32BJ SEIU Statement on MBTA Janitorial Agreement
The following statement on the new agreement between the MBTA and SJ Janitorial Services can be attributed to Roxana Rivera Vice President of 32BJ SEIU the union representing contracted cleaners at the T: “We commend the MBTA board’s attempts to right a wrong and agree to increase janitorial staffing at the T. We have always […]
Greater Boston Janitors Reach Historic Tentative Agreement with Employers
New Contract with Strong Raises, Employer-Paid Family Healthcare, More Full-Time Work FOR MORE INFORMATION: Eugenio H. Villasante 646-285-1087 Boston, MA – Avoiding what would have been one of the largest strikes in recent memory, the 13,000 janitors who clean and maintain thousands of office buildings in the Greater Boston area secured a tentative, 4-year agreement […]
Boston Janitors Vote to Authorize Strike
—Thousands of Janitors at Marquee Office Buildings & MBTA Could Walk Off the Job– FOR MORE INFORMATION: Eugenio H. Villasante 646-285-1087 Boston, MA—After a spirited meeting at the Back Bay Events Center, hundreds of janitors who maintain nearly 2,000 office buildings in the Greater Boston campus voted to authorize their union’s bargaining committee to call a strike if […]
WeWork Cleaners Go Back To Work
NEW YORK – Building service workers union 32BJ SEIU said today that 24 contracted cleaners at WeWork who fought to improve their jobs last year returned to the co-working start-up’s offices in New York this week for their first days of work with a new contractor. “This is a great time for me and my […]
Hartford and New Haven Janitors Reach Tentative Contract Agreement
FOR MORE INFORMATION: Frank Soults, 860-471-5692, fsoults@seiu32bj.org Deal includes fair wage increase & protects health benefits for 2,100 janitors HARTFORD, Conn. — Just one day before a potential strike, a bargaining committee representing over 2,100 janitors in Hartford, New Haven and other Connecticut towns reached a tentative agreement with the Hartford County Cleaning Contractors Association. The […]
Delaware Commercial Office Cleaners Reach Tentative Agreement with Employers
WILMINGTON, DE – The holidays came a few days early for nearly 600 commercial office cleaners who struck a deal with cleaning contractors which provides fair wage increases, maintains benefits at their current level, improves vacation time and days off. “A wage increase is the best Christmas present we could have. We work hard. All […]
Hudson Valley and Fairfield County Janitors Reach Tentative Contract Agreement
Deal includes fair wage increase & protects health benefits for 3,500 janitors STAMFORD, Conn. — Just two weeks before a potential strike, a 32BJ bargaining committee representing over 3,500 janitors reached a tentative agreement with the Hudson Valley/Fairfield County Contractors Association. The four-year contract—subject to ratification – includes strong wage increases and protects health benefits […]
7,000 NJ Janitors Ratify New Contract
4-year deal includes strong wage increases & maintains benefits Newark—7,000 32BJ SEIU New Jersey office cleaners and school custodians now have a new contract. The commercial workers overwhelmingly approved the 4 year deal just days after a tentative agreement was reached with the New Jersey Contractors Association. The new contract includes strong wage increases, maintains […]
Fired Mall Cleaners Hold Candlelight Vigil at Shops at Sunset Place During Busiest Shopping Week of the Year
(South Miami, FL) With the holiday season in full swing, community groups and faith leaders will stand with the fired cleaners of the Shops at Sunset Place at a vigil to demand that they be given their jobs back. Many of the cleaners, all immigrant and mostly women and mothers, worked at the mall for almost […]
NYC Office Cleaners Reach a Tentative Agreement with Employers
New Contract with Living Wage Makes Holidays Bright for 23,000 Janitors NEW YORK – With expiration looming, the 32BJ SEIU New York bargaining committee has secured a tentative, four-year agreement with the Realty Advisory Board (RAB) covering 23,000 New York City office cleaners. The deal, subject to ratification by the members and the employer association, […]