32BJ SEIU: Trump is Sacrificing Essential Workers by Demanding Stimulus Talks Stop before Election
Washington, D.C-32BJ SEIU—the union representing 175,000 essential building service workers up and down the East Coast—today responded to President Trump’s announcement by Twitter that he is ordering stimulus talks to stop until after the election. The following statement is attributable to Kyle Bragg, President of 32BJ SEIU. “If the President cared about helping essential workers get through the […]
32BJ SEIU Condemns Trump’s White Supremacist Call to Action
New York—32BJ SEIU, the union representing 175,000, mostly Black and brown essential building service workers responded to the debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. “Instead of condemning white supremacists, President Trump reached a new low by telling them to ‘stand by.’ Trump has no plan for the country other than more racism and violence. […]
SEIU 32BJ Endorses Sen. Booker, Amy Kennedy, and 9 Congressional Reps. for 2020 Elections
NEWARK, NEW JERSEY— The members of SEIU 32BJ, the largest property services union in the country, today announced endorsements for 11 members of Congress in New Jersey. “This year’s historic general election is coming up fast in a few short weeks, and as essential workers who have risked their lives every day during the pandemic, […]
32BJ SEIU’s Kyle Bragg on Grand Jury Decision on the Murder of Breonna Taylor
The following statement is attributable to Kyle Bragg, President of 32BJ SEIU As a union representing thousands of Black essential workers, we are outraged by the grand jury decision to let two of Breonna Taylor’s killers off scot free and one without a murder charge. Breonna Taylor—an EMT, essential worker, daughter, sister and friend—deserves justice. An […]
SEIU 32BJ Endorses New York Candidates for 2020 General Elections
NEW YORK, NY— The members of SEIU 32BJ, the largest property services union in the country, today announced endorsements for 19 members of Congress, 49 members of the NY State Senate and 88 members of the State Assembly. Many of the candidates supported by the union are incumbents. “With seven weeks left before a historic election, our members are […]
32BJ’s Bragg: We Will Honor Ruth Bader Ginsburg as We Fight for Justice
The following statement may be attributed to Kyle Bragg, President 32BJ SEIU: “The loss of Ruth Bader Ginsburg is simply devastating, especially in a hellish year that has already taken too many souls from us. Ruth was a trailblazer for woman and devoted her life to equality for all people. She was always on the […]
32BJ’s Essential Workers Join Massive Voter Engagement Effort to Elect Joe Biden
Pennsylvania –On Saturday from 11am-1:30pm, 32BJ SEIU cleaners, airport workers, security officers, and other property service workers throughout the East Coast will channel their outrage at Trump’s inaction into driving voter turnout for Joe Biden. Over 700 of these volunteers will phone bank voters throughout the key battleground state of Pennsylvania. In July, 32BJ SEIU […]
32BJ’s Essential Workers Help Launch SEIU’s Largest-Ever Voter Engagement Program Expanding Electorate with Infrequent Black and Latino Voters
32BJ member volunteers aim to register 8,000 union voters in Florida, Pennsylvania and Virginia After Trump and Senate Inaction on Relief Package, Essential Workers Take Outrage to the Ballot Box Arlington, VA – Urgent financial, racial and health crises are galvanizing 32BJ’s essential frontline workers to register 8,000 union member voters in Florida, Pennsylvania […]
32BJ SEIU Condemns Court’s Decision to Allow End to TPS
The following statement may be attributed to Kyle Bragg, President 32BJ SEIU: “It is deeply disturbing, and frankly enraging, that the Ninth Circuit is allowing the Trump administration to end Temporary Protected Status for El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua and Sudan, opening the prospect of deportation for hundreds of thousands of people who have made the […]
32BJ SEIU Endorses Longtime Worker Champion, Ed Lazere for D.C. At-Large Council
Washington, D.C. –32BJ SEIU today announced their strong endorsement of Ed Lazere for D.C. At-Large Council on behalf of over 175,000 property services workers, including over 20,000 essential frontline janitors, airport workers and security officers in the D.C. area. Lazere was integral to 32BJ’s Fight for $15 in D.C., a movement that’s helping workers in more than 190 […]