32BJ SEIU STATEMENT ON PASSAGE OF S3993
BILL TO AMMEND NEW JERSEY ECONOMIC RECOVERY ACT OF 2020 PASSES NJ SENATE AND ASSEMBLY The amendments extend prevailing wage for building service workers to the Historic Preservation and Brownfields programs Trenton, NJ – Earlier today, the NJ Senate unanimously passed S3993. The Assembly passed their version of the bill, A5939, last week with overwhelming […]
32BJ Statement on Groundbreaking for Essential Workers Monument
The following statement can be attributed to SEIU 32BJ President Kyle Bragg: “On behalf of our 85,000 essential worker members in New York, I am touched and gratified by the groundbreaking for the Essential Workers Monument to be erected in downtown Manhattan, and look forward to its unveiling this Labor Day. Among the tens of […]
32BJ Statement on David Prouty Nomination to National Labor Relations Board
The following statement can be attributed to SEIU 32BJ President Kyle Bragg: “We consider David Prouty’s nomination to the National Labor Relations Board a home run for strengthening labor rights and worker-centered standards in our country, and restoring the NLRB’s core function to protect the interests of workers. While we’ll miss his steady counsel, which […]
32BJ Statement on Positive COVID-19 milestone in New York
The following statement can be attributed to SEIU 32BJ President Kyle Bragg: Our 85,000 New York members, essential workers who have put their lives on the line to keep our communities going throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, are gratified by the Governor’s announcement that we have reached a key milestone, with 70% of adults in the state having […]
32BJ SEIU Applauds Mayor Janey’s Executive Order Addressing Wage Gap, Equity
32BJ SEIU Applauds Mayor Janey’s Executive Order Addressing Wage Gap, Equity Security Officers, Cleaners in Boston’s City Buildings Need & Deserve a Living Wage The following statement can be attributed to Roxana Rivera, Vice President of 32BJ SEIU: “As Vice President of 32BJ SEIU— a union of mostly brown, Black, and immigrant essential […]
32BJ Statement on Passage of S6350A/ A7434 from 32BJ
The following statement can be attributed to SEIU 32BJ President Kyle Bragg: “We applaud the State Senate and the Assembly for passing vital legislation that ensures more high-end condo and co-op apartment buildings in New York City pay their workers family-sustaining wages and benefits. By expanding the prevailing wage requirement to luxury buildings receiving tax abatements, some 2000 hard-working […]
32BJ President Kyle Bragg statement on the one-year anniversary of murder of George Floyd
“Today, we commemorate how the brutal death of George Floyd at the hands of police one year ago sparked a global movement that sent millions to the streets in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, and brought much needed focus on the righteous goal of ending police brutality. We have seen some things change – […]
32BJ Statement Regarding Possible Gig Worker Legislation
The following statement can be attributed to SEIU 32BJ President Kyle Bragg and is based on draft text of the legislation share with the union: “Our initial review of the draft legislation regarding app-based drivers and delivery workers raises serious concerns about how it would impact workers. We believe that legislation that addresses gig economy […]
32BJ’s Bragg On Conviction of George Floyd’s Killer: Justice Has Been Served
The following statement is attributable to Kyle Bragg, 32BJ SEIU President. “We hope this ruling brings a sorely needed measure of relief and peace to the family of George Floyd, and that it signals a step in the right direction towards repairing our broken policing and judicial systems. Televising the horrific play-by-play of George Floyd’s murder […]
32BJ SEIU on Daunte Wright Killing By the Police
The following statement is attributable to Kyle Bragg, President of 32BJ SEIU, the largest property service workers union in the nation, with over 175,000 members in 11 states: “We are outraged by yet another police killing of an unarmed Black man in Minnesota. Daunte Wright should be alive today. Just as the Derek Chauvin trial […]