NEW REPORT: CHIPOTLE DISPROPORTIONATELY DENIES MANAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES TO QUALIFIED BLACK APPLICANTS
NEW YORK, NY – 32BJ SEIU and Fast Food Union released a shocking report today titled, “Unequal Opportunity: Uncovering Discrimination in Hiring at Chipotle Mexican Grill,” with research by the Equal Rights Center, which found that Chipotle Mexican Grill significantly favored white applicants over similarly qualified Black applicants for open store management positions. According to […]
Labor Unions Call for Workforce Housing Program in Harlem at City Hall Rally
NEW YORK, NY – Today, 32BJ SEIU and Laborers’ Local 79 rallied at City Hall in support of the One45 Harlem development project and spotlighted the project’s workforce housing proposal that will bring family-sustaining unions jobs to Harlem. The rally came ahead of a New York City Council hearing on the One45 development planned for W145th Street and Lenox Avenue […]
Massachusetts State Senate Passes Driver’s License Bill
BOSTON —Today the Massachusetts State Senate passed the Work and Family Mobility Act by a vote of 32 to 8. The following statement may be credited to the leaders of the organizations co-chairing the Driving Families Forward Coalition, Brazilian Worker Center Executive Director Lenita Reason and 32BJ SEIU Vice President Roxana Rivera: “We are once […]
Victory! Jersey City Signs Agreement with the Developers for 70 Columbus, 90 Columbus and the Vantage for Compliance to the City’s Standard Wage Ordinance
Jersey City, NJ – Developers for 70 & 90 Columbus (70 Columbus Urban Renewal LLC and 90 Columbus Urban Renewal LLC both owned by Ironstate Developers and Panepinto) and The Vantage (LNH Owner Urban Renewal owned by Fisher Development Associates) have reached an agreement with the City of Jersey City in regards to their violations […]
32BJ SEIU ANNOUNCES ENDORSEMENT FOR PATERSON MAYOR ANDRE SAYEGH FOR MAY 10TH MUNICIPAL ELECTION
PATERSON, N.J. — 32BJ SEIU, the largest property services union in the country, with 13,000 members in New Jersey, announced today its municipal endorsement for the upcoming 2022 City of Paterson elections. The union decided to endorse incumbent Mayor Andre Sayegh. Born and raised in Paterson, Sayegh has worked diligently implementing progressive policies that […]
STATEMENT FROM SEIU 32BJ PRESIDENT KYLE BRAGG ON LEAKED SUPREME COURT ABORTION OPINION
“The leaked draft opinion from the radical right wing Supreme Court would be a massive and sickening step backwards in this country. It would inflict the largest rollback of basic rights in a generation and unwind decades of progress for women. The justification for this opinion rests on a medieval worldview and it sets the […]
CHIPOTLE WORKER RETURNS TO WORK 4 DAYS AFTER ACCUSING CHIPOTLE OF RETALIATION FOR HER UNION ACTIVITY
NEW YORK, NY – Today, Brenda Garcia went back to work at Chipotle (136-61 Roosevelt Ave, Queens, NY 11354). This came four days after 32BJ SEIU filed Unfair Labor Practice charges under the National Labor Relations Act accusing Chipotle of retaliation against her for her union activity, and of creating an impression of surveillance of […]
VICTORY! 27 SCHOOL JANITORS SETTLE NLRB CASE AGAINST HCSG AND RETURN TO WORK
Moorestown, NJ – After 10 months of fighting, 27 workers from the Moorestown School District have finally reached a settlement with the district’s janitorial contractor Healthcare Service Group. The settlement includes payments to the workers of over $400,000 in back pay of wages, and reimbursement of medical expenses workers incurred due to their job and […]
NEW YORK CITY CHIPOTLE WORKER ANNOUNCES UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICE CHARGES ACCUSING CHIPOTLE OF RETALIATION FOR HER UNION ACTIVITY, OTHERS DETAIL MANAGEMENT RESPONSES AFTER UNION ACTIVITY
NEW YORK, NY – Fired Chipotle worker Brenda Garcia today announced 32BJ’s filing of Unfair Labor Practice charges under the National Labor Relations Act accusing her former employer Chipotle of retaliation against her for her union activity, and of creating an impression of surveillance of union activity. Ms. Garcia was fired after calling out sick, […]
Nation’s Largest Property Services, Healthcare and Education Workers Unions Endorse Brooke Lierman for Maryland Comptroller
Baltimore, MD – SEIU Local 500, 32BJ SEIU and 1199SEIU announced their endorsement of Brooke Lierman for Maryland Comptroller today on behalf of over 40,000 education support staff, property services and healthcare workers in Maryland. “As a public school mom, Brooke knows firsthand how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted students and the educators who serve them, […]