No Holiday Shopping Season for Suburban Janitors
PLYMOUTH MEETING, PA – More than 100 Philadelphia Suburban commercial office cleaners – members of 32BJ SEIU – will demonstrate Saturday, at noon at the Plymouth Meeting Mall demanding $15 an hour. The event follows Tuesday’s nationwide day of action where thousands united calling on lawmakers to raise the minimum wage. The janitors are in […]
NYC’S Best Supers, Doormen, Security Guards and Cleaners to Be Honored at Building Service Workers Awards
New York – The men and women who clean, care for and maintain the buildings of New York will be honored tomorrow, November 5, at the 2015 Building Service Workers Awards. 32BJ SEIU and Straus News organize the annual awards where family, co-workers, employers, tenants and elected officials can celebrate the dedication of building service […]
Annette Taddeo, Faith Leaders Picket with Fired Sunset Place Cleaners
(South Miami, FL) Annette Taddeo, Candidate for the 26th Congressional District, Father Frank Corbishly from St. Bede Chapel at Univ. of Miami, and other faith leaders will join the fired cleaners from the Shops at Sunset Place Mall to demand that the workers be given their jobs back. Many of the cleaners—all immigrant and mostly women and […]
32BJ SEIU Congratulates LD 15 Assembly Winners Gusciora & Muoio
Statement from 32BJ: “Congratulations to Reed Gusciora on his election victory,” said Kevin Brown, 32BJ SEIU Vice President and NJ State Director. “32BJ members were proud to support him because he has been a vocal supporter of workers’ rights. And with another two years in office, we believe Gusciora will continue to support a progressive […]
32BJ Congratulates Steve Bellone and Madeline Singas on their Elections
Statement from 32BJ: “32BJ congratulates Steve Bellone on his election as the Suffolk County Executive,” said 32BJ President Hector Figueroa. “Steve has stood up to the bitter anti-immigrant sentiment promoted by a number of misguided legislators on Long Island and we believe he will continue to be a strong ally in the fight to […]
32BJ Congratulates Pam Harris and Barry Grodenchik on their Elections
Statement from 32BJ: “32BJ congratulates Pam Harris for her election to the New York State Assembly representing Brooklyn’s 46th District,” said 32BJ President Hector Figueroa. “Pam has a long history of service in the community and we know she will fight in Albany for legislation that supports workers and their families in Brooklyn and throughout […]
32BJ SEIU Members Endorse Grace Solares for Miami City Commissioner for District 2
(Miami)— Property services workers, represented by 32BJ Service Employees International Union (SEIU), announced today its support of Grace Solares for Miami City Commissioner, District 2. “Grace Solares is one of the strongest advocates for working men and women in Miami. In a city that ranks 4th in the nation in income inequality, we need elected leaders […]
Strike Averted: Pittsburgh Commercial Office Cleaners Reach a Tentative Agreement with Employers
For More Information: Traci Benjamin 215-300-0776 tbenjamin@seiu32bj.org PITTSBURGH – Two days before the contract for more than 1,000 commercial office cleaners was set to expire, the 32BJ SEIU Bargaining Committee secured a four-year tentative agreement with the Managers, Owners and Contractors Association (MOCA). The deal, subject to ratification, includes a fair wage increase and maintains benefits at their […]
Firings, Threats, Arbitrary Punishments Airport Workers Protest “House of Horrors” at PHL
PHILADELPHIA-Following the recent firings of several of their co-workers, airport workers at the Philadelphia International Airport will protest Thursday at 2:30pm at to call attention to the abuses they experience at the hands of their employers, airline subcontractors: McGinn Security, Prospect, Prime Flight and Swissport. Days before Halloween, workers says the airport is always a […]
Contracted Airport Workers Urge Delta Air Lines to End Worker “Horror Stories” at DCA during National Day of Action
Washington, DC – Delta executives would not even listen to the horror stories endured by their own contracted passenger service workers, who work for Eulen American, one of Delta’s contractors at Reagan National Airport, and who are struggling to survive on as $6.75-8/hr. These workers, who have allegedly been interrogated by their employer Eulen America about federally […]