Back to School for Students, Back to Poverty for Pitt Security Guards
Pittsburgh – University of Pittsburgh security officers, property service workers, and allies marched across the campus this morning demanding U.S. Security give workers a fair contract that includes essential training. More than 200 security officers are employed by the contractor at the school and earn less than $9 an hour with no meaningful benefits and […]
WeWork Janitors Hold Vigil After They Lost Their Jobs Because They Wanted a Union
For more information: Rachel Cohen, rcohen@seiu32bj.org; Cell: 917-370-8464 New York – Scores of WeWork’s former contracted cleaners held a candlelight vigil tonight for their lost jobs. WeWork today introduced new building service jobs that pay $15 an hour and include some benefits but of the more than 120 contracted cleaners who have cleaned their offices for up to three […]
Over 100 Logan Airport Workers to Go on Strike
Boston, MA— As vacation-goers get ready to fly out of Logan, more than 100 non-union contracted airplane cleaners and baggage will go on strike to protest unfair labor practices committed by their employer, airline contractor G2 Secure Staff. G2 is currently under federal investigation by the National Labor Relations Board for violation of workers’ rights. This contractor provides services for Delta, American and […]
WeWork Cleaners to Rally for Fair Pay
Boston, MA – WeWork, the hip co-working start-up, valued at $10 billion by investors, likes to brand itself as “a space, community, and services you need to make a life, not just a living.” Apparently, in Boston this doesn’t apply to the contracted cleaners who pick up after the darling of the sharing economy who will be […]
WeWork Sets English Requirement for Office Cleaners
New York – Less than two months after the contracted cleaners at WeWork’s NYC offices started a campaign for better pay and benefits, WeWork has announced it will employ its janitors directly and provide a slight increase in pay and some benefits. But there’s one catch: they have to be “fluent” in English. The current […]
Fired 2116 Chestnut St. Workers Arrested While Demanding Their Jobs Back
Philadelphia – This afternoon fired union workers from 2116 Chestnut Street were arrested after refusing to leave the building lobby. With almost no notice, building cleaners, security officers and maintenance workers—members of 32BJ SEIU—were terminated from their jobs at 2116 Chestnut Street on Friday after the 319 unit residential apartment building was sold to CBRE […]
When Luxury Turns to Poverty: Fired 2116 Chestnut Workers Rally to Get Their Jobs Back
Philadelphia –Joined by dozens of supportive tenants and union members, fired building workers at 2116 Chestnut will rally in front of the building on Wednesday at 2:45pm. With almost no notice, building cleaners, security officers and maintenance workers were terminated from their jobs at 2116 Chestnut Street on Friday after the 319 unit residential apartment building was […]
Scranton School Workers Rally for a Fair Budget for Students
Scranton, PA – Dozens of school district workers rallied in support of Governor Tom Wolf’s budget this afternoon outside the Scranton School Administration Building. The workers are custodians, skilled trade workers, LPNs, and clericals. With school slated to open in a month and a budget stalemate in its (6th) week, workers along with parents are concerned […]
Paid Sick Days Bill Passes in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh – City Council voted this morning to enact legislation making Pittsburgh the nineteenth city in the nation to pass paid sick days legislation. The measure was backed by members of Pittsburgh for Paid Sick Days, a coalition of community groups, environmental groups, faith organizations and labor unions. Sam Williamson, Western Pennsylvania District Director, 32BJ […]
Bed-Stuy Apartment Workers, Tenants Protest New Owner’s Illegal Firings & Deplorable Conditions
New York, NY— Scores of workers, tenants, elected officials and union leaders came together at 1711 Fulton Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant on Thursday night to call on the building owner to restore good jobs for the building’s workers, who saw their pay cut and were harassed and fired because of their union membership. Local residents joined […]