1,600 Rally As Negotiations Launch for Labor Agreement Covering 20,000 NYC Essential Cleaners
New York, NY – Today, November 9, over 1,600 NYC commercial cleaners, porters and handypersons rallied in midtown Manhattan (6th Ave & 38th St.) and downtown Manhattan’s Zuccotti Park, hours after the launch of key negotiations for a fair new labor contract covering 20,000 NYC workers and 1,300 buildings. Workers are negotiating for wage […]
Contract Negotiations Open for 12,000 Building Cleaners in Massachusetts and Rhode Island
BOSTON — At 2 PM yesterday, fifteen cleaning contractors in sports coats and business suits walked into a downtown Boston union hall where over 100 janitors were already seated in rows, almost all of them dressed in purple union t-shirts. For years, the sharp sartorial contrast has typified the opening session of union contract negotiations […]
Essential Pittsburgh Janitors Draw Inspiration from the Trailblazing Work of Fellow Office Cleaners, Past and Present, as They Gear Up for Contract Campaign Covering 1,100 Office Cleaners
32BJ of SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION June 16, 2023 Essential Pittsburgh Janitors Draw Inspiration from the Trailblazing Work of Fellow Office Cleaners, Past and Present, as They Gear Up for Contract Campaign Covering 1,100 Office Cleaners Pittsburgh office cleaners hosted screening of historic videos from Justice for Janitors Movement and hosted a panel to discuss […]
2,000 NYC Janitors March and Rally for Justice for Janitors Day, Launch Campaign for Agreement Covering 20,000 NYC Workers
32BJ of SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION June 15, 2023 2,000 NYC Janitors March and Rally for Justice for Janitors Day, Launch Campaign for Agreement Covering 20,000 NYC Workers New York, NY – TODAY, over 2,000 NYC commercial office cleaners two marched to Bryant Park, where they commemorated National Justice for Janitors Day and launched their […]
32BJ of SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION June 15, 2023 Linking Fight with Low-Road Contractor, Planned Companies to Justice for Janitors Commemoration, Nearly 100 Essential Philly Janitors Launch Campaign for Contract Covering 3,200 Office Cleaners Philly office cleaners spoke out about the sacrifices they made during COVID-19, honor co-workers who passed away during the pandemic, commemorate […]
NYC Janitors Sue Twitter, Demand Back Pay
New York, NY – Today, former janitors at Twitter offices in New York City filed a lawsuit against Twitter and a new non-union cleaning contractor over their termination in December 2022. The lawsuit, which was filed in federal district court in Manhattan, alleges Twitter violated New York City’s Displaced Building Service Workers Protection Act by […]
NYC Janitors Sue Twitter, Demand Back Pay
32BJ of SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION May 30, 2023 NYC Janitors Sue Twitter, Demand Back Pay Lawsuit alleges Twitter violated city labor law when janitors abruptly lost their jobs just before Christmas 2022 New York, NY – Today, former janitors at Twitter offices in New York City filed a lawsuit against Twitter and a […]
VICTORY! AFTER MORE THAN A YEAR OF FIGHTING, 32BJ WORKERS AT 150 CLOVE ROAD WIN BACK WAGES AND JOBS
Newark, NJ– In March 2022, at 150 Clove Road in Little Falls, where offices of Scarinci Hollenbeck and satellite offices of Montclair State University are located, a union cleaning contractor, Maverick, was abruptly fired and a separate, non-union company, known as Clean Team, was given a contract. Eight union workers were immediately terminated for no […]
The Other Tech Layoffs: Janitors Protest Outside Twitter HQ in Manhattan
Janitors and allies demand local law be followed and that union jobs be restored New York, NY – Today, contracted cleaners from Twitter’s NYC and San Francisco offices, 32BJ SEIU members, labor leaders, elected officials, and allies rallied outside Twitter HQ in Manhattan. Cleaners at Twitter’s 245-249 West 17th St. location have had […]
NYC Janitors Are Latest Victims of Twitter’s Meltdown
New York, NY – Today, twelve janitors at Twitter’s 245-249 West 17th St. location went public about their lives being upended after Twitter canceled its contract with their employer Flagship Services with no explanation. These essential workers, already struggling to keep up with a rising cost of living in NYC, are out of work. […]