Versión en español a seguir  New York – The Executive Board of 32BJ SEIU today voted unanimously to elect Kyle Bragg as the new president of 32BJ SEIU, which represents 175,000 members in 12 states and Washington, DC, and is the largest building service workers’ union in the country.  The vote comes shortly after the untimely death on July […]

32BJ Statement on passing of President Héctor Figueroa It is with overwhelming sadness and a heavy heart that 32BJ mourns the unexpected passing of union president Héctor Figueroa last night in New York. For those of us who have worked with him to further the well-being of our members and working people everywhere, and felt

NEW YORK, N.Y. – With overwhelming sadness, 32BJ of the Service Employees International Union mourns the passing of its president, Héctor J. Figueroa, who died suddenly of a heart attack on the evening of Thursday, July 11. He was 57 and is survived by his wife, Deidre, and his children Eric and Elena. Héctor was

The following statement is attributable to Héctor Figueroa, President of 32BJ SEIU:   “We are glad that today the Supreme Court put the brakes on a harmful decision by the agency to add a citizenship question on the 2020 Census. We are hopeful that sending the case back to Census authorities and to the lower

Versión en español a seguir The following statement can be attributed to Héctor Figueroa, president of 32BJ SEIU:   “We applaud the momentous decision from the state Appellate Court supporting the right of farmworkers to organize in the state. Historically, these workers have been unconstitutionally excluded from this basic right, which should be available to

The following statement may be attributed to Héctor Figueroa, President 32BJ SEIU:  “As one of nation’s largest unions with a majority immigrant membership, we commend the House of Representatives for beginning markup of the Dream and Promise Act, which would end the nightmare suffered by two and a half million immigrants who have long called