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12,000 New England Janitors
Close to 12,000 janitors with SEIU Local 615 in New England just won their strongest union contract ever, one that will help move them out of poverty and into the middle class. Driven by the moral premise that all working people in New England should share in the region’s booming real estate market, wages for janitors in downtown Boston and the nearby suburbs will increase from less than $10/hour to $16.10/hour. In addition, 60 percent of the workers in downtown Boston and 25 percent of the workers otherwise in Massachusetts and throughout Rhode Island will receive full employer-paid family health insurance, as well as full-time work hours rather than just 3.5 hours a night. Other improvements include paid sick leave and a review process before any workload changes can be implemented. Read news coverage: Boston Globe | Eyewitness News
This Spring, janitors at UMass Boston and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 615 will be negotiating their new contract with One Source, UMass Boston's cleaning company. I sat down with some of the Janitors that will be affected by this agreement to find out who they are and what changes they would like to see in their new contract. More.
With 1.8 million members, SEIU is the largest union in the AFL-CIO, and the largest union of building service workers in the United States. SEIU Local 615 represents 16,000 building service workers in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. * Note: |
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