SEIU Hails Pam Iovino Special Election Win
In Yet another Victory, PA Voters Issue Stunning Rebuke of Anti-Union Politicians PITTSBURGH- SEIU today congratulated Pam Iovino on her special election victory. Cleaners, security officers, nurses, social workers, school district employees and other SEIU union members ran a robust campaign in support of Iovino and knocked on thousands of doors in the 37th district. “Pam […]
32BJ Condemns President’s Threat to End Central American Aid and Close Borders
The following statement is attributable to Héctor Figueroa, President of 32BJ SEIU: “President Trump’s patently counterproductive threats to cut off foreign aid to three Central American countries and to close the U.S.-Mexico border can only serve to exacerbate conditions that have forced families to seek asylum in the United States and worsen the humanitarian crisis […]
City Council Votes Unanimously to Investigate Poverty in the Parking Industry
Councilwoman Parker-Backed Resolution Calls for Hearings to Investigate Poverty Wages and Poor Treatment in the $30 Billion Parking Industry PHILADELHIA –As City Council considers series of bills that aim to reduce Philadelphia’s stubbornly high poverty rate, Council today unanimously passed a resolution to investigate the low-wage parking industry in Philadelphia. The parking industry in Philadelphia […]
32BJ Applauds Introduction of Federal “Dream and Promise Act”
The following statement may be attributed to Héctor Figueroa, President of 32BJ SEIU: “As one of the nation’s largest unions representing immigrant workers, we enthusiastically welcome today’s introduction of a House bill that would finally provide relief for over a million DREAMers and recipients of TPS and DED. Most of these immigrants have been living […]
Westchester Legislators and Allies Join Cleaners at Rally Against Unfair Job Loss
Workers rally against cleaning company for cruel behavior toward working families at 1&3 Barker Avenue, White Plains WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.— At noon, dozens of union members and community allies joined a group of Westchester County Legislators to rally for a group of workers who were suddenly and unfairly displaced from their cleaning jobs at […]
32BJ STATEMENT ON EXTENSION OF TPS FOR EL SALVADOR, HAITI, NICARAGUA AND SUDAN
The following statement may be attributed to Hector Figueroa, President of 32BJ “While we certainly welcome the extension of TPS until January 2020, this minor victory was only won because immigrants and advocates stood up to prevent this Trump administration’s utterly immoral and irrational attempt to turn hundreds of thousands of legal, productive residents into […]
$15 is on the Horizon for Security Officers at City’s Largest Institutions
Mayor Kenney and Security Officers Celebrate that $15 Prevailing Wage will be implemented at Temple, Penn, Drexel, Hospitals and other Publicly-Subsidized Institutions Mayor Gives July 1 Deadline for Institutions and their Contractors to Come into Compliance PHILADELPHIA- Mayor Kenney today announced that starting on July 1, approximately 2,000 security officers will make the $15 an hour required […]
NY Rallies in Support of Gambian Immigrant Under Threat of Deportation
Father to five young US citizen children was detained by immigration authorities while in the process of securing permanent resident status New York – The wife, young children and extended family of a Gambian immigrant who works as a porter in an Upper East Side building asked for his release from immigration detention on Wednesday […]
32BJ Denounces Dangerous and Unwarranted State of Emergency Declaration
32BJ Denounces Dangerous and Unwarranted State of Emergency Declaration The following statement may be attributed to Héctor Figueroa, President of 32BJ SEIU: “The President’s declaration of a state of emergency is a dangerous and unprecedented political maneuver that seems from every angle to violate the separation of powers at the core of our Constitution. At […]
Allegheny County CLC on 32BJ SEIU Leader, Sam Williamson’s Appointment as Chair of Urban Redevelopment Authority
The following statement is attributable to Darrin Kelly, President Allegheny Fayette County Central Labor Council: “We congratulate Sam Williamson, the district leader of 32BJ SEIU, on his appointment as URA chair. Appointing a labor leader who represents low-wage workers from all over the city signals how serious the Mayor is about ensuring that Pittsburgh is […]