Union Representing Essential Workers on the Frontlines of COVID-19 Calls for Senate Bill to Include Layoff Protection, Essential Pay and PPE   The following statement is attributable to Kyle Bragg, President of 32BJ SEIU:   “The HEROES Act turns gratitude into action and is an important step towards helping essential workers who have risked their […]

COVID-19 underscores urgent need for worker protections in the next bailout and a Green New Deal for the future The following statement is attributable to Kyle Bragg, President 32BJ SEIU: “Working people and communities of color disproportionately feel the impact of tragedies from COVID-19 to climate change. Workers of color have been hard hit by

The following statement may be attributed to Kyle Bragg, President 32BJ SEIU:   “Yesterday’s announcement that ICE will send 100 agents with stun grenades and sniper certification to so-called sanctuary cities is simply despicable.  Just last week ICE shot a man in Brooklyn in the face. This new assault terrorizes immigrants for political gain, wastes taxpayers’

The following statement may be attributed to Kyle Bragg, President 32BJ SEIU:    “The President’s plan to slash a trillion dollars from programs that make health care affordable shows that he is deeply out of step with the priorities of hardworking families. This budget just confirms what we already know: that the President’s massive tax