32BJ Statement on David Prouty Nomination to National Labor Relations Board
The following statement can be attributed to SEIU 32BJ President Kyle Bragg: “We consider David Prouty’s nomination to the National Labor Relations Board a home run for strengthening labor rights and worker-centered standards in our country, and restoring the NLRB’s core function to protect the interests of workers. While we’ll miss his steady counsel, which […]
32BJ SEIU & the Maintenance Contractors of New England Sign Contract Extension during Justice for Janitors Week
32BJ SEIU & the Maintenance Contractors of New England Sign Contract Extension during Justice for Janitors Week Essential Workers & their Employers Reach Hopeful Milestone As Mass. State of Emergency Expires *Interviews with members and leadership available upon request* Boston, MA.–On Wednesday—a day after Massachusetts’ state of emergency officially expired and weeks after Governor Baker […]
32BJ Statement on Positive COVID-19 milestone in New York
The following statement can be attributed to SEIU 32BJ President Kyle Bragg: Our 85,000 New York members, essential workers who have put their lives on the line to keep our communities going throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, are gratified by the Governor’s announcement that we have reached a key milestone, with 70% of adults in the state having […]
Commissioner Ken Russell & Striking Janitors Protest Pay Discrimination, Poverty Wages; Announce own Cleancoin “Cryptocurrency” Because Janitors are Undervalued
Janitors on strike against Coastal Building Maintenance say employers need to “invest” in their workers. New survey finds 87% of Miami cleaners struggle to pay for food, 0% have paid sick days, and 72% did not have adequate PPE during the pandemic WHAT: Striking janitors, employed by Coastal Building Maintenance (CBM), launch their own “cryptocurrency”—Cleancoin—to […]
32BJ SEIU Applauds Mayor Janey’s Executive Order Addressing Wage Gap, Equity
32BJ SEIU Applauds Mayor Janey’s Executive Order Addressing Wage Gap, Equity Security Officers, Cleaners in Boston’s City Buildings Need & Deserve a Living Wage The following statement can be attributed to Roxana Rivera, Vice President of 32BJ SEIU: “As Vice President of 32BJ SEIU— a union of mostly brown, Black, and immigrant essential […]
32BJ Hudson Valley Announces 2021 Primary Endorsements
WHITE PLAINS, New York—The Hudson Valley district of Local 32BJ SEIU today announced its members’ endorsements for the Westchester County Democratic Party primary on June 22. The union’s 4,500 Hudson Valley members include janitors, security officers, residential building superintendents, country club groundskeepers, and many other property service workers. Across the East Coast, 32BJ boasts more than […]
32BJ Statement on Passage of S6350A/ A7434 from 32BJ
The following statement can be attributed to SEIU 32BJ President Kyle Bragg: “We applaud the State Senate and the Assembly for passing vital legislation that ensures more high-end condo and co-op apartment buildings in New York City pay their workers family-sustaining wages and benefits. By expanding the prevailing wage requirement to luxury buildings receiving tax abatements, some 2000 hard-working […]
Pine Hollow Country Club Terminates All Unionized Workers
New owners release longtime groundskeepers, eliminating one of the last unionized country club workforces on Long Island Union vows to continue fight for workers EAST NORWICH, NY. – Yesterday at noon, the socioeconomic divide on Long Island became quietly wider. At that hour, two longtime groundskeepers at the Pine Hollow Country club were […]
Historic Bill Increasing Hourly Compensation to $17 and Eliminating Tipped Wage for Contracted Workers at BWI Airport and Baltimore Penn Station Becomes Law
Annapolis, MD – After a three-year campaign, over 2,000 union and non-union contracted workers at BWI Marshall Airport and Baltimore Penn Station, who earn as little as $8.50 per hour plus tips will see their hourly compensation rise to $17 over the next five years under a new law, the Secure Maryland Wage Act. The historic bill, sponsored […]
32BJ President Kyle Bragg statement on the one-year anniversary of murder of George Floyd
“Today, we commemorate how the brutal death of George Floyd at the hands of police one year ago sparked a global movement that sent millions to the streets in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, and brought much needed focus on the righteous goal of ending police brutality. We have seen some things change – […]