32BJ Congratulates State Legislative Leaders Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Carl Heastie on Election Victories
The following statement can be attributed to SEIU 32BJ President Kyle Bragg: “As we await final results for our national elections, we congratulate Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie on their election night victories. Having the State Senate maintain its Democratic majority for more than one term for the first time in over 100 […]
SEIU 32BJ Endorses Kevin Riley for Bronx City Council District 12
The following statement can be attributed to SEIU 32BJ President Kyle Bragg: “Our 32BJ members are proud to endorse Kevin Riley for City Council District 12. A lifelong Bronx resident, he has a strong history of advocating for community members, mentoring youth of color and has worked hard throughout the pandemic to provide PPE and […]
SEIU 32BJ Endorses New York Candidates for 2020 General Elections
NEW YORK, NY— The members of SEIU 32BJ, the largest property services union in the country, today announced endorsements for 19 members of Congress, 49 members of the NY State Senate and 88 members of the State Assembly. Many of the candidates supported by the union are incumbents. “With seven weeks left before a historic election, our members are […]
Senator Biaggi, Assembly Member Hyndman, Queens Leaders & Hazel Dukes Join Essential Airport Workers in Celebrating Passage of Health Care Bill
While the U.S. Senate fails to protect essential workers in stimulus, New York passes ‘Healthy Terminals Act’ to Bring Health Care to as many as 25,000 Essential Frontline Workers (New York, NY) State Senator Alessandra Biaggi, Assembly Member Alicia Hyndman, and NY NAACP President Hazel Dukes joined Queens elected officials and 32BJ airport workers to celebrate the passage of […]
New York Leads the Way in Passage of Health Care for Majority Black and Immigrant Airport Workers
While the U.S. Senate fails to protect essential workers in stimulus, New York passes ‘Healthy Terminals Act’ to Bring Health Care to as many as 25,000 Essential Frontline Workers NY NAACP Prez Hazel Dukes, Senator Biaggi, Assembly Member Hyndman Join 32BJ airport workers at celebration rally What: Celebration rally for passage of Healthy Terminals […]
Airport Workers—Majority Black and Immigrant—on Path to Win Health Care as NY State Legislature Passes Historic Bill
NY’s ‘Healthy Terminals Act’ to Bring Health Care to as many as 25,000 Essential Frontline Workers (ALBANY NY) As many as 25,000 airport workers, including predominantly Black and immigrant wheelchair attendants, security officers, cabin and terminal cleaners, and other sub-contracted airport workers at JFK and LaGuardia Airports are a signature from the Governor away from winning life-saving health care benefits. After a long, […]
Essential Workers at 2 High-End Manhattan Residential Building Strike Over Illegal Harassment from Employer as They Fight for Essential Pay and Benefits
New York, NY – Residential workers at two high-end buildings in the West Side of Manhattan 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. Almost a dozen workers from the Upper West Side […]
Security Officers At Crowded Homeless Shelters Denounce Employers for Interfering with Sick Time During Coronavirus Crisis
New York — Under the best of circumstances, the city’s homeless shelters present difficult challenges for the security officers who work there. But as the Coronavirus pandemic rages, security guards working at privately-run city-funded shelters are being blocked from the basic right to take a paid sick day, forcing many to weigh their health and safety […]
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 […]