FORT LAUDERDALE, FL—At a raucous community rally on the steps of Broward County Commission Hall today, contracted airport workers and their supporters—including local clergy from Miami-Dade and Broward County—pledge solidarity and vow to fight recent suspensions of union activists and to continue to work to end poor working conditions and low pay without adequate or […]

Coral Gables, FL—The University of Miami’s 410 cleaners and landscapers voted overwhelmingly to ratify a renewal of their three-year contract with UNICCO/DTZ that raises their hourly wages by 35 cents, maintains employer-paid health care coverage and grants them an additional personal day each year of the contract. Clara Vargas, a cleaner at Residential Hall and

Miami, FL—Workers say mounting frustration during several weeks of bargaining a contract renewal with DTZ Inc. led them to vote Saturday to authorize a strike in case they do not reach settlement on a fair contract. Clara Vargas, a cleaner at Residential Hall and a member of the workers’ bargaining committee, said, DTZ, the contractor

Edson Jocelyn continued working for Superior Aircraft Services at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport despite continuing problems that he and co-workers experience working there because they wanted to fix the problems and turn their poverty-wage jobs into good jobs. But Jocelyn said Superior pushed him to the end of his rope two weeks ago when

Miami, FL—Chartwells Dining Service workers at University of Miami work hard every day serving the university community but often struggle to make ends meet on low pay and unaffordable health care benefits. Leading clergy and community leaders, saying UM is the second largest private-sector employer in Miami—one of the poorest, most unequal yet most expensive

Fort Lauderdale, FL—As many Americans prepare to take a trip during one of the busiest travel weeks of the year, Fort Lauderdale Airport service workers who clean terminals and aircrafts, push wheelchairs and handle baggage rallied at the airport today to demand improved working standards that allow them to enjoy a proper Thanksgiving celebration with their

Miami, FL—Members of 32BJ of the Service Employees International Union are celebrating a hard-fought victory by Congressman-elect Joe Garcia State Representative-elect Jose Rodriguez. A record number of 32BJ members worked tirelessly to get out the vote for the progressive candidates during this election cycle. The following statement can be attributed to Eric Brakken, Director of

Miami, FL – Janitors who clean the offices of Wells Fargo, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs in downtown Miami took it to the streets today to announce administrative claims against their employer, Jantrex Building Services, Inc., for unpaid overtime wages. “We want justice,” said Marcos Guifarro, who has been employed by Jantrex at Wells

Miami, FL – Workers who toil in downtown Miami, including office cleaners at Wells Fargo and Chase Bank office buildings, marched today through downtown Miami to demand better pay and benefits. Union and community leaders also joined the protest, including members of SEIU Locals 1991 and 1199, Florida New Majority, Jobs with Justice, One Miami and