Union representing 6,000 Immigrant Workers in Virginia Pushes for Democratic Sweep
Union Janitors and Security Officers Spent a Month Turning out Votes/Knocked on Thousands of Doors Leesburg, Va. – 32BJ SEIU, which represents 6,000 immigrant office cleaners and airport service workers in Northern Virginia are part of a major push to help Democrats flip Virginia, after a month-long GOTV effort by team of over a […]
Montgomery County Council Passes Bill to Increase Workers’ Access to Full-Time Hours and Employer-Paid Health Care, Alleviating Burden on Taxpayers
Rockville, MD – Commercial office cleaners celebrated the Montgomery County Council’s passage of the “Building Service Employees Minimum Work Week Act,” which ensures that building service workers of large commercial office buildings are employed in shifts of no less than 30 hours a week. Many cleaners are only offered part-time hours that leave them working multiple part-time jobs […]
NEW REPORT SHOWS MIAMI OFFICE JANITORS LOWEST PAID IN ALL MAJOR US CITIES
Miami’s billion-dollar commercial real estate industry ranks 12th in the US, but 57% of office janitors live below or near poverty, 69% are rent burdened, 33% rely on government programs like SNAP (Miami, FL) A new report released by 32BJ SEIU and the UCLA Center for Neighborhood Knowledge (CNK) shows office cleaners in Miami are […]
NYC’s Best Doormen, Supers, Security Guards, Cleaners and Airport Workers to be Honored at Building Service Worker Awards
Versión en español a seguir WHAT: 13th Annual Building Service Worker Awards WHO: The city’s best doormen, supers, security guards, cleaners and porters; 32BJ President Kyle Bragg and 32BJ officers; Straus News President Jeanne Straus; Assembly members Dick Gottfried and Linda Rosenthal; State Senators Brian Benjamin and Roxanne Persaud, NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer; NYC Council Speaker […]
32BJ Statement on the Extension of Documentation for all Recently Terminated TPS Recipients
The following statement may be attributed to Kyle Bragg, President 32BJ SEIU: “As one of the nation’s largest unions with a majority-immigrant membership, we gladly welcome the Department of Homeland Security’s announcement today that all TPS recipients with recently terminated statuses have been granted another year to live and work legally in the United States. […]
SEIU 32BJ HOSTS RALLY GOTV RALLY AND CANVASS LAUNCH FOR WORKING FAMILIES PARTY SLATE CANDIDATES KENDRA BROOKS AND NICOLAS O’ROURKE
Pennsylvania Working Families Party candidates seek to end Republican control of minority seats on Nov.5th PHILADELPHIA: Ahead of Election Day, SEIU 32BJ hosted a rally for Working Families Party slate candidates Kendra Brooks and Nicolas O’Rourke in support of their bid to end Republican control of minority seats on the Philadelphia City Council. Dozens […]
New York and Connecticut Elected Officials Stand with Union Members as Bargaining Opens for 3,000 Janitors
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. – On Wednesday afternoon, about 20 janitors and union officers sat down to face a similar number of lawyers and company executives at long tables in a large hotel meeting room. The two sides — one dressed in uniform dark business suits; the other, in an array of business-casual attire and union […]
NY Doormen, Concierge to rally for good jobs at Luxury Coops and Condos
What: A rally to urge Governor Cuomo to sign the Luxury Coop and Condo Prevailing Wage Bill, which is set to be delivered any day. When: Wednesday, October 30 at 4:30pm Where: 418 Central Park West Who: 32BJ residential building service workers will rally with elected officials— Senator Brian Benjamin, Assembly Member Carmen de la Rosa and others— and 32BJ […]
Brooklyn Warehouse Owners to Pay Nearly $3 Million in Prevailing Wage Settlement
The following statement can be attributed to Kyle Bragg, president of 32BJ SEIU, the largest property service union in the country. “Today the Attorney general announced a $2,980,5003 settlement with Brooklyn Warehouse 180 LLC and Mica Gabe Brooklyn LLC for failing to ensure building service workers at 180 Nassau Street were paid the legally required prevailing wage. The prevailing […]
BWI Workers Fear Falling While High off the Ground without Proper tie offs, File Second Set of Safety Allegations against Airport Contractor
Baltimore City Councilman Bullock to rally with workers at BWI contractor headquarters Baltimore, MD – While safety may be a top priority at BWI Marshall Airport and for Menzies Aviation, PLC, workers continue to report feeling unsafe and have filed a second round of charges with the Maryland Occupational Safety and Health (MOSH) alleging […]