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 […]
32BJ Congratulates Victorious Endorsed Candidates in Hudson Valley
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 […]
32BJ Announces 2019 Hudson Valley Endorsements
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 […]
32BJ Endorses Mike Spano for Yonkers Mayor and Jenn Puja for White Plains Common Council
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 […]
Westchester Legislators and Allies Join Cleaners at Rally Against Unfair Job Loss
Workers rally against cleaning company for cruel behavior toward working families at 1&3 Barker Avenue, White Plains WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.— At noon, dozens of union members and community allies joined a group of Westchester County Legislators to rally for a group of workers who were suddenly and unfairly displaced from their cleaning jobs at […]
Strike Averted as Tentative Contract Agreement Reached for Residential Building Workers in the Hudson Valley
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — A tentative labor agreement was reached this evening between the Building & Realty Institute of Westchester & the Mid-Hudson Valley (BRI) and 32BJ SEIU, the union representing 1,400 residential building workers — superintendents, porters, handy-people and others —across Westchester and Rockland counties. The agreement averts a strike that could have taken […]
Hundreds of Hudson Valley Building Workers Vote Unanimously to Authorize Strike if Necessary
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — In a packed meeting hall at the Westchester County Center, hundreds of superintendents, porters, handypersons and other residential building workers from all over the Hudson Valley raised “Yes!” cards high and their voices higher to authorize a strike if a fair agreement on a new contract is not reached by September […]
Hundreds of Residential Building Workers to Vote on Strike Authorization Thursday, Sept. 13
WHO: Hundreds of residential building workers, supported by: George Latimer, Westchester County Executive Shelley Mayer, New York State Senator Thomas Carey, President of Westchester Putnam-Central Labor Body Labor and community allies WHAT: Hudson Valley Residential Building Workers Vote on Strike Authorization in case contract bargaining fails WHERE: Westchester County Center 198 Central Ave White Plains, […]
1,400 Hudson Valley Superintendents and Other Residential Workers Start Negotiations for Higher Wages, Affordable Healthcare
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. —On Wednesday morning, contract negotiations opened in White Plains for superintendents, handymen and women, porters and others who serve 100,000 apartment building and condo residents in towns and cities across the Hudson Valley. “We are seeking a fair contract, so we can continue to support our families, and do our best for our […]
32BJ SEIU Statement on County Executive Astorino’s Executive Order on Undocumented Immigrants
The following statement may be attributed to John Santos, Vice President of 32BJ SEIU Hudson Valley: “County Executive Astorino’s new Executive Order on undocumented immigrants offers no new protections and just creates a smokescreen to obscure the fact that he vetoed the Immigrant Protection Act, a law that would improve the safety of everyone by […]