Tag: 32BJ SEIU

32BJ SEIU members today announced their endorsement of Vincent Gentile for Congress representing Staten Island and Brooklyn in the 11th District. 32BJ members voted overwhelmingly to endorse Gentile for the Congressional seat in the special election in May.

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, NY - December 14, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- With only two weeks left until a possible citywide strike, thousands of New York City office cleaners and other commercial building workers will march and rally through the streets of Midtown Manhattan during rush hour to demand a fair contract from the Realty Advisory Board, an industry association representing most building owners.

New York, NY - December 12, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Real estate industry expert Hugh Kelly will present key economic and industry indicators showing the New York City’s commercial real estate industry to be one of the strongest in the country, if not the entire world, and is likely to remain strong over the next several years. The contract covering more than 22,000 commercial building office cleaners is set to expire at 12:01 am on January 1, 2012.

New York, NY - December 1, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Thousands of New York City office cleaners and commercial building workers voted Thursday to authorize their bargaining committee to call a strike if necessary. Failure to reach a new contract by 12:01 a.m. on January 1, 2012 could lead to a strike of more than 22,000 office cleaners at over 1,500 commercial office buildings citywide.

New York, NY - November 30, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Thousands of New York City commercial office cleaners will vote Thursday to authorize their bargaining committee to call a strike if necessary. Failure to reach a new contract by midnight, January 1, 2012, could prompt a strike of more than 22,000 apartment building workers at over 1,500 commercial office buildings throughout the city.

November 22, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- “The contract proposals made today by the city’s major building owners on a new contract for 22,000 of the city’s commercial office cleaners are an aggressive attempt to rollback wage and benefit standards that working men and women depend on to support their families. In particular, proposals for establishing a two-tier staff structure, aimed at creating a lower second class of workers, and for placing restrictions on the political action of union members are unacceptable.”

New York, NY - November 10, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Tenants at Whitehouse Estates at 350 East 52^nd Street in Manhattan will be joined by striking apartment building workers, elected officials and supporters today to announce the filing of a lawsuit that claims building owner William Koeppel has been illegally overcharging on rents for years.

New York, NY - October 11, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- In an effort to spotlight the need for good jobs and to restore fairness to the economy, hundreds of office cleaners, along with elected leaders, union supporters and groups such as the Occupy Wall Street protesters will march and rally Wednesday to the New York Stock Exchange.

New York, NY - March 9, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- With a potential strike less than a week away, apartment building workers will march and rally 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

New York, NY - February 24, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- As their contract’s expiration approaches, Bronx building workers voted Wednesday to authorize a strike, if necessary, to protect good jobs throughout the borough. Failure to reach a new contract agreement by the March 15th deadline could lead to a strike of more than 3,000 Bronx apartment building workers at over 1,000 residential buildings

New York, NY - February 23, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Apartment building workers in the Bronx will vote today to authorize their bargaining committee to call a strike if one becomes necessary. Failure to reach a new contract by March 15 could trigger a strike of more than 3,000 apartment building workers at over 1,000 residential buildings throughout the borough.

Brooklyn, NY - July 20, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- City Council member Stephen Levin will join 184 Kent residents, 32BJ SEIU members and workers allegedly fired for forming a union to demand that the building management stop harassing and intimidating its employees. Levin, residents and workers will also deliver a petition signed by hundreds of supportive renters in the half-full development.

Bronx, NY - June 14, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Back at work after a weeklong lockout, Co-Op City workers and management returned to the negotiating table today for the first time in two weeks. Workers, supported by 32BJ SEIU, are seeking a multi-year agreement that maintains their family health care coverage and provides cost of living wage increases.

New York, NY - April 14, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Thousands of New York City doormen, apartment building workers and supporters marched and rallied on Park Avenue today to demand a fair contract from the Realty Advisory Board (RAB), an industry association representing most building owners. With only seven days left until a possible citywide strike, 32BJ SEIU and the RAB remain far apart on any new agreement.

New York, NY - April 1, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- More than two thousand New York City doormen and apartment building workers voted early Thursday evening to empower their negotiating committee with the authority to call a strike if it becomes necessary. Failure to reach a new contract by 12:01 am on April 21st could lead to a strike of apartment building workers at over 3,200 apartment buildings citywide

Strike Authorization Vote Clears the Way for Possible Work Stoppage on April 21st. New York, NY - April 1, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Hundreds ofapartment building workers in Brooklyn voted today to empower their bargaining committee with the authority to call a strike. The workers, who were joined by Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, were the second group of workers in two nights to provide 32BJ’s bargaining committee with this power. Workers in Queens voted unanimously Tuesday authorizing a strike if necessary. The third and final vote will be held Thursday in Manhattan.

New York, NY - April 1, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- More than two thousand New York City apartment building workers will vote Thursday on empowering their bargaining committee with the authority to call a strike. Failure to reach a new contract by April 20, 2010, could cause a strike of more than 30,000 apartment building workers at over 3,200 residential buildings throughout the city. Thursday’s vote comes on the heels of similar votes in Queens last night and Brooklyn tonight.

New York, NY - March 29, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- With no sign of a new contract, apartment building workers in Queens will vote Tuesday on empowering their bargaining committee with the authority to call a strike. Failure to reach a new contract by April 20, 2010 could lead to a strike of 3,500 apartment building workers at more than 550 buildings throughout Queens.