NY Fast-Food Workers Rally and March, Calling on Employers to Obey the Law
Workers also file complaints of Fair Workweek Law violations at 10 additional Chipotle stores, nearing half of all Chipotle New York City stores. New York City—The movement that New York City fast-food workers ignited seven years ago in their “Fight for $15 and a Union” gathered more strength as hundreds of fast food workers […]
Hundreds of Con-Ed Janitors & Supporters to Rally for Better Jobs
Workers and electeds will show support for the Utilities Prevailing Wage Bill that passed the New York Assembly and Senate last session When: Thursday, November 21 at 3:00pm Where: Pershing Square (42nd Street and Park Ave) What: Rally in support of family sustaining, prevailing wage jobs at New York’s utilities facilities like Con Edison, […]
Building Service Workers to rally ahead of Intro 1321 City Council Vote for Prevailing Wages in Affordable Housing Developments.
What: A rally in support of the City Council’s Intro 1321, a prevailing wage for affordable housing developments ahead of the City Council’s expected vote on the bill. When: Thursday, November 14, 2019 at 1pm. Where: NY City Hall Park Who: Building service workers will be joined by their union 32BJ SEIU and City Councilmembers […]
NY DIRECT Coalition Statement on Employee Status Determination for NJ Uber Drivers
New York, NY– The New Jersey Labor Department has determined that Uber drivers in the state are employees, not independent contractors, who now can receive disability and unemployment insurance. The company owes New Jersey $650 million in unpaid contributions. The NJ DOL determination comes on the heels of California passing an ‘ABC test’ that creates […]
22,000 NYC Office Janitors Kick Off Contract Negotiations with Building Owners
32BJ’s demands: fair wage increases, protecting quality health care, strengthening protections on the job New York– The city’s commercial office cleaners opened contract negotiations today on one of the biggest private sector contracts in the country. The more than 22,000 members of 32BJ SEIU covered under the contract are bargaining with the Realty Advisory Board, […]
32BJ Celebrates The Passage of Intro 1321, Prevailing Wage for Affordable Housing Developments
New York, NY— Today the New York City Council passed Intro 1321, a bill that will ensure good jobs with prevailing wages and benefits for building service workers at affordable housing developments and preservation projects across the city. “This is an IMPORTANT victory for working families and their communities across the city,” said Kyle […]
NYC’s Best Doormen, Supers, Security Guards, Cleaners and Airport Workers to be Honored at Building Service Worker Awards
Versión en español a seguir WHAT: 13th Annual Building Service Worker Awards WHO: The city’s best doormen, supers, security guards, cleaners and porters; 32BJ President Kyle Bragg and 32BJ officers; Straus News President Jeanne Straus; Assembly members Dick Gottfried and Linda Rosenthal; State Senators Brian Benjamin and Roxanne Persaud, NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer; NYC Council Speaker […]
New York and Connecticut Elected Officials Stand with Union Members as Bargaining Opens for 3,000 Janitors
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. – On Wednesday afternoon, about 20 janitors and union officers sat down to face a similar number of lawyers and company executives at long tables in a large hotel meeting room. The two sides — one dressed in uniform dark business suits; the other, in an array of business-casual attire and union […]
NY Doormen, Concierge to rally for good jobs at Luxury Coops and Condos
What: A rally to urge Governor Cuomo to sign the Luxury Coop and Condo Prevailing Wage Bill, which is set to be delivered any day. When: Wednesday, October 30 at 4:30pm Where: 418 Central Park West Who: 32BJ residential building service workers will rally with elected officials— Senator Brian Benjamin, Assembly Member Carmen de la Rosa and others— and 32BJ […]
Brooklyn Warehouse Owners to Pay Nearly $3 Million in Prevailing Wage Settlement
The following statement can be attributed to Kyle Bragg, president of 32BJ SEIU, the largest property service union in the country. “Today the Attorney general announced a $2,980,5003 settlement with Brooklyn Warehouse 180 LLC and Mica Gabe Brooklyn LLC for failing to ensure building service workers at 180 Nassau Street were paid the legally required prevailing wage. The prevailing […]