1,800 Suburban 32BJ SEIU Cleaners Open Bargaining with Employers
-cleaners who maintain wealthy pharmaceutical companies demanding fair wage increase with new deal- King of Prussia, PA – Negotiations opened Wednesday afternoon for nearly 1,800 cleaners- 32BJ SEIU members – with representatives of commercial cleaning contractors. The cleaners are bargaining at a time where analysts report commercial real estate is on the brink […]
32BJ SEIU Cleaners Ratify New Contract
Pittsburgh – Commercial office cleaners – members of 32BJ SEIU –overwhelmingly ratified a new four-year agreement with their employers over the weekend. The contract covers workers who clean and maintain buildings in downtown, the Strip District, Oakland and other East End neighborhoods. The deal calls for strong wage increases, maintains employer-paid healthcare, and increases […]
1,500 32BJ SEIU Cleaners Open Bargaining with Employers
-Union cleaners demand to earn a piece of Pittsburgh’s ever-growing prosperity- Pittsburgh – Negotiations opened Wednesday afternoon inside the Omni William Penn for nearly 1,500 cleaners- 32BJ SEIU members – with representatives of commercial cleaning contractors from the commercial real estate industry. While downtown and the strip district are some of the hottest commercial real […]
With D.C.’s Gentrification Debate Raging, 10,000 Immigrant Janitors Start Contract Talks in Push to Join the Middle Class
MoCo and Arlington Workers seek full-time hours that lead to full-time pay and employer-paid health care Washington, D.C. – 32BJ SEIU janitors, who maintain nearly all of the region’s commercial office buildings worth an estimated $13 billion, will begin negotiations todat for a new union contract that expires on October 15 with the Washington Service […]
Strike Averted as Tentative Contract Agreement Reached for Residential Building Workers in the Hudson Valley
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — A tentative labor agreement was reached this evening between the Building & Realty Institute of Westchester & the Mid-Hudson Valley (BRI) and 32BJ SEIU, the union representing 1,400 residential building workers — superintendents, porters, handy-people and others —across Westchester and Rockland counties. The agreement averts a strike that could have taken […]
32BJ Building Workers in Long Island Reach Tentative Agreement with Realty Advisory Board
NEW YORK – 32BJ SEIU’s Long Island bargaining committee and the Realty Advisory Board have reached a tentative agreement that would provide raises of thousands of dollars yearly over four years, maintain health care and increase funding for retirement benefits. If ratified by the members, the contract would cover over 150 porters, handypersons and supers […]
New Jersey Security Officers Agree on New Four-Year Contract
Newark, N.J. – 32BJ SEIU New Jersey security officers have agreed to a new four-year agreement with the state’s largest security contractors, covering 1,700 security officers. The contract includes fair wage increases; more paid time off that reflects officers’ family needs; and contract language improvements to address workplace issues. In addition from minimums going from […]
8,000 NY & NJ Airport Workers Win First Union Contract!
New York, NY— In 2012, a small group of New Jersey airport workers began to organize for higher wages and union representation with 32BJ SEIU. Their movement quickly grew and soon baggage handlers, airport security officers, wheelchair attendants, skycaps, cabin cleaners and terminal cleaners at JFK, LaGuardia and around the country took up their call […]
New York Security Officers Settle Contract
NEW YORK – New York security officers avoided a potential strike last week when they reached a tentative deal with their employers that raises their wages and benefits for the next four years. 32BJ security officers protect some of the city’s most iconic sites, including the 9/11 Memorial, The New York Public Library, Time Warner Center […]
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 […]