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Feb 10, 2020, 07:07 ET SEIU Local 32BJ: New Study Says Chipotle Management Presses Workers to Work Sick and Skip Food Safety Practices, Creating Health Risks for Consumers

After dozens of outbreaks of food borne illness incidents over the past four years, Chipotle gave lip service to reforms in their work practices, but ...

Mar 22, 2018, 03:18 ET SEIU 32BJ: Port Authority Raises NY, NJ Airport Workers' Wages To $19

On Thursday afternoon, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey voted to raise wages to $19 by 2023 for the 40,000 airport New York and New...

Apr 26, 2017, 18:28 ET One Week after Historic Wage Increase, Dulles and Reagan National Contracted Airport Workers Walk off the Job on Strike on Thursday

Hundreds of contracted service workers at Reagan National Airport and Dulles walked off the job on strike Thursday, to protest federal labor...

Nov 12, 2013, 04:38 ET 32BJ SEIU: Airport Workers Kick Off Holiday Travel Season Protests With LaGuardia Rally

Hundreds of Employees of the largest private contractors at area airports joined a raucous LaGuardia Airport rally to call the public's attention to...

May 24, 2013, 01:05 ET SEIU Local 32BJ: Airport Workers And Community Protest New JFK Billion Dollar Terminal For Lack Of Good Jobs

Airlines and terminal operators including JFK International Air Terminal, which owns and operates Terminal 4, broke promises to create good jobs at...

May 06, 2013, 09:00 ET University Of Miami Cafeteria Workers Win Long, Hard Fight To Join 32BJ SEIU

A majority of food service workers at the University of Miami have voted to join 32BJ SEIU and authorize the union to represent them when they begin...

Feb 27, 2013, 02:00 ET New Report Exposes AvalonBay's "Race to the Courthouse" Strategy in New Jersey

AvalonBay Communities intends to expand in New Jersey. But the controversial developer's brash and confrontational style dealing with a number of New ...

Dec 20, 2012, 04:38 ET SEIU 32BJ: Luxury Developer Placed on Santa's Naughty List

Santa and his helpers today visited the Park Avenue South headquarters of TF Cornerstone, one of the fastest-growing real estate developers in the...

Oct 10, 2012, 12:00 ET With New Troubling Data, Website Lets Employees, Residents Be The Judge Of AvalonBay's Safety Record

32BJ SEIU, the largest property service workers union in the country, today launched an innovative social media site inviting the public to...

May 23, 2012, 10:48 ET AvalonBay Shareholders Show Strong Support For Sustainability Reporting

In a contested vote, more than 47.5 percent of the shareholders of AvalonBay Communities Inc. (NYSE: AVB) supported more rigorous sustainability...

May 18, 2012, 02:37 ET New Report: Private Security Industry Can Pump $230 Million Into Philadelphia And Improve Public Safety

A new report released today details how raising wage and benefit standards for more than 3,000 private security officers in Philadelphia could pump...

Apr 25, 2012, 10:21 ET 32BJ SEIU Recommends AvalonBay Shareholders Vote Down Questionable Executive Compensation Plan

Shareholders of AvalonBay Communities Inc. (NYSE: AVB) were urged today to vote against the REIT's questionable executive compensation plan in an...

Apr 12, 2012, 10:35 ET New Report Exposes Troubling History of Unsafe Working Conditions at AvalonBay Sites, Says 32BJ SEIU

Luxury development giant AvalonBay Communities Inc. has left a trail of violations to workers' safety and wage-and-hour laws as the company races to...

Jan 26, 2012, 02:39 ET Feds Go to Court to End Unlawful Lockout By Flatbush Gardens Management

The National Labor Relations Board filed an injunction petition late Wednesday against the owners of Flatbush Gardens, Renaissance Equity Holdings,...

Jul 23, 2010, 03:59 ET OSHA Fines New Jersey School Contractor Sodexo for Serious Safety Hazards

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has fined Sodexo, one of the state's largest school contractors, for nine serious safety hazards...

Apr 07, 2010, 09:54 ET Report Finds Private Food Companies Including Sodexo and Chartwells May Be Overcharging New Jersey School Districts $12 Million

A new report finds private food service companies operating thousands of New Jersey public school cafeterias may be overcharging the state's school...

Feb 16, 2010, 01:53 ET Bank of America Security Officers Protest Job Losses and Cuts to Health Care Coverage

Bank of America security officers along with dozens of community leaders and local union members protested today outside of the bank's Charlotte...