URGENT: Emergency announcement regarding the JFK, LGA Airport Strike
When: Wednesday 1:30 p.m. Where: LaGuardia Plaza, 104-04 Ditmars Blvd East Elmhurst, NY 11369 What: An emergency announcement from Aviation Safeguards security officers, wheelchair attendants and baggage handlers planning to strike tonight. Airport workers for Delta’s subcontractor Aviation Safeguards at both JFK and LaGuardia have an emergency announcement about their planned strike tonight at 10 p.m. 1,200 […]
Janitors Call for Fair Pay for WeWork’s Contracted Cleaners
New York – Scores of WeWork contracted cleaners, supportive office cleaners and City Council members marched in the Financial District this afternoon to tell WeWork founders Adam Neumann and Miguel McKelvey to hire a responsible cleaning contractor that pays fair wages that meet the industry standard. The cleaners and their supporters marched from Fulton Center to […]
WeWork’s Office Cleaners Present “How to Clean Your Unicorn”
New York – Stilt-walkers, balloons and drama will be on full display in Downtown Manhattan on Wednesday as the WeWork cleaners tell the story of their fight for good jobs, fair pay and respect. WHO: Janitors who clean offices at WeWork sites across the city; street theater actors WHAT: How to Clean Your Unicorn: The fantastical story […]
Battling Hunger at the Airport
We all know that food at the airport is expensive, but what if you were making poverty wages and had to pay for that food every day? As The Port Authority is pouring billions into upgrading the physical assets of LaGuardia Airport, the subcontracted airport workers who keep the airports running are being left out […]
NYC School Cleaners And Handypersons Demand Equal Pay For Equal Work
New York – Hundreds of 32BJ members who work as cleaners and handypersons in New York public schools gathered today on the steps of City Hall to call on the City Council to pass legislation that would allow all these workers to be paid the prevailing wage rate just like other contracted cleaners and handypersons […]
32BJ Statement on Rent Regulation and 421-a Legislation Proposals
“The Senate’s proposals on rent regulation and 421-a renewal are a gift to the 1 percent and an insult to everyone else,” said 32BJ President Hector Figueroa. “We are telling the Legislature and the governor that they cannot leave Albany without passing an expanded 421-a program that increases affordability requirements and expands wage and benefits standards […]
WeWork Wants to Fire Cleaners
New York – In a recent meeting with its cleaning contractor, a WeWork executive said more than 100 cleaners at the coworking start-up’s New York City offices should all be fired for organizing a union. Threatening to fire workers for union activity violates federal labor law. 32BJ SEIU, the union the workers want to join, has […]
Cleaners Tell WeWork They Want Fair Pay
New York – Janitors who keep the hip coworking start-up WeWork clean and welcoming rallied in front of the company’s headquarters today to demand better pay and to say, “We work here too.” The contracted cleaners make as little as $10 an hour with no benefits. They were joined at the rally near 222 Broadway by supportive […]
NYC Cleaners at WeWork Sites Launch Campaign for Fair Pay
New York – The workers who keep hip coworking start-up WeWork clean and welcoming are launching a campaign to improve their jobs and their lives. The contracted workers are telling the company: We Work Here Too. WHO: The janitors who clean offices at WeWork sites across the city; supportive 32BJ members who are standing in […]
Does JetBlue Really Have Bluemanity?
When: Wednesday, June 17, 3pm Where: jetBlue Headquarters: 2701 Queens Plaza North, Long Island City, NY 11101 What: A rally and press conference outside jetBlue’s headquarters. Who: Airport cleaners who work for JetBlue’s subcontractors Roma and Ultimate Aircraft at JFK Airport will be joined by elected officials, clergy, community members and 32BJ members who support their call for living wages, […]