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Essential Workers at Luxury NJ Residential Buildings Strike Over Illegal Harassment from Employer as They Fight for Essential Pay and Benefits

Jersey City, NJ – Residential workers at five luxury buildings in Northern New Jersey who are employees of Planned companies, a building services contractor, walked off the job on Thursday morning, taking the unprecedented step to strike while the COVID-19 pandemic rages through the city.   Dozens of workers from The Cliffs (Jersey City), Galaxy Towers […]

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Essential Workers at 2 High-End Manhattan Residential Building Strike Over Illegal Harassment from Employer as They Fight for Essential Pay and Benefits

New York, NY – Residential workers at two high-end buildings in the West Side of Manhattan who are employees of Planned companies, a building services contractor, walked off the job on Thursday morning, taking the unprecedented step to strike while the COVID-19 pandemic rages through the city. Almost a dozen workers from the Upper West Side

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McDonald’s on I-95 Fail to Disinfect after Workers Test Positive for Coronavirus

Actions Risk Health, Safety of Essential Service Plaza Workers & Public Caravan protest will drive through parking lots at Milford and Darien at 11 AM Today MILFORD, Conn. — Two McDonald’s stores at the rest stops on I-95 have continued operating without disinfecting properly after workers have tested positive for the coronavirus, threatening the health

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Security Officers At Crowded Homeless Shelters Denounce Employers for Interfering with Sick Time During Coronavirus Crisis

New York — Under the best of circumstances, the city’s homeless shelters present difficult challenges for the security officers who work there. But as the Coronavirus pandemic rages, security guards working at privately-run city-funded shelters are being blocked from the basic right to take a paid sick day, forcing many to weigh their health and safety

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Union Representing Essential Workers Demands Congress Act to Protect Workers in Next Bailout

Janitors, security officers & property service workers on the frontlines of COVID take fight to Congress for essential pay, PPE and layoff protection in economic relief and recovery package  ~African American and immigrant workers hardest hit by COVID, now face mass layoffs~   Washington, D.C. – As the situation becomes dire for many of the property

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During COVID-19 Pandemic, Federal Contractor Cuts Back Cleaning Staff at Postal Square Building

Washington, D.C. –Despite harrowing circumstances that warrant extra cleaning to keep offices safe for employees, a federal cleaning contractor, Electronic Metrology Laboratory, LLC (EML) is now using fewer office cleaners than its predecessor at the Postal Square Building. EML, which took over the contract last week, also refused to hire the predecessor’s longtime employees who had as much

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Speakers ask McDonald’s and other national chains for support through coronavirus crisis

Zoom Teleconference, 11 AM Thursday, April 2:   Sen. Blumenthal, Rep. Himes, 32BJ President Bragg and Entire CT Senate Democratic Delegation join Essential Workers at Rest Stops to Demand Protection in Pandemic   Speakers ask McDonald’s and other national chains for support through coronavirus crisis   WHO:            Service plaza food workers, elected officials, union

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CT Interstate Service Plaza Workers Demand Support in Pandemic

“Essential workers” face denial of sick time, cuts in hours, lack of protections DARIEN, Conn. – Governor Ned Lamont has designated food service workers as essential employees, yet some 950 employees across the Connecticut Interstate System are facing systematic abuse that risks the health and well-being of the workers, their families, and communities across the

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32BJ SEIU Celebrates Contracted Airport Workers’ Inclusion in the Bailout; Commends Members of Congress Who Put Workers First

The following statement is attributable to Kyle Bragg, President of 32BJ SEIU “Today 125,000 contracted airport workers finally got some good news amidst weeks of stress, fear and uncertainty: Congress recognized their vital role in the airline industry and their humanity during the coronavirus crisis and explicitly included $3 billion in the bailout for the

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While Coronavirus Wrecks Economy, Nassau Reinsurance Group Wrecks Good Union Jobs

After decades of service, building cleaners lose jobs as company pursues profits over people   HARTFORD, Conn  — On Friday, the Nassau Reinsurance Group will unnecessarily contribute to local economic suffering by letting go of ten dedicated, experienced janitors, some of whom have cleaned the building for decades.   The cleaners’ union, 32BJ SEIU, received

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