STRIKE AVERTED: 32BJ SEIU PHILLY SCHOOL WORKERS REACH CONTRACT AGREEMENT
PHILADELPHIA – 32BJ SEIU Philadelphia School Workers announced today that they have reached a tentative agreement that achieves historic wage increases for the union’s membership in what will be the first post-pandemic contract between the two sides. The tentative agreement was reached before the expiration of the current contract on August 31, averting a strike […]
32BJ SEIU Philadelphia School District Leader Ernie Bennett on PSD School Reopening
The following statement may be attributed to Ernie Bennett, Philadelphia School District Leader at 32BJ SEIU: “The Philadelphia School District members of 32BJ SEIU have been on the front lines of keeping our schools safe for the last eleven months. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, our essential workers have never had the luxury of staying home. […]
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 […]