Westchester Residential Workers March for a Fair Contract
Scardsdale, NY – As the Sept. 30th deadline for a new multi-year contract approaches, hundreds of 32BJ members, elected officials, and community members marched for a fair contract for the 1,400 doormen and women, superintendents, handypersons, and porters who work in hundreds of buildings in the Hudson Valley. “A contract that fairly addresses the needs of […]
As Cold Season Begins, Schools Cleaners in Flemington-Raritan Faces Disasterous Cuts
Flemington, NJ─ Two weeks ago the Flemington-Raritan School Board held an emergency board meeting to open the rebidding process for the janitorial contract that would cut the evening cleaners from full-time to part-time. For the past three weeks workers have worn buttons to work saying “Don’t Part-time Our Jobs,” spoken to the press and given […]
32BJ SEIU Endorses Raimondo for Governor
Providence, RI – Today, 32BJ SEIU, the largest property service workers union in the country, announced its support for Gina Raimondo for Governor of Rhode Island. “We look forward to having a partner in the governor’s office who believes that workers should have a voice at work. Unlike her Republican opponent, who is ready to […]
Héctor Figueroa praises plan to give municipal ID holders cultural access
“Allowing Municipal ID holders access to some of the city’s top cultural institutions will not only help to bring thousands of New Yorkers out of the shadows, it also will enrich the lives of these city residents and in doing so enrich the city’s immigrant and native-born communities throughout the five boroughs,” said Hector Figueroa, […]
Héctor Figueroa calls for an end to anti-immigrant rhetoric in Albany
”It is shameful the way that some politicians in Albany have begun fear-mongering and stirring up xenophobia in response to a proposed bill aimed at broadening the rights and voices of immigrant residents,” said Héctor Figueroa, president of 32BJ SEIU. “Regardless of the merits of this specific bill, now is not the time for politicians […]
Westchester Residential Workers Authorize A Strike If Talks Fail By 9/30
White Plains, NY – Hundreds of 32BJ members voted to authorize the bargaining committee to call on a strike if contract talks breakdown by the Sept. 30 deadline with the Building and Realty Institute of Westchester and the Mid-Hudson Region Inc. (BRI) for the 1,400 doormen and women, superintendents, handypersons, and porters who work in […]
Workers to Strike at Kennedy Airport over Unfair Labor Practices, Harrasment and Spying by Airline Contractor
Workers stage first strike as National Labor Relations Board issues complaint alleging that officials of Alstate Maintenance engaged in unfair labor practices by spying on workers, threatening employees with reprisals if they took part in union activities, and barring workers from wearing union hats or buttons WHO: Baggage handlers, skycaps, wheelchair attendants and passenger services employees […]
Nearly a Thousand Logan Airport Workers Turn In Cards to Unionize
Boston, MA—With support from former Governor Michael Dukakis, Episcopal Vicar Reverend James Flavin and a string of elected officials and community leaders, Logan Airport passengers workers – representing nearly a thousand employees- delegates of contracted Logan Airport service workers declared today that they and nearly a thousand of their co-workers have chosen 32BJ SEIU as their union and are demanding […]
32BJ SEIU Heralds Senator Robert Marshall’s Re-election as ‘Victory for Low-Wage Workers’
DOVER-Following the primary victory for Senator Robert Marshall, 32BJ of the Service Employees International Union—the union representing office custodial workers across the state—issued the following statement celebrating his return to the state Senate and the victories of several endorsed candidates. “Senator Marshall has demonstrated his dedication to the working people of this state. He saved […]
32BJ SEIU Congratulates Andrew Cuomo and Kathy Hochul
NEW YORK— The members of 32BJ SEIU congratulate Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Kathy Hochul on their victories in the Democratic primary Tuesday. “Today is a day of hope and celebration for working families across New York,” said Héctor Figueroa, president of 32BJ SEIU. “With the primary victory tonight of Gov. Cuomo and Kathy Hochul we will […]