Cambridge, MA—The janitors who clean and maintain buildings and facilities at Harvard University reached a tentative, 4-year agreement an hour after the contract expired. The deal, subject to ratification by the membership, provides a 12.5% increase in wages over the life of the contract and secures employer-paid healthcare. Janitors will make $24.67 an hour by […]

Boston, MA – With their contract set to expire on Monday, October 31st, the janitors who clean Tufts University voted on Thursday to authorize their union’s bargaining committee to call for a strike if they don’t reach an agreement with Tufts’ contractor C&W Services by October 31st. “We don’t take a strike vote lightly, but

–13,000 Janitors Who Clean 2,000 Office Buildings Could Walk Off their Jobs– FOR MORE INFORMATION: Eugenio H. Villasante 646 285 1087 Boston, MA – With their contract set to expire September 30, the janitors who clean thousands of office buildings in the Greater Boston will take a vote on Saturday to authorize their union’s bargaining committee

Bethesda, MD — Nearly 300 contracted janitors who clean and maintain the Walter Reed National Navy Medical Center and the Uniformed Services University Office have voted to authorize a strike to protest their employer’s proposal to stop paying into the workers’ pension fund. The decision by Ace Janitorial Services would undermine retirement security for cleaners,

FOR MORE INFORMATION: Eugenio H. Villasante 646-285-1087 Frank Soults 860-471-5692 Boston, MA— Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts will rally with thousands of janitors and security officers from across the region this Saturday September 10 at 1pm in the Boston Common Parkman Bandstand. The U.S. senator will join 32BJ SEIU members in support of a fair contract

Boston, MA—Non-union airport passenger service workers employed by Flight Services and Systems, Inc., a JetBlue contractor, went on strike this morning at Logan Airport to protest unfair labor practices. The company has repeatedly threatened employees for lawful organizing union activity. “No airport worker should be subjected to coercion and intimidation,” said Roxana Rivera Vice President of 32BJ

Boston, MA– After  weeks of protests and three rowdy visits to Governor’s Baker office, a representative of Administration informed the T janitors that they agree to meet next week to talk about the their issues with the MBTA’s layoffs plan. Representatives of the union will be meeting next Tuesday with Governor Baker’s chief of staff

Boston, MA—Today, 32BJ SEIU, the union representing the laid off MBTA janitors, filed two unfair labor practice charges with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) against the MBTA’s cleaning contractors SJ Service and ABM Inc. for refusing to bargain over the drastic number of layoffs, the impact of these cuts on those laid off and