McConnell to Essential Frontline Workers: “Let Them Eat Cake,” Your Lives and Sacrifices are not Worth a Penny of Hazard Pay
‘Skinny’ Bill Fattens up Corporations and Starves Low-Wage Workers New York, NY – The statement below is attributable to 32BJ SEIU President Kyle Bragg on behalf of over 175,000 essential frontline property services workers. “Trump’s Senate ‘Skinny’ bill denies the lifeline of hazard pay for essential workers, who continue to get sick and die while they carry the […]
SEIU 32BJ Praises New Jersey State Budget Presented by Governor Murphy
Versión en español a seguir The following statement can be attributed to Kevin Brown, Vice President of SEIU 32BJ and New Jersey State Director: “Our 32BJ members are heartened to see Governor Murphy present a state budget which acknowledges the realities of our current COVID-19 moment. Instead of spiraling our state into misery through […]
32BJ on Jacob Blake Police Shooting
The following statement is attributable to Kyle Bragg, President of 32BJ SEIU, the largest property service workers union in the country, representing a majority Black and immigrant workforce: “We express our outrage over the police shooting of Jacob Blake, yet another chapter in the unrelenting horror story that is our broken policing and criminal […]
32BJ Endorses Newcomers Consalvo, Fluker Oakley, Gravellese, Mermell, and Uyterhoeven in Democratic Primary
Building Service Workers’ Union also endorses full slate in other primary races BOSTON — 32BJ SEIU members in Massachusetts have voted to endorse a slate of candidates in the upcoming September 1 Democratic primary, including five candidates running for open seats and seven incumbents vying for re-election. Earlier, the union announced its strong endorsement for […]
32BJ SEIU AND SEIU VIRGINIA 512 SLAM RACIST PORTSMOUTH POLICE ARREST OF A VIRGINIA STATE SENATOR AND LOCAL NAACP LEADERS
Washington, D.C. – The statement below is attributable to Jaime Contreras, Vice President of 32BJ SEIU on behalf of over 20,000 essential property services members in the D.C. area, including over 6,000 in Virginia and David Broder, President of SEIU Virginia 512 on behalf of frontline public service workers in Fairfax and Loudoun counties and Home […]
Union’s Slate of Endorsed Candidates Win Democratic Primary Races
32BJ pledges support for Cabrera, Farrar, Gibson, McGee, and Moore, as well as Biden/Harris ticket HARTFORD, Conn. — 32BJ SEIU, a union representing some 5,000 janitors, security officers and other property service workers across Connecticut, extends congratulations to Jorge Cabrera, Kate Farrar, Rep. Bobby Gibson, Rep. Brandon McGee and Sen. Marilyn Moore in their […]
32BJ Commends ‘Workers Champion’ Senator Kamala Harris as VP
New York, NY – 32BJ SEIU, the union representing 175,000 property service workers up and down the east coast, today celebrated Joe Biden’s choice of Senator Kamala Harris as Vice President. The following statement is attributable to 32BJ SEIU President Kyle Bragg: “Senator Kamala Harris will make an exceptional Vice President. Senator Harris has […]
Essential Workers Outraged by Inaction from the Senate and Executive Order PR Stunt from Trump ‘Our Lives Depend on Voting them out in November’
(New York, NY) – After risking their lives to keep people safe and our economy moving for six months, with no end in sight, 32BJ’s essential workers slammed Senate Republicans’ and President Trump for devaluing their work and lives by denying them hazard pay and refusing to pass the HEROES Act. Frontline cleaners, security officers, […]
Essex County and East Orange Democratic Chairman LeRoy Jones Endorses Groundbreaking Healthcare Bill, ‘Healthy Terminals Act’
The following statement is attributable to Essex County and East Orange Democratic Chairman LeRoy Jones: “I am proud to endorse the Healthy Terminals Act (S989/A2487), a bill that would provide 10,000 New Jersey airport workers access to quality, affordable health insurance. Black, brown and immigrant workers have risked their lives on the frontlines of […]
Senator Biaggi, Assembly Member Hyndman, Queens Leaders & Hazel Dukes Join Essential Airport Workers in Celebrating Passage of Health Care Bill
While the U.S. Senate fails to protect essential workers in stimulus, New York passes ‘Healthy Terminals Act’ to Bring Health Care to as many as 25,000 Essential Frontline Workers (New York, NY) State Senator Alessandra Biaggi, Assembly Member Alicia Hyndman, and NY NAACP President Hazel Dukes joined Queens elected officials and 32BJ airport workers to celebrate the passage of […]