Prevailing Wage Expansion Will Lift Thousands out of Poverty
Philadelphia – This afternoon, Philadelphia City Council unanimously passed a bill to expand the prevailing wage (#160713) to include service workers at universities, hospitals and other publicly-subsided institutions. The bill extends the prevailing wage and benefit standards for thousands of workers employed at publically-subsidized buildings and will generate an estimated economic benefit of over $22 million a […]
Saturday: The Fight for $15 for Security Officers Takes Center Stage in Election 2016
-Congressman Bob Brady, SEIU President Mary Kay Henry and 32BJ President Hector Figueroa to join rally and march- Philadelphia– On Saturday at 10:30am, Congressman Bob Brady, SEIU International President Mary Kay Henry and 32BJ SEIU President Hector Figueroa will join 400+ members of 32BJ SEIU to rally for $15 an hour for Philadelphia security […]
32BJ SEIU Endorses Bryan Townsend for Congress
WILMINGTON-32BJ SEIU—the union representing Delaware commercial office cleaners—today endorsed Bryan Townsend for Congress. Daisy Cruz, 32BJ SEIU Mid-Atlantic District Director made the following statement: “Bryan Townsend will stand up for Delaware’s working moms and dads who are leading a movement to build a better future for their families. He has been a strong supporter of […]
32BJ SEIU Statement on Airport Strike Averted
The following statement is attributable to Gabe Morgan, Vice President and PA Director, 32BJ SEIU: We thank Mayor Kenney and Governor Wolf for convening meetings between American Airlines and 32BJ SEIU. American Airlines has committed to ensuring that subcontracted workers have a fair process to form their union. Over the next few days, we will […]
Airport Worker Unrest Makes for Extreme Turbulence at Philadelphia International Airport
PHILADELPHIA-Tensions ran high today at the Philadelphia International Airport as hundreds of airport workers walked off the job to join a 1,000 person demonstration which poured into the street in front of the terminals. In the run up to a looming strike during the DNC, airport workers walked off the job to join the demonstration. […]
Philadelphia Airport Workers Vote to Strike During DNC, Demand $15 and a Union
PHILADELPHIA- Hundreds of security workers, baggage handlers and cabin cleaners working for American’s subcontractors PrimeFlight, Prospect and McGinn who have been fighting for $15 and a union Tuesday voted to go on strike during the DNC to protest their employer’s illegal intimidation against the workers’ organizing efforts. “It is not an easy decision to go on strike. We aren’t […]
32BJ SEIU Statement on the Philadelphia Soda Tax
The following statement is attributable to Gabe Morgan, Vice President of 32BJ SEIU “In a city where luxury condos are popping up everywhere, it is shameful that we are still the #1 big city for poverty in the nation. As Philly becomes a world class destination, most of its residents still struggle to pay their […]
Commercial Office Cleaners, Security Officers and Blue Collar School District Workers Lobby for the Soda Tax
PHILADELPHIA-Members of 32BJ SEIU, part of the growing Philadelphians for a Fair Future coalition, Thursday will lobby City Council to support the Mayor’s budget proposals, including a soda tax to fund pre-k, community schools and 10,000 green jobs. Mayor Kenney will greet the citizen lobbyists at 1:45pm in the Mayor’s office. The lobby visit comes […]
TEVA Executives Flushed After Confronted with, “$10 Toilet Cleaning Challenge”
Philadelphia – Joined by Congressman Bob Brady (D-CD-1) and Rabbi Avi Winokur of Society Hill Synagogue, janitors and security officers—members of 32BJ SEIU—today tried to gain access to the Eyeforpharma conference to challenge TEVA Pharmaceutical executives in attendance to take the “$10 Toilet Cleaning Challenge.” The challenge is the result of TEVA tossing out the […]
Airport Workers Employed by PrimeFlight and McGinn Security to Walk Off the Jobs Starting Tonight
PHILADELPHIA-As the Philadelphia International Airport begins an unusually busy spring break season, subcontracted airport workers will go on strike tonight at 9:00pm in protest of unfair labor practices by their employers, concerns over health and safety, and their employer’s failure to pay everyone the new minimum wage of $12 an hour and fully abide by […]