Janitors and Security Officers Union Praises Mayor Bowser Push for Metro to Restore Late-Night Hours
The statement below is attributable to Jaime Contreras, Vice President of 32BJ SEIU, the largest property service workers union in the country that represents over 173,000 members in 11 states, including 20,000 in the D.C. area and Baltimore, MD. “Mayor Bowser’s and Chairman Mendelson’s efforts to restore Metro’s late night hours would be a boon to the men and women who help keep District office […]
32BJ Endorses Bellone, Singas for Re-Election in Long Island
Union representing 2,000 Long Island workers also endorses 16 candidates in Nassau and Suffolk County races NEW YORK — 32BJ SEIU, the largest property service union in the country, including about 2,000 members who live and work in Long Island, announced today that its members endorsed Steve Bellone for Suffolk County Executive, and Madeline Singas for Nassau County […]
32BJ Condemns Cynical and Inhumane Central American Asylum Deals
The following statement may be attributed to Kyle Bragg, President 32BJ SEIU: “The deals the Trump Administration recently announced to send asylum seekers to El Salvador, Guatemala and now Honduras demonstrate a horrifying disdain for the life and dignity of Latin American migrants. As the Washington Post noted, Honduras is “one of the most violent […]
Thousands of Janitors will take to the Streets to Rally for a Fair Contract
Massive Crowd Marches to Rittenhouse Square to Demand their Share of Center City’s Prosperity Philadelphia – Joined by Mayor Jim Kenney, more than a thousand members of the property service workers union, 32BJ SEIU will fill the streets of Philadelphia on Thursday at 12:00pm to demand that cleaners and other building service workers are able to care for their […]
32BJ Announces 2019 Hudson Valley Endorsements
WHITE PLAINS, New York — Members of 32BJ SEIU in the Hudson Valley today announced their endorsements for the 2019 general election. With more than 175,000 members in 11 states across the East Coast and Washington D.C., 32BJ SEIU is the largest building service employees union in the nation, and of the largest with majority immigrant […]
1,500 32BJ SEIU Cleaners Open Bargaining with Employers
-Union cleaners demand to earn a piece of Pittsburgh’s ever-growing prosperity- Pittsburgh – Negotiations opened Wednesday afternoon inside the Omni William Penn for nearly 1,500 cleaners- 32BJ SEIU members – with representatives of commercial cleaning contractors from the commercial real estate industry. While downtown and the strip district are some of the hottest commercial real […]
32BJ SEIU Announces Endorsement of Judy Moore for City Council
Philadelphia-32BJ SEIU—the union representing the city’s commercial office cleaners, security officers, blue collar school district employees and airport workers—today announced their endorsement of Judy Moore for the city’s 10th Council District. Moore seeks to unseat four-term Republican Councilman Brian O’Neill. “We support Judy Moore because she will be a vocal advocate for strong public schools and […]
With D.C.’s Gentrification Debate Raging, 10,000 Immigrant Janitors Start Contract Talks in Push to Join the Middle Class
MoCo and Arlington Workers seek full-time hours that lead to full-time pay and employer-paid health care Washington, D.C. – 32BJ SEIU janitors, who maintain nearly all of the region’s commercial office buildings worth an estimated $13 billion, will begin negotiations todat for a new union contract that expires on October 15 with the Washington Service […]
32BJ Statement on Gig Worker Rights in NYC
The following statement can be attributed to Kyle Bragg, president of 32BJ SEIU, the largest property service union in the country and member of New York City’s Do It Right Employment Classification Test (DIRECT) a coalition coming together with misclassified workers, consumers, organizers, advocates and lawyers to fighting to pass a similar ABC test bill called the Fair Play in […]
Candis Tolliver to Head 32BJ’s Political Team
New York, NY—32BJ SEIU, the largest property services workers’ union in the country, is pleased to announce the promotion of Candis Tolliver to Political Director. As the Senior Deputy Political Director of 32BJ SEIU, Candis has been overseeing the union’s political program for the Tristate Area for the last 2 years, and since 2015 she […]