WHO: Cleaners, tradespeople & security officers at MIT, Harvard and Bio Tech Commercial Buildings WHAT: Rally to Raise Cambridge with Good Jobs WHERE:  Rally at Kendall Square T stop, followed by march to Technology Square WHEN:  3:30 PM, Wednesday, May 11, 2016 CAMBRIDGE, Mass.  — On Wednesday at 3:30 PM service workers from across Cambridge […]

BOSTON — 32BJ SEIU District 615 strongly condemns the violent actions at Tufts University this morning in which a car was set on fire and a bomb threat was made. The union represents janitorial staff and security officers working at the University through contractors, and also tradespeople and other service employees directly employed with the

BOSTON 3/31/2016 — Logan terminal cleaners employed by Lima went on strike last night and rallied at the Blue Line Airport MBTA stop this morning, in protest of their employer’s labor practices and conditions.  They joined workers at nine other airports around the country who also engaged in rallies, protests and strikes for a better,

BOSTON — Logan Airport workers and their allies gathered today on the steps of the State House to speak about the importance of a safe airport that compensates workers fairly, conditions promoted by the $15 Airport bill that advanced out of the Labor Committee last week. “Airport workers do their best to keep airports safe

  Boston, MA— With the upcoming Thanksgiving travel season expected to be the busiest in recent memory –and for the 3rd time this year at Logan– non-union airport cleaners and baggage handlers at Logan will go on strike tonight over unfair labor practices by their contractors and health and safety hazards, this time joining the

Boston, MA –ReadyJet Inc., a JetBlue, Delta and US Airways cleaning contractor with a history of health and safety and labor violations has repeatedly put workers at Logan International Airport in danger of being injured by exposing them to dangerous chemicals and other workplace hazards, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration says. OSHA issued ReadyJet

Lowell, MA– An administrative law judge has ruled that the cleaning contractor, Emerald Green Building Services, engaged in unlawful actions when it refused to hire incumbent janitors at Cross Point Towers, Lowell’s premier office building, and Nagog Park, an office park in Acton.  The judge found that Emerald Green unlawfully refused to hire the incumbent workers

MEDIA ADVISORY FOR: Thursday, October 8, 2015 at 10AM at  JFK Federal Building  5 Sudbury St, Boston, MA 02203 Boston, MA –Logan International Airport workers will rally on Thursday morning outside the JFK Building to demand that aviation contractors step up health and safety protocols. Just weeks after Delta’s contractor ReadyJet Inc. was cited by  the Occupational Safety

WHAT:     Labor Day: Invisible No More Rally — The Fight for $15 Goes On! WHEN      Monday, September 7, 2015: 11:30 AM gathering; Noon speaking program; March to follow WHERE:   Parkman Bandstand, Boston Common, Tremont St, Boston, MA 02108 WHO:        Rally and March speakers include: Roxana Rivera, Vice President 32BJ SEIU Darius Cephas, McDonald’s worker, National