A campaign led by janitors and security officers working in the greater Portland area to create and maintain good jobs in the property services industry. A job that pays a fair wage, offers affordable healthcare, a secure future for workers and their families and increases safety and security in our communities.
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September 28 – Metro Rally For Good Jobs in Portland!
On September 28, We sent a strong message to Metro – Good Jobs Can’t Wait! Janitors, Local 49 members and individuals from around the community joined us in asking Metro President Tom Hughes to hire responsible janitorial contractors; contractors that provide living wages and affordable healthcare for employees. Check back soon for our next exciting action! Check out pictures from our Rally at Metro here Investing in our communities or leading the race to the bottom?
While there are many building owners and public agencies who have committed to investing in good jobs in the community, there are a few, who have not. Metro Regional Government: In 2010 Metro Regional Government made the decision to switch to a nonunion contractor. That switch puts the standards that janitors have worked so hard to raise at risk. Janitors, their allies and community have been speaking out about that switch and the impact on good jobs in our community since then through rallies, bus advertisements, and public testimony. |
 Contracts for nearly 160,000 janitors and office cleaners will expire over the next year, bringing the debate over the role private employer’s play in our economic recovery to major cities across the country. Janitors and cleaners will be seeking agreements that create good jobs, boost employment and provide tenants and building owners with a reliable , trained and stable workforce in many of our nation’s biggest cities from New York to Chicago and Los Angeles.
Property Service workers in 28 cities across the country held rallies on September 28th. As the contract expiration date for 60,000 janitors and office cleaners from Connecticut to Virginia nears. Contracts for more than 20,000 workers in Baltimore, the District of Columbia, Montgomery County, Md., Northern Virginia and Philadelphia represented by Service Employees International Union Local 32BJ will expire at midnight Oct. 15: Pittsburgh contracts will expire Oct. 30; and contracts for another 40,000 workers in New York City, Long Island, N.Y., Connecticut, New Jersey and Delaware will expire Dec. 31. We will continually be updating this section with updates from those campaigns. PHILADELPHIA BUILDING SERVICE WORKERS REACH NEW CONTRACT PROTECTING MORE THAN 2,600 GOOD JOBS ! A tentative agreement has been reached providing 2,600 Philadelphia’s building service workers with wage increases and employer-paid health care coverage. Over the next four years, the workers will receive an average cumulative pay increase of nearly 7 percent and a $600 bonus the first year. “The new contract is not just an important victory for building workers and working families, but for our economy and our city,” said Wayne MacManiman, 32BJ Mid-Atlantic Director. “In these tough times the workers who keep Philadelphia’s top corporate offices clean and maintained have stood up for the good middle class jobs our economy needs.”
CHECK OUT THE RALLY FOR GOOD JOBS IN PHILADELPHIA – SEPTEMBER 28, 2011
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