Tag: 32BJ
PEDALING IN PROTEST – JANITORS AND BIKERS TO RIDE AGAINST “RACE TO THE BOTTOM”...
New York, NY - August 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- With more than 120,000 members in eight states and Washington, D.C., including 70,000 members in New York, 32BJ SEIU is the largest union of property service workers in the country and the largest private sector union in the states
NEW YORK CAN DO BETTER AT REDUCING BUILDING ENERGY WASTE
New York, NY - August 3, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The following statement on the City’s comprehensive study of New York City buildings can be attributed to Mike Fishman, President of 32BJ, one of the largest building service workers union in the country:
MIDTOWN APARTMENT BUILDING WORKERS, TENANTS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS RALLY TO MARK ONE YEAR ON...
New York, NY - June 8, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- As a strike by doormen and porters at a 130-unit tower in Midtown reaches its one-year anniversary this week, dozens of tenants, elected officials and supporters rallied today to support the workers.
MIDTOWN APARTMENT BUILDING WORKERS TO BE JOINED BY TENANTS, SUPPORTERS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS TO...
New York, NY - June 7, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- As a strike by doormen and porters at a 130-unit tower in Midtown reaches its one-year anniversary this week, hundreds of tenants, elected officials and supporters will rally today to support the workers.
CONTRACTED PRIVATE SECURITY OFFICERS MARCH FOR HIGHER STANDARDS AND FAIR CONTRACT
New York, NY - May 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Hundreds of private security officers and their supporters rallied in downtown Manhattan to demand a fair contract. The security officers called for raising standards in the private security industry – including fair wage increases and the extension of employer-paid quality health care benefits to those pockets of officers without such coverage
PRIVATE SECURITY OFFICERS RATIFY A NEW, FOUR-YEAR CONTRACT, SECURING GAINS IN WAGES AND BENEFITS
New York, NY - April 13, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Private security officers who protect many city commercial buildings—including Rockefeller Center—have voted unanimously to ratify a new four-year contract that protects workers’ family health care and increases wages.
U.S. SECURITY ASSOCIATES’ OFFICERS RALLY AGAINST CONTRACTOR’S LOW WAGES AND BENEFITS OUTSIDE THE SONY...
New York, NY - March 29, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Security officers by the hundreds rallied in support of colleagues who work for private security contractor U.S. Security Associates (USSA) at the Sony Corporation’s North American headquarters building on Madison Avenue. USSA has repeatedly stood in the way of workers’ attempts to gain better working conditions, wages, training and benefits by violating their right to organize.
NEW YORK CITY OFFICE CLEANERS RATIFY NEW CONTRACT PROVIDING WAGE INCREASES, MAINTAINING FAMILY...
New York, NY - January 27, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- New York City office cleaners ratified a four-year agreement with the Realty Advisory Board (RAB) on Tuesday that provides a 5.6% wage increase over the life of the contract and bonuses totaling $1,100.00. The agreement also maintains fully employer-paid family health care coverage.
FLATBUSH GARDENS TENANTS FILE LAWSUIT AGAINST LANDLORD
New York, NY - May 25, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Flatbush Gardens Tenants Association filed a lawsuit in New York State Supreme Court today against David Bistricer, a principal of Renaissance Equity Holdings LLC, which owns and operates Flatbush Gardens, the sprawling 59-building housing complex in Brooklyn. Renaissance and an affiliated LLC are also named as defendants.
BRONX APARTMENT WORKERS RATIFY NEW 4-YEAR CONTRACT WITH WAGE HIKES AND FAMILY HEALTH CARE
New York, NY - March 25, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Bronx apartment building workers late Thursday ratified a four-year agreement that provides a 6% wage increase over the life of the contract, fully employer-paid family health care coverage, pensions and protects all other benefits.
BRONX APARTMENT WORKERS WIN NEW CONTRACT THAT RAISES WAGES, PROTECTS FAMILY HEALTHCARE
Bronx, NY - March 15, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- 32BJ and the Bronx Realty Advisory Board (BRAB) reached a tentative four-year agreement this evening for more than 3,000 apartment building workers that provides annual wage increases while maintaining employer-paid family health care and secured pension benefits. The agreement narrowly averted a strike, which would have affected 250,000 Bronx residents throughout the borough including Riverdale and the South Bronx.
