Seattle WA Feb 20, 2022 Security workers at Seattle Art Museum have moved to join a union, part of a growing movement of museum employees across the nation seeking unionization to address concerns including wages, benefits and working conditions during the pandemic. Last month, more than 70% of SAM’s 75 internal security workers submitted authorization […]
Boston MA Feb 4, 2022 Harvard security guards voted down a union contract offer from Securitas on Monday, sending the two sides back to the bargaining table after nearly four months of negotiations. Members of 32BJ SEIU voted 127-84 to reject an offer from Securitas that members of the union’s bargaining committee decried as unfair. More […]
New York Sept 17 2021 Seyfarth Synopsis: On August 30, 2021, in Massone, et al. v. Washington, No. 20-CV-7906, 2021 WL 3863081(S.D.N.Y. Aug. 30, 2021), the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed a lawsuit brought by the U.S. Security Officers Union (the “Union”) on behalf of its members (“CSOs”) against […]
Pennsylvania March 13 2021 Security company Paragon defied an arbitration award by refusing to reinstate an officer it had fired because it said he used a courthouse security system to monitor a co-worker, the worker’s union claimed in a Pennsylvania federal court. The suit that United Government Security Officers of America and its Local 129 […]
Boston MA January 6 2021 Harvard security guards ratified a temporary, year-long contract with third-party contractor Securitas on Dec. 30, 2020, maintaining healthcare benefits and securing a one-time bonus during the pandemic. The local branch of the Service Employees International Union, 32BJ, represents approximately 300 Securitas guards and negotiated the contract. Roxana L. Rivera, vice president […]
Minneapolis MN Feb 9 2020 Thousands of janitors and security guards who work in Twin Cities retail stores and office buildings may go on strike amid protracted contract negotiations with multiple employers. At a meeting Saturday in Minneapolis, members of the Service Employees International Union voted to authorize a walkout if the two sides can’t […]
Minneapolis MN December 18 2019 For more than a decade working as a security officer, Romisha Jones has watched her co-workers struggle to make ends meet — or just afford a place to live. “We protect some of the richest buildings,” said Jones, who works in downtown Minneapolis but lives in St. Paul. “And you […]
HONOLULU, Hawaii October 13 2019 Hundreds of private security and traffic control officers at Honolulu’s five major airports are seeking nearly $1 million in back raises from private firm Securitas. The union — the Security, Police and Fire Professionals of America, Local 650 — has filed an unfair labor practice complaint and is asking a judge […]
Newark NJ July 1 2019 Dozens of security guards protecting Newark’s public housing are out of a job, leaving some residents with a force of unfamiliar faces to protect them. And the union representing the fired guards says the Newark Housing Authority is to blame. “It’s union-busting,” Kevin Brown, vice president of 32BJ SEIU, said […]
HAMILTON, Ontario, June 16, 2019 Commissionaires security guards working at federal government buildings in Hamilton, Ontario are the newest members of UFCW Canada Local 333 after voting unanimously to join the union. The security guards work for the Hamilton branch of Commissionaires Canada, a non-profit security firm founded in 1925. “Originally established as a proud employer […]