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Union of Immigrants Condemns Trump’s Attempt to Close Nation of Immigrants

The following statement may be attributed to Juan Hernandez, Vice-President of 32BJ SEIU and the head of the union in Connecticut: “President Trump’s announcement yesterday to temporarily end all immigration to the United States is an affront to all common decency and common sense. I speak as president of one of the nation’s largest unions …

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McDonald’s on I-95 Fail to Disinfect after Workers Test Positive for Coronavirus

Actions Risk Health, Safety of Essential Service Plaza Workers & Public Caravan protest will drive through parking lots at Milford and Darien at 11 AM Today MILFORD, Conn. — Two McDonald’s stores at the rest stops on I-95 have continued operating without disinfecting properly after workers have tested positive for the coronavirus, threatening the health …

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CT Interstate Service Plaza Workers Demand Support in Pandemic

“Essential workers” face denial of sick time, cuts in hours, lack of protections DARIEN, Conn. – Governor Ned Lamont has designated food service workers as essential employees, yet some 950 employees across the Connecticut Interstate System are facing systematic abuse that risks the health and well-being of the workers, their families, and communities across the …

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While Coronavirus Wrecks Economy, Nassau Reinsurance Group Wrecks Good Union Jobs

After decades of service, building cleaners lose jobs as company pursues profits over people HARTFORD, Conn — On Friday, the Nassau Reinsurance Group will unnecessarily contribute to local economic suffering by letting go of ten dedicated, experienced janitors, some of whom have cleaned the building for decades. The cleaners’ union, 32BJ SEIU, received …

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Valentine Rally Asks SecurAmerica for Heart, Gets Cops Instead

Security officers urge contractor to offer fair health plan HARTFORD, Conn. — Dozens of security officers braved the cold in downtown Hartford Friday afternoon to rally outside the headquarters of SecurAmerica until a complaint from the building led the Hartford police to disperse the crowd, apparently due to claims of private ownership of the sidewalk. …

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Hudson Valley and Fairfield County Janitors Approve Four-Year Accord

Deal boosts wages, protects benefits, and improves workplace rules for 3,000 cleaners in large commercial buildings STAMFORD, Conn. — Four days before the expiration of their current union contract, hundreds of commercial building cleaners unanimously voted to approve a new agreement at meetings in Port Chester, NY, this morning and Stamford, CT, this afternoon. The …

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STRIKE AVERTED Hudson Valley/Fairfield County Janitors Reach Tentative Contract Agreement

Deal includes fair wage increase & protects health benefits for 3,000 janitors STAMFORD, Conn. — In a Stamford Marriott meeting room this afternoon, a union bargaining committee representing over 3,000 janitors in Fairfield County, Connecticut, and the lower Hudson Valley, New York, reached a tentative contract agreement with an industry group representing cleaning contractors and …

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*STRIKE AVERTED Hartford and New Haven Janitors Approve Four-Year Accord

Deal includes fair wage increase & protects health benefits for 2,400 janitors; Stamford bargaining continues HARTFORD, Conn. — At meetings today in Hartford, New Haven, and New Britain, hundreds of commercial building cleaners unanimously voted to approve a new union contract, thereby averting a strike in the new year. The vote ratifies a tentative agreement …

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Hartford and New Haven Janitors Reach Tentative Contract Agreement

Fairfield Co. Janitors Still Involved in Negotiations; Rally this PM Deal includes fair wage increase & protects health benefits for 2,400 janitors HARTFORD, Conn. — This morning, a bargaining committee representing over 2,400 janitors in Hartford and New Haven Counties and surrounding communities reached a tentative agreement with a group of cleaning contractors …

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Connecticut Janitors Vote to Authorize Strike if Necessary

Union cleaners in Hartford, New Haven & Stamford determined to win fair contracts by Dec. 31 HARTFORD, CT – Today over 1,000 janitors in Hartford, Stamford and New Haven voted unanimously at separate meetings to authorize a strike if no agreement can be reached in bargaining sessions between cleaning contractors and the janitors’ union, …

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