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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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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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 …
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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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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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 …
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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HARTFORD, CT — The following statement may be attributed to Lenore Friedlaender, Assistant to the President of 32BJ SEIU and head of the union in the Hudson Valley. “We are pleased the voters have once again chosen a strong slate of progressive candidates across the Hudson Valley in the municipal elections today. We extend warm …
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WHITE PLAINS, New York — Members of 32BJ SEIU in the Hudson Valley today announced their endorsements for the 2019 general election. With more than 175,000 members in 11 states across the East Coast and Washington D.C., 32BJ SEIU is the largest building service employees union in the nation, and of the largest with majority immigrant …
WHITE PLAINS, New York —Members of 32BJ SEIU in the Hudson Valley have endorsed Mike Spano for re-election as Mayor of Yonkers and Jennifer Puja for White Plains Common Council. The following may be attributed to Lenore Friedlaender, Assistant to the President of 32BJ SEIU. “Mike Spano has earned the endorsement of our diverse membership for …
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