80 NY and NJ Elected Officials Call Out The Port Authority, Demand $15 for Airport Workers Immediately
Although Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced a $15 minimum wage for fast food workers by 2018, there are thousands of low wage workers at the airports still fighting for a living wage. In fact, airport workers are fighting to receive raises that were already promised to them. October 1st marked the 1 year anniversary of […]
Big Win for Bed-Stuy Apartment Workers Back to Work with Good Jobs; Workers Win Over $100,000 in Back Pay
NEW YORK- Long-time workers who lost their jobs for standing up for good pay and a union at 1711 Fulton Street in Bed-Stuy are back on the job today after the building owner agreed to reinstate them, recognize 32BJ SEIU as their union and sign a union contract that restores the pay and benefits they […]
32BJ SEIU Congratulates Ken Jenkins and Virginia Perez on Primary Victories for Westchester County Board of Legislators
YONKERS, N.Y. — Westchester Legislators Ken Jenkins (District 17) and Virginia Perez (District 16) emerged victorious yesterday against rivals in the Democratic Party primary for the Westchester County Board of Legislators. Congratulations were extended by John Santos, Vice President of 32 BJ SEIU, which endorsed the two candidates and supported them in get out the […]
WeWork Janitors Hold Vigil After They Lost Their Jobs Because They Wanted a Union
For more information: Rachel Cohen, rcohen@seiu32bj.org; Cell: 917-370-8464 New York – Scores of WeWork’s former contracted cleaners held a candlelight vigil tonight for their lost jobs. WeWork today introduced new building service jobs that pay $15 an hour and include some benefits but of the more than 120 contracted cleaners who have cleaned their offices for up to three […]
WeWork Sets English Requirement for Office Cleaners
New York – Less than two months after the contracted cleaners at WeWork’s NYC offices started a campaign for better pay and benefits, WeWork has announced it will employ its janitors directly and provide a slight increase in pay and some benefits. But there’s one catch: they have to be “fluent” in English. The current […]
Bed-Stuy Apartment Workers, Tenants Protest New Owner’s Illegal Firings & Deplorable Conditions
New York, NY— Scores of workers, tenants, elected officials and union leaders came together at 1711 Fulton Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant on Thursday night to call on the building owner to restore good jobs for the building’s workers, who saw their pay cut and were harassed and fired because of their union membership. Local residents joined […]
Bed-Stuy Apartment Workers, Tenants To Protest Illegal Firings, Deplorable Conditions Under New “Hip” Owner
New York, NY— Workers, tenants, elected officials and union leaders will rally at 1711 Fulton Street in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood on Thursday night to call on the building owner to restore good jobs for the building’s workers, who saw their pay cut and were harassed and fired because of their union membership. They will also […]
Hip Bed-Stuy Building Owner Hit with Federal Complaint for Illegal Wage Cuts, Firing of Workers
New York, NY— The owner of a building in Bed-Stuy, who is connected to a string of “hip” developments in Brooklyn, has been charged with illegally cutting pay, threatening and firing the workers at 1711 Fulton Street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood, according to a complaint issued today by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). In […]
32BJ SEIU Statement In Response To Port Authority’s Announcement To Convene A Task Force To Study Raising Wages For Airport Workers
“The Port Authority has stalled on its own plan for higher wages and benefits for 12,000 contracted airport workers making poverty wages, and is now nearly 10 months past the deadline it set for itself for implementation, much less a vote to pass the plan. While it is unclear what remains to be discovered after […]
Airport Security Strike Cancelled As Company Responds To Workers’ Demands
– The 1,200 Aviation Safeguards workers who were planning a potentially crippling strike beginning at 10:00 pm Wednesday July 22nd 2015 will report to their posts as usual after the company agreed to a deal with the employees and 32BJ SEIU. “We are pleased to announce that the voices of 1,200 workers have been heard,” Hector Figueroa, president of 32BJ, […]