District: New Jersey

Board Votes to Improve Wages and Benefits for Workers Across the Port Authority

NEW JERSEY (March 19, 2014)—The Port Authority Operations Committee voted unanimously to direct Patrick Foye, Executive Director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, to develop, research and outline the necessary steps to develop a policy that mandates wage increases and benefits for workers at all Port Authority facilities, across the entire […]

Coalition of N.J. Leaders Vows Economic Justice Fight in Support of Newark Airport Workers; Pushing on to Gov. Christie’s Doorstep in Trenton this Week

Newark, NJ– Elected leaders and clergy joined the workers on a march today to the Newark Liberty International Airport’s hub of United Airlines, which has 70% of passenger traffic at the airport, to call on the carrier lead by example and help the workers attain economic fairness and affordable benefits. “It is unfair to sentence […]

Contract Talks Open For More Than 1,000 Private Security Officers In New Jersey

NEWARK, NJ – Negotiations for a new union contract covering more than 1,000 private security officers who protect commercial office buildings in Essex, Hudson and Union Counties, including the cities of Newark and Jersey City, begin today between 32BJ SEIU and the region’s top private security contractors. 32BJ SEIU, the nation’s largest union of security officers, presented […]

Despite Minimum Wage Bump, EWR Airport Workers Protest Over Falling Wages

NEWARK, NJ—Just days after New Jersey voted for an increase in the minimum wage, community leaders and local clergy joined aircraft cabin cleaners and supporters at a rally this Friday to raise the alarm over cycle of falling wages for low-wage airport service workers that has been going on for more than a decade. “A […]

32BJ SEIU Statement on Election Night in New Jersey

Members of 32BJ of the Service Employees International Union are celebrating a hard-fought victory by Senator Sweeney and Senator Gordon which gives Democrats the control of the State Senate for four more years. We would like to also congratulate Plainfield Mayor-elect Adrian Mapp, and Morristown Mayor Tim Dougherty for their terrific victories. A record number […]

In LoBiondo’s District, New Poll Shows Public Moved By Immigration Reform Votes

WASHINGTON, DC – New Public Policy Polling (PPP) polls of eight congressional districts, including New Jersey’s 2nd District, commissioned by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), show that Republican House members can begin to rebuild the damage to their popularity caused by the government shutdown if they vote for commonsense immigration reform. According to the polls […]

32BJ SEIU Endorsements For NJ State Senate And Assembly

New Jersey –32BJ SEIU , one of the largest private sector unions in New Jersey with nearly 10,000 members in the Garden State alone, endorsed NJ State Senate Candidate for the 18th District Peter Barnes and NJ Assembly Candidate for the 11th District Ed Zipprich for the Nov 5th legislative elections in New Jersey (list […]

Vetoing Prevailing Wage Provision in the Economic Opportunity Bill, Slap in the Face of Working New Jerseyans

The following statement on Gov. Christie’s veto of the prevailing wage provision of the Economic Opportunity Bill (A3680) should be attributed: “Vetoing the prevailing wage provision in the Economic Opportunity Act is a slap in the face of  the nearly 400,000 working New Jerseyans on food stamps who desperately need family-sustaining jobs,” said Kevin Brown, […]

U.S. Senator Menendez, NJ Immigrants and Supporters Celebrate MLK’s Legacy with Rally for Immigration Reform

Newark, NJ–US Senator Bob Menendez, who helped advance immigration reform legislation as a member of the U.S. Senate’s bipartisan Gang of 8, joined hundreds of New Jersey’s immigrants and supporters today at Newark’s Lincoln Park to commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s March on Washington and support a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants. “Working […]

NEW HAVEN — Public school cleaners in New Haven tonight asked the Board of Aldermen to support them in their fight for fair wages. “Unlike custodians who work for the city, our employer has not provided us with any raises, healthcare, sick days or retirement benefits,” cleaner Arnold Hunter told the board. “We’re doing the same work for much less pay and no benefits. We are being treated like a second-class workforce.” Hunter has worked for GCA Services Group as a contracted custodian in New Haven Public Schools since custodial services were outsourced two years ago. Custodians who clean the schools are paid between 25 and 30 percent less than custodians who work for the city. “What’s worse, taxpayer money is being used to fund this unfair, two-tier system,” Hunter said. “The city is saving millions of dollars by privatizing our jobs, but many of my co-workers not only can’t afford to see a doctor when they’re sick, they can’t even afford to take the time off from work because they need the money.” The cleaners asked the Board of Alderman to pass a resolution urging the school district to raise the floor on cleaners wages. Earlier in the day, the cleaners delivered a petition to Mayor John DeStephano Jr., asking for his support. Hunter himself works two jobs to help put his daughter through college, he said, but many of his co-workers are supporting themselves and their families on the low wages they receive as part-time, contracted custodians. “We’re not asking for anything that’s out of the reach of the public schools budget,” Hunter said. “We’re just asking to be brought to the same level of wages and benefits as the cleaners in City Hall.