recently sold for close to $109 million and where major tenants include: Public Relations Firm MWW+, AEGIS, Hudson News and Michael Kors will be joined TOMORROW at 3PM by local elected officials, community allies and union members to protest job losses and anti-union behavior, as […]
32BJ SEIU Endorses Edward “Smitty” Smith for Attorney General
Washington, D.C. – Members of 32BJ SEIU today announced their endorsement of Edward “Smitty” Smith for Attorney General, encouraged by his worker-focused career in public service and pledge to strongly enforce wage theft laws. In addition to a direct mail program, union volunteers will knock on doors and make phone calls on Smitty’s behalf. “32BJ members […]
NYCOSH Report: NY Airport Workers Face Serious Health and Safety Hazards; Implications for Passengers
New York, NY— Hazardous exposure to bodily fluids, bloodborne pathogens, unlabeled chemical cleaners, diesel emissions, temperature extremes and ear-splitting noise has put contracted airport workers at risk, according to a report released today by the New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health. The report confirmed the many dangerous, yet preventable, working conditions that workers […]
32BJ Hudson Valley Residential Building Workers Reach a Tentative Agreement with the BRI
White Plains, N.Y. – Local 32BJ SEIU and the Building and Realty Institute of Westchester and the Mid-Hudson Region Inc., (BRI) reached a tentative agreement on Tuesday that would provide 16% wage and benefit increases over four years, maintaining health care as well as retirement benefits. If ratified by the membership, the contract would cover […]
Airport Workers File More Wage and Hour Lawsuits, Open Hotline for Complaints
New York (Sept. 24) — In the wake of a nearly $1 million wage theft settlement, contracted airport workers have filed a new class action lawsuit for wage and hour violations at JFK and LaGuardia airports. With so many violations being reported 32BJ has decided to open a 24-hour hotline for workers to report wage theft. […]