32BJ SEIU /// #UnionStrong

32BJ Mourns its Member at 345 Park Avenue, Slain Security Officer Aland Etienne.

“A dedicated security officer who took his job duties extremely seriously.”

@32bjseiu.bsky.social President Manny Pastreich released the following statement:

From NYC, Connecticut, Boston, New Jersey, DC, Philadelphia, and Florida, this Saturday we put #FamiliesFirst.

Not billionaires. Not corporations. Not deportations. Not tax breaks. July 26th, we fight back for our families' futures.

Join us: seiu.co/FamiliesFirst

Today we joined @nynurses.bsky.social, @32bjseiu.bsky.social, and NYHTC to rally in support of @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social for Mayor of NYC.

NY is a union town and we are proud to stand in solidarity with Labor’s candidate.

This Is What #SolidaritySummer Looks Like! @seiu.org & @32bjseiu.bsky.social We Don't Play! #Unionsforallnetwork

Longtime Miami immigrant joins federal lawsuit to stop Trump administration from ending TPS Maria Elena Hernandez is among seven people asking a federal judge to stop the Trump administration from ending the Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, program.

Maria Elena, @32bjseiu.bsky.social member, has lived in Miami & worked as a custodian for decades. Now, she's joining a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's decision to end Temporary Protected Status for immigrants from certain countries. ✊🏾#WeMakeAmericaWork www.wlrn.org/immigration/...

Longtime Miami immigrant joins federal lawsuit to stop Trump administration from ending TPS Maria Elena Hernandez is among seven people asking a federal judge to stop the Trump administration from ending the Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, program.

Working people are fighting back! @32bjseiu.bsky.social member joins lawsuit against Trump regime terminating TPS: “I have paid all my taxes, obeyed all the laws. Why is the government trying to get rid of so many people who have contributed so much to this country?” www.wlrn.org/immigration/...

We will not allow the Trump regime to strip Black and brown workers of deportation protection and work permits without a fight! @seiu721.bsky.social @seiuusww @32bjseiu.bsky.social members are outside the oral hearing to defend Temporary Protected Status. #WeMakeAmericaWork #TPSjustice

We rallied outside court today as judges heard a challenge to Trump’s attempt to end TPS for Venezuela.

But this isn’t just about one country—it’s a fight to protect all immigrant workers.

@seiu721.bsky.social @32bjseiu.bsky.social @haitianbridge.bsky.social #TPSjustice

The Trump administration's cruel ending of TPS for recipients from Honduras and Nicaragua will harm thousands of families, communities, and workplaces nationwide. It must not stand, says 32BJ President Manny Pastreich: bit.ly/ItMustNotStand
@SEIU

Like the Freedom Riders before us, workers of all races & places bussed across the US to Louisiana's detention alley-epicenter for immigrant detention. Meanwhile, workers were out at Home Depots sharing know your rights information with all. Workers will NOT be divided! #SolidaritySummer

In Boston, we joined the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance to rally for @seiu925.bsky.social member Lewelyn Dixon, a green card holder who has lived in the U.S. for 50 years yet faces a hearing in Tacoma today after months of detainment. #FreeLewelyn now! @seiu.org

Thank you representatives
@repbonnie.bsky.social Watson Coleman,
Rep Robert Menendez, and @replamonica.bsky.social McIver, for standing up for our communities and demanding transparency today. 7/7

We are resolved and take from today renewed determination to wrest back our rights and our democracy from the clutches of division, xenophobia and impunity as we fight for a society and government that prioritizes the needs and rights of working people. 6/7

We know that what happens to Mayor Baraka today pales in comparison to what takes place in these detention centers. And that’s where we will continue to focus our attention. 5/7

We are not surprised, because this is just the latest example of a culture of impunity, lawlessness and inhumane conduct that we have seen from this federal administration and its agents. So while alarmed, we are not shaken. 4/7

Though we are appalled by the escalation of the targeting and arrest of the sitting mayor of the largest city in our state – and the disregard of norms and democratic accountability – we are not surprised. 3/7

A mayor who represents thousands of our members, hard-working residents and voters of Newark. We demand he be immediately released. 2/7

We are at Delaney Hall today, alongside our community and elected officials, to demand accountability and transparency. Instead, we have seen our community and elected officials disrespected by masked federal agents, and the arrest of our Mayor Ras Baraka. 1/7

And in the greater Boston area, thousands of immigrants and those who support them are gathering, speaking out, and making noise under an elevated highway in Chelsea, MA. 11/11

In NYC, 32BJ SEIU members joined thousands who marched from Foley Square, through the streets of Manhattan demanding respect and dignity for all! 10/

In Miami, 32BJ SEIU members joined hundreds of hospitality workers, members of South Florida’s Unite Here Local 355, to march and rally alongside immigrant rights advocates with Florida Immigrant Coalition, proclaiming all workers deserve the right to live and work with dignity. 9/

“They want to keep us down by getting rid of labor rights, breaking our unions, and silencing our immigrant voices. Well on Mayday 2025 we are standing united and saying WE ARE HERE TO FIGHT AND WHEN WE FIGHT, WE WIN!” - Nitiesha Oglesby, 32BJ SEIU Security Officer 8/

In Philadelphia, labor, immigrant, and community organizations united, with special guest Senator @BernieSanders, to say invest in people, not the billionaires. We are united and rising up for a world that works for all of us! 7/

“Renovemos nuestra lucha. Apoyemos a los inmigrantes. Luchemos por uniones
para todos. Construyamos un futuro en el que todos trabajadores tengan
dignidad, respeto y poder.¡Sí se puede! ¡Unidos venceremos!” –Ciro Gutiérrez, 32BJ SEIU Commercial Cleaner 6/

In Hartford, CT hundreds of immigrant community members, social justice leaders, and allies, mobilized to celebrate International Workers’ Day and support the ongoing fight for justice and equity at a time of anti-worker extremism at the national level. 5/

“I’m out here fighting for everybody. I’m out here fighting for everybody’s rights! I want you and I to be the voice of everybody as well. It is your right; it is my right to fight for it!” –Olueatomisin Alinwumi, 32BJ SEIU Security Officer 4/

“Exigimos a nuestros funcionarios electos que voten NO a leyes xenofobas como la HR 32, la mal llamada ley “No al rescate de las ciudades santuarios”. Instamos a nuestros lideres electos adopter un enfoque migratorio mas humanista.” –Jessica Calderon, 32BJ SEIU Commercial Cleaner 3/

“May Day is OUR day! It was born out of the blood, sweat, and sacrifice of workers who refused to accept being treated like machines, like second-class citizens. THIS IS OUR LEGACY — AND THIS IS OUR FIGHT!” –Jaime Contreras, 32BJ SEIU Vice President on #MayDay2025 2/

On #MayDay, from Washington DC and throughout the East Coast, we join thousands of working people across the country coming together to march and rally in the face of a national crisis declaring: One Struggle, One Fight, All Workers Unite! 1/

The orders would force local law enforcement to do ICE's bidding instead of focusing on public safety. SEIU's 2 million members stand firmly against this dangerous federal overreach that endangers essential workers who make America work. #WeMakeAmericaWork