New contract includes $3 per hour wage increase and labor protections May 19, 2021
Union custodians cleaning San Francisco office buildings, including facilities used by Facebook and Google, voted last weekend to accept a labor contract with cleaning contractors that serve owners of the buildings, KTVU-TV reports.
More than 700 custodians represented by Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 87 walked off their jobs in March amid extended contract negotiations, calling for wage increases, increased safety and labor protections amid a pandemic, and employment opportunities for laid off custodians. Two months later, SEIU Local 87 members voted 257 to 10 to approve the tentative new contract which provides a US$3 per hour wage increase over the life of the contract, retention of seniority for laid-off custodians when they return to work, protection against sexual harassment with the union working alongside the San Francisco District Attorney’s office to identify
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May 15, 2021 Press Release
San Francisco Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement congratulating members of SEIU Local 87 after their contract ratification:
“It is my honor to send congratulations to the members of SEIU Local 87 on their historic and hard-won victory. Thank you to President Olga Miranda and the entire SEIU Local 87 leadership team for their success in securing better wages, working conditions and benefits amid a once-in-a-century pandemic and economic crisis. In achieving Justice For Janitors, you have shown the country the power of America’s unions.
“On behalf of the United States Congress and our City, thank you to every member of SEIU Local 87 for your courage and patriotism on the frontlines of the pandemic. Each day, and often at personal risk, you are keeping our buildings clean, our families safe and our communities strong. I am very pleased that SEIU Local 87 and the Building Owners and Managers Association of San F