Hudson Valley - 32BJ SEIU

Labor Victory: Contract Secured for 55 Westchester Security Officers

White Plains, NY – Yesterday, March 30, a labor contract was secured for approximately 55 security officers at PepsiCo’s headquarters in Purchase and a location in Valhalla. 32BJ SEIU settled the contract with AGB Investigative Services following weeks of organizing, petitioning and leafleting at the Pepsico sites. The new contract protects workers’ wages and benefits, including employer-paid …

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Media Alert: Labor Dispute at PepsiCo

Workers at risk of losing critical healthcare coverage, basic rights on the job NEW YORK, NY – PepsiCo violated local law when it did not give required notice under Westchester’s Displaced Workers Protection Law that it was changing contractors in December. The company’s new security contractor, AGB Investigative Services, Inc., is now under investigation by …

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Strike Averted, 1,400 Hudson Valley 32BJ SEIU Residential Building Workers Win Post-Pandemic Contract

Deal must be ratified by 32BJ membership, protects healthcare benefits, full time jobs and overtime SCARSDALE, NY – Today, 32BJ SEIU and the Building & Realty Institute of Westchester & the Mid-Hudson Region (BRI) reached a tentative agreement, averting a strike of 1,400 residential building workers in the Hudson Valley. The tentative agreement …

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Hudson Valley Building Workers Vote to Authorize Strike

SCARSDALE, NY – Today, September 20th, an estimated 500 building services essential workers, members of 32BJ SEIU, rallied on Garth Road in Scarsdale to demand the Building & Realty Institute of Westchester & the Mid-Hudson Region (BRI) agree to a new contract for 1,400 door-people, porters, handy-people and superintendents across the Hudson Valley that includes …

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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 …

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Elected Officials Across Hudson Valley Warn Building Owners not to Layoff or Cut Benefits to Cleaners on the Frontlines of the Coronavirus Pandemic

The following statement is attributable to NY State Senator Shelley B. Mayer, NYS Assemblyman David Buchwald, Westchester Legislators Catherine Borgia, Catherine F. Parker, MaryJane Shimsky, Colin D. Smith, and Christopher A. Johnson, and Yonkers City Council Majority Leader Corazon Pineda-Isaac: “As we all know, the nation is focusing on the Hudson Valley as a …

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32BJ Statement on Attack in Monsey and Rise of Anti-Semitism

The following statement may be attributed to Kyle Bragg, President 32BJ SEIU. “As the president of one of the most diverse unions in the country, I know I speak for all of 32BJ in expressing my grief, horror and outrage at the recent string of violent attacks against the Jewish community in our region. Our …

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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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Union Cleaners in Hudson Valley Vote Unanimously to Authorize a Strike if Needed

Thousands of cleaners could now walk off the job if no satisfactory contract is reached by December 31 WHITE PLAINS, NY — On Thursday night, about 500 office cleaners and members of the Service Employees International Union, Local 32BJ, crowded around a flatbed truck outside the County Office Building in downtown White Plains bearing …

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