Essex County and East Orange Democratic Chairman LeRoy Jones Endorses Groundbreaking Healthcare Bill, ‘Healthy Terminals Act’
The following statement is attributable to Essex County and East Orange Democratic Chairman LeRoy Jones: “I am proud to endorse the Healthy Terminals Act (S989/A2487), a bill that would provide 10,000 New Jersey airport workers access to quality, affordable health insurance. Black, brown and immigrant workers have risked their lives on the frontlines of […]
SEIU 32BJ Endorses Sen. Booker, Reps. Pallone and Watson-Coleman and Hudson and Essex County Candidates for 2020 elections in New Jersey
NEWARK, NEW JERSEY— The members of SEIU 32BJ, the largest property services union in the country, today announced endorsements for three members of Congress, five Freeholders in Hudson County, and four Freeholders in Essex County. These candidates supported by the union are incumbents. “As New Jersey residents, like all Americans, face unprecedented challenges to our health, […]
On Apocalyptic Jobs Day, Essential Workers Demand Layoff Protect and Essential Pay in Next Bailout
As Members of House Finalized Bailout Legislation this Weekend, Essential Workers Plead That They Not Be Forgotten NEWARK – As the April jobs report brings to light the sheer magnitude of the unemployment crisis, property service worker on the frontlines of the Covid-19 pandemic are demanding urgent action from Congress. “Congress should do all it can to protect […]
Essential Workers at High-End Jersey City Residential Condo Building Strike Over Attempts by Employer to Slash their Wages in the Middle of Pandemic
Jersey City, NJ – Residential workers at a condo high-rise with million-dollar apartments walked off the job this morning on a strike to protest the condo board’s bad faith bargaining in the middle of a pandemic. “We understand that, as essential workers, the residents of the building need us to keep them safe and […]
Essential Workers at Luxury NJ Residential Buildings Strike Over Illegal Harassment from Employer as They Fight for Essential Pay and Benefits
Jersey City, NJ – Residential workers at five luxury buildings in Northern New Jersey who are employees of Planned companies, a building services contractor, walked off the job on Thursday morning, taking the unprecedented step to strike while the COVID-19 pandemic rages through the city. Dozens of workers from The Cliffs (Jersey City), Galaxy Towers […]
New Jersey Mayors Warn Commercial Building Owners not to Lay Off or Cut Benefits to Building Service Workers on the Front Lines of Coronavirus
The following statement can be attributed to Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop, Passaic Mayor Héctor Lora, Parsippany Mayor Michael Soriano, and Morristown Mayor Timothy Dougherty: “Office cleaners, security officers, porters and other building service workers who are 32BJ members are among ‘essential workers’ on the front lines of the Coronavirus crisis, keeping buildings […]
Outraged New York and New Jersey Elected Officials Join 32BJ SEIU in Demanding Congress Include Contracted Airport Workers in Bailout Following Layoffs of more than 1,500 JFK, LGA and EWR Workers
Public Increasingly Calls on Congress to Support Working People, not Multi-Billion Dollar Corporations NEW YORK and NEWARK, N.J.— Contracted skycaps, wheelchair agents, cabin cleaners, and baggage handlers from the nation’s busiest airport system— John F. Kennedy International Airport, LaGuardia Airport and Newark Liberty International Airport— received layoff notices due to flight reductions caused by the […]
Outrage as JFK, LGA, EWR Contracted Airport Workers Experience Massive Layoffs, While Airlines Ask Taxpayers for $60 Billion Bailout
Demand comes days after airlines ask government for $60 Billion Bailout in light of COVID-19 pandemic. The following statement is attributable to Kyle Bragg, President of 32BJ SEIU: “Possibly thousands of 32BJ SEIU subcontracted passenger service workers received layoff notices today. They are frontline cabin cleaners, terminal cleaners, customer service, baggage claim and wheelchair attendant workers […]
Hackensack Office Cleaners Rally against Lawbreaking Employer
Workers demand back slashed wages and benefits HACKENSACK, N.J. — Office cleaners who work at 3 University Plaza were joined by dozens of union members who work in the area and their allies to rally outside the Hackensack high-rise on Tuesday night to protest an unfair drop in wages and benefits for the seven […]
Newark Airport Workers Fearing Coronavirus Contagion Call on NJ Legislature to Pass Law to Support their Healthcare
Over 250 frontline workers facing healthcare crisis say COVID-19 means debilitating disease and debt TRENTON, N.J. — In a letter directed to state lawmakers, passenger service workers at Newark Liberty International Airport said that legislators and the media have missed a critical fact in reporting on COVID-19, also known as Coronavirus: thousands of airport workers […]