32BJ SEIU AND A GROWING LIST OF LABOR UNIONS ENDORSE KENDRA BROOKS AND PASTOR NICOLAS O’ROURKE FOR PHILADELPHIA CITY COUNCIL
Pennsylvania Working Families Party candidates seek to end Republican control of minority seats and build a more representative City Council PHILADELPHIA — The Working Families Party is proud to announce endorsements from key labor allies such as SEIU 32BJ, SEIU-HCPA, AFSCME District 1199C, PASNAP, BMWED-IBT, and UNITE HERE Philadelphia for Philadelphia City Council At-Large […]
32BJ SEIU on Trump Nomination of Eugene Scalia to Labor Secretary
The following statement may be attributed to Kyle Bragg, President 32BJ SEIU. “Eugene Scalia has built his career advocating on behalf of banks and corporations like the Koch brothers, Walmart and Goldman Sachs and has had a significant role in rigging the system against working people whether white, Black or brown. To now […]
On Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, 32BJ SEIU Demands an End to Wage Disparities
Access to Union Jobs Will Bring Wage Equality to More Black Women The following statement may be attributed to Kyle Bragg, President 32BJ SEIU. “As a union with a majority non-white membership, including thousands of black women, we denounce the discriminatory pattern of wage disparity we see throughout our country’s workplaces. While the “American […]
32BJ Decries Trump Administration’s Cruel New Regulation to Indefinitely Detain Children and Families
The following statement may be attributed to Kyle Bragg, President 32BJ SEIU. “The Trump administration’s proposed new regulation to allow for the indefinite detention of immigrant children and their families is an appalling new level of cruelty. The plan could allow for more crimes against immigrant children in unlicensed, for-profit facilities. If not stopped in […]
32BJ Condemn ICE’s Violence Against Rhode Island Protestors
Immigrants & Supporters Have a right to Peaceful Demonstrations without fear The following statement can be attributed to Roxana Rivera, Vice President of 32BJ SEIU, the largest property service union in the country. As one of the nation’s largest unions with majority immigrant membership, we are sickened by ICE and prison guards’ dangerous and […]
32BJ Condemns “Public Charge” Rule as Assault on Immigrants’ Well-Being and Nation’s Diversity
The following statement may be attributed to Kyle Bragg, President 32BJ SEIU: “The public charge rule that the Trump administration released today assaults the ability of taxpaying, legal immigrants to protect their health and feed their children by punishing them for accessing the most basic benefits needed to survive. If this final rule becomes law in 60 […]
32BJ Endorses Bronin, Harp, Moore and Setaro in CT Mayoral Races
HARTFORD — After reviewing written questionnaires and conducting in-person candidate interviews, members of 32BJ SEIU voted to endorse Mayor Luke Bronin for re-election in Hartford, Mayor Toni Harp for re-election in New Haven, State Senator Marilyn Moore for Mayor of Bridgeport, and former Danbury City Council President Chris Setaro for mayor of Danbury. The following […]
32BJ Condemns Workplace ICE Raids in Mississippi
Versión en español a seguir The following statement may be attributed to Kyle Bragg, President 32BJ SEIU: “As one of the nation’s largest unions with majority immigrant membership, we thoroughly condemn he Trump administration’s massive workplace raids in Mississippi yesterday. By arresting almost 700 men and women at their jobs, the administration has ripped apart […]
32BJ SEIU Announces Boston City Council Endorsements
Union Workers Selected Candidates with Proven Record Of Advancing Working Families, Social Justice & Equity BOSTON—32BJ SEIU members announced their endorsements for the fall 2019 Boston City Council races today. For the at-large City Council seats, the union is backing incumbents Michelle Wu and Annissa Essaibi-George, as well as newcomers Alejandra St. Guillen, formerly […]
32BJ on Mass Shootings and White Supremacism
The following statement can be attributed to Kyle Bragg, President of 32BJ SEIU: We mourn with the families who lost their loved ones in the Gilroy, El Paso and Dayton shootings. The recent shootings should be treated as acts of domestic terrorism perpetrated mostly by white supremacists who are emboldened by President Trump. The appalling […]