STRIKE AVERTED FOR JANITORS AT 1,200 OFFICE BUILDINGS THROUGHOUT DC, MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA
Just Hours before Expiration, Cleaners Reach Tentative Agreement with Employers For a Contract Covering 10,500 Jobs Washington, D.C. –32BJ SEIU, which represents 10,500 commercial office cleaners in the D.C. area and Baltimore have reached a tentative agreement for a new four-year contract with the Washington Service Contractors Association, which represents the area’s major commercial cleaning companies. […]
With D.C.’s Gentrification Debate Raging, 10,000 Immigrant Janitors Start Contract Talks in Push to Join the Middle Class
MoCo and Arlington Workers seek full-time hours that lead to full-time pay and employer-paid health care Washington, D.C. – 32BJ SEIU janitors, who maintain nearly all of the region’s commercial office buildings worth an estimated $13 billion, will begin negotiations todat for a new union contract that expires on October 15 with the Washington Service […]
32BJ Applauds Additional Funding for Education Programs Towards the 2020 Census in Virginia
The following statement is attributable to Jaime Contreras, Vice President of 32BJ SEIU, the largest union representing immigrant workers in the country, including over 5,500 in Northern Virginia: “We are glad that Governor Northam will ensure that all Virginians are counted, as the census is critical to ensure adequate funding for local schools, health care, and […]
Union Representing 4,000 Immigrant Workers in Virginia Endorse Jennifer Boysko’s Bid to Replace Jennifer Wexton in the State Senate
Arlington, Va. – Members of the Service Employees International (SEIU) 32BJ today announced their endorsement of Jennifer Boysko’s bid to replace State Senator and Congresswoman-elect Jennifer Wexton. The union represents 4,000 office cleaners in Northern Virginia, who overwhelmingly immigrants from Central America. 32BJ members are inspired by Boysko’s strong advocacy for immigrant rights, a $15 […]
32BJ SEIU Praises Virginia State Legislature’s Passage of Medicaid Expansion
(Arlington, VA) The following statement is attributable to Jaime Contreras, a Vice President at 32BJ SEIU: “As fewer and fewer people have employer-paid health coverage for themselves, much less their families, elections have consequences that can mean the difference between life and death. That’s why 32BJ members joined commonsense Virginians in electing leaders who fought […]
Holmes Norton Urges Secretary of State Pompeo to Reconsider Office Cleaner Layoffs
Washington, D.C. — In a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, D.C. Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton urges Pompeo to reconsider the May 1st layoff of 17 contracted cleaners following budget cuts from the Department’s Procurement Office. In addition, hundreds of State Department employees signed a petition delivered to Contracting Officer Pete Jones that […]
Will Cleaning Contractor Budget Cuts Put Your Health at Risk?
Washington, D.C. — A week into his tenure, Secretary of State Pompeo faces a number of problems including North Korea, Gaza and fallout from the Iran deal withdrawal, but he may not have been expecting to find a mess in his office building. May 1st request from the State Department’s Procurement Office directs R & R Building […]
Economists, Community and Labor Groups Slam Executive Leggett Memo Say: “No More Delay Tactics, Working Families Need a Strong $15 Minimum Wage Now”
Rockville, MD– A coalition of economists, community and labor groups today condemned Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett over his memo requiring County Council members to follow a set of criteria that would dramatically weaken Council’s $15 minimum wage legislation. The group also demanded that Leggett suspend his attempts to amend an irredeemable study and sign […]
32BJ SEIU Statement on the Hateful Attack in Charlottesville
The following statement can be attributed to Héctor Figueroa, president of SEIU 32BJ: “A life has already been lost in a senseless act of hatred in Charlottesville. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of those attacked today. As a union we reject these kinds of hateful actions and encourage our members, working families […]
32BJ SEIU Responds to County Exec Study on $15 Minimum Wage
Rockville, MD– The union representing thousands of commercial office cleaners and other property service workers in Montgomery County issued the following statement in response to County Executive Ike Leggett’s study on raising the minimum wage to $15. The following statement is attributable to Maria Naranjo, 32BJ Capital Area Director, 32BJ SEIU: “In one of the […]