Borough President Diaz calls for fair negotiations between BRAB and Local 32BJ
New York, NY - March 11, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. will hold a press conference to call for fair negotiations between the Bronx Realty Advisory Board (BRAB) and Local 32BJ, the union that represents over 3,000 Bronx apartment building workers at over 1,000 residential buildings in the Bronx.
AS BRONX STRIKE LOOMS, APARTMENT BUILDING WORKERS RALLY FOR A FAIR CONTRACT
New York, NY - March 11, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- With a potential strike less than a week away, hundreds of apartment building workers, along with elected officials and community and union supporters, rallied today in the Bronx to call on the Bronx Realty Advisory Board (BRAB), an industry association representing building owners, to sign a fair agreement before their contract expires at 12:01 A.M. on March 15th.
BRONX APARTMENT BUILDING WORKERS REJECT MANAGEMENT’S CONTRACT PROPOSAL
New York, NY - February 17, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Apartment building workers have rejected a contract proposal from the Bronx Realty Advisory Board (BRAB), a real estate industry association representing Bronx building owners, saying management’s demands to cut healthcare and retirement are unacceptable.
FLATBUSH GARDENS APARTMENT BUILDING WORKERS LOCKED OUT
New York, NY - November 29, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Flatbush Gardens workers were locked-out by their employer Renaissance Equity Holdings this morning, effectively preventing them from performing their jobs and serving thousands of tenants at the massive complex. The employer’s action took place following the workers' refusal to accept a more than 30 percent cut in wages and cuts to benefits that would leave most workers without health care coverage. The contract, which expired in April, covers more than 70 porters and handymen who maintain the complex that is home to more than 10,000 New Yorkers.
HUNDREDS OF NYC BUILDING WORKERS AND SUPPORTERS TO MARCH AT CO-OP CITY DEMANDING AN...
New York, NY - June 3, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Locked-out Co-Op City apartment building workers will be joined by hundreds of New York City building workers, elected officials and supporters to march and rally through the streets of Co-op City to demand an end to the worker lock out and a fair contract from RiverBay Corporation, the managing firm at Co-op City
CO-OP CITY APARTMENT BUILDING WORKERS LOCKED-OUT
New York, NY - June 1, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Co-Op City apartment building workers were locked-out by their employers at Midnight on Tuesday, effectively preventing them from performing their jobs, as their contract expired with Riverbay. The employer action took place hours before a planned worker strike was set to take effect. The contract, which expired at 12:01am Tuesday, covers the 500 porters, handymen, maintenance men, garbage attendants and groundskeepers who maintain the massive complex that is home to 55,000 New Yorkers.
NYC APARTMENT BUILDING WORKERS Ratify NEW CONTRACT WITH WAGE HIKES, FAMILY HEALTH CARE
New York, NY - May 21, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- New York City apartment building workers ratified a four-year agreement Friday that provides nearly 10% in wage increases, maintains fully employer-paid family health care coverage and keeps pension benefits secure. The new $8.1 billion contract with the Realty Advisory Board (RAB) covers 30,000 doormen, superintendents, resident managers, porters, handymen and concierges at over 3,200 New York City buildings.
NYC APARTMENT BUILDING WORKERS WIN NEW CONTRACT WITH 10% WAGE HIKES AND MAINTAINS FAMILY...
New York, NY - April 21, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- 30,000 New York City apartment building workers won a tentative four-year agreement early this morning that provides nearly 10% in wage increases, maintains fully employer-paid family health care coverage and keeps pension benefits secure.
CONTRACT TALKS FOR 30,000 NEW YORK CITY APARTMENT BUILDING WORKERS RESUME TODAY
New York, NY - April 19, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Contract talks between the Realty Advisory Board and 32BJ for New York City apartment building workers resume today at the Sheraton Hotel in midtown Manhattan. The contract, covering 30,000 doormen, handymen, resident managers, porters, superintendents and concierges, is set to expire at 12:01 a.m., April 21st. Negotiations began on March 9
DOORMEN PREPARE FOR STRIKE
New York, NY - April 16, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Strike preparations for city's apartment building workers have intensified this week with nearly 1,000 strike captains meeting at key sites throughout the city. The meetings, which began on Wednesday, provide strike captains with information on picket line rules, signage and a host of legal issues.
