Montgomery County Council Passes Bill to Increase Workers’ Access to Full-Time Hours and Employer-Paid Health Care, Alleviating Burden on Taxpayers
Rockville, MD – Commercial office cleaners celebrated the Montgomery County Council’s passage of the “Building Service Employees Minimum Work Week Act,” which ensures that building service workers of large commercial office buildings are employed in shifts of no less than 30 hours a week. Many cleaners are only offered part-time hours that leave them working multiple part-time jobs […]
32BJ Statement on the Extension of Documentation for all Recently Terminated TPS Recipients
The following statement may be attributed to Kyle Bragg, President 32BJ SEIU: “As one of the nation’s largest unions with a majority-immigrant membership, we gladly welcome the Department of Homeland Security’s announcement today that all TPS recipients with recently terminated statuses have been granted another year to live and work legally in the United States. […]
Mayor Peduto Joins Strip District 32BJ Cleaners to Demand Wage Equity
–weeks before contract expiration, workers demand all cleaning contractors pay a living wage- Pittsburgh – 32BJ SEIU cleaners will be joined by Mayor Bill Peduto, Councilwoman Deb Gross, Councilwoman Erika Strassburger, State Sen. Lindsey Williams (D -38), and City Council candidate Bobby Wilson on Thursday, October 17 at 2:30 p.m. in the Strip District at […]
Janitors and Security Officers Union Praises Mayor Bowser Push for Metro to Restore Late-Night Hours
The statement below is attributable to Jaime Contreras, Vice President of 32BJ SEIU, the largest property service workers union in the country that represents over 173,000 members in 11 states, including 20,000 in the D.C. area and Baltimore, MD. “Mayor Bowser’s and Chairman Mendelson’s efforts to restore Metro’s late night hours would be a boon to the men and women who help keep District office […]
32BJ SEIU on Trump Nomination of Eugene Scalia to Labor Secretary
The following statement may be attributed to Kyle Bragg, President 32BJ SEIU. “Eugene Scalia has built his career advocating on behalf of banks and corporations like the Koch brothers, Walmart and Goldman Sachs and has had a significant role in rigging the system against working people whether white, Black or brown. To now […]
32BJ Decries Trump Administration’s Cruel New Regulation to Indefinitely Detain Children and Families
The following statement may be attributed to Kyle Bragg, President 32BJ SEIU. “The Trump administration’s proposed new regulation to allow for the indefinite detention of immigrant children and their families is an appalling new level of cruelty. The plan could allow for more crimes against immigrant children in unlicensed, for-profit facilities. If not stopped in […]
32BJ SEIU Commends The Historic Passage of the $15 Minimum Wage in the House
The following statement is attributable to Kyle Bragg, President of 32BJ SEIU: “In honor of our brother Héctor Figueroa, who passed away last week, we commend the House for this landmark achievement in passing the $15 minimum wage. This remarkable victory is the result of years of the hard work and courage from millions of […]
32BJ Urges Senate to Pass “Dream and Promise” As Supreme Court Decides to Review DACA
The U.S. Supreme Court announced today that it will hear arguments over lawfulness of the Trump administration’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA). The following statement may be attributed to [District leader and title] “Given the thoroughness of several lower courts decisions in favor of continuing DACA, we find it troubling […]
House passes the Fair Compensation for Low-Wage Contractor Employees Act of 2019
House passes the Fair Compensation for Low-Wage Contractor Employees Act of 2019, which ensures back compensation for low-wage employees of government contractors affected by 2018-2019 government shutdown. The following statement is attributable to Hector Figueroa, President of 32BJ SEIU which represents over 600 modestly-paid contracted janitors and security officers who were furloughed and did not […]
Philadelphia Becomes the First City in the Nation to Pass Industrywide ‘Just Cause’ Legislation
Parking Workers Score Historic Victory to Transform a Low-Wage Industry Philadelphia–Today, the city of Philadelphia became the first city in the nation to pass industrywide “Just Cause” legislation. The “Just Cause” legislation will apply to more than 1,000 parking workers who work in a low-wage industry where mistreatment and firings are common. “Today’s victory for […